How to Get the Most Out of Your Trumpet Embouchure

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Жыл бұрын

In this episode of "Trumpet with Bob," trumpeter @bobbyspellman discusses the most important factor in establishing a strong embouchure on trumpet.
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@timothytrumpet7806 Жыл бұрын

Been dealing with embochure issues ever since I got back on the horn so this helped out a ton!

@lukariyad6090 Жыл бұрын

This is by far the best explanation about proper set of the embouchure! I brought my airy sound problem to my teacher on few occasions, but never be able to get any real answer.

@hamdoon1158 Ай бұрын

returning to the instrument after 6 years and these videos are so useful, thank you !

@sadnessinside123 Жыл бұрын

Great, fun and engaging videos. I truly appreciate your videos. Looking forward to more content.

@davidstorey2477 Жыл бұрын

Extremely well explained thank you

@MerryGamer Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Bobby!

@rodrigosaenz2844 Жыл бұрын

Bravo, my friend!! You’ve done it again.

@anthonycarbonaro7890 Жыл бұрын

Very excellent message!!

@Alejandronieto1 10 ай бұрын

Genius!! You are my friend now, thanks!!!

@ParkersParksAndGardens 8 ай бұрын

I just started playing yesterday! Thanks for the lesson, I want to get it right the first time so I’m happy I stumbled across your channel! Ima go and watch all the rest of your videos now 😅 (Liked & Subscribed!)

@tattsusa Жыл бұрын

Excellent ! I played in a brass band in England for over 20 years , 30 years gap , thinking of either buying either a cornet or trumpet , this has been on my mind , also looking on getting the arban method and which one to buy and yes I played the characteristic studies

@LA-cy1zj 6 ай бұрын

wow, I was doing number 2 with decent results but number 3 just unlocked greater clarify and confidence thank you

@RidgewoodSchoolofMusic 6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@debbiescott6498 Жыл бұрын

I can rolll with your teaching

@nzubemichael1444 Жыл бұрын

Really had a great nut to crack on getting the right embouchure, but this little lecture was helpful....... Just pleading if you can help us on how to produce a definite sounds from the trumpet. Thanks really 😊.

@genoafire1 3 ай бұрын

Another awesome video thank you. I happened to read Timothy Kent’s book “Within the sphere of the master” a few years ago. It is basically a compilation with antidotes of his notes that he took from all the lessons he had over the years from Adolf Herseth while both he and Bud were playing in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. One of the main points I gained from the book was to “chase the sound”. With your videos and keeping that “Chase the sound” mantra in mind is what will allow one to become a great trumpet player that an audience enjoys listening to, with diligent practice of course .

@general5104 Жыл бұрын

Verrry well explained!!! ((As fast as you speak, you could be an auctioneer!)) You've got a good clear voice, too!! THANK YOU !

@JVFBryant 8 ай бұрын

Hello Bob. Great videos. To the point without any "filler"; but yet you make it fun with some comedy! Question. I read that just saying "M" & forming the lips as so; is one way of course to form your embouchure. Another way is by unfurling the lips to extend the aperture tunnel. Is there a compromise between the two? I ask because if we unfurl too much, we might wind up placing the mouthpiece in the red; & if me don't unfurl some what, we are not creating an aperture tunnel that provides more vibrating surface. Given that, can you please do a video on the aperture tunnel. Thanks Bob & stay well!

@paulmullins4676 Жыл бұрын

Love your teaching’s. Succinct but with necessary clarification.

@frederic_viennot Жыл бұрын

awesome !!!!!!! thank you :)

@kumarasinghegamini5974 9 ай бұрын

Very. Good

@roziedouglas5786 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. (Beginner / Rozie :) Xxx

@tmacphd7871 Жыл бұрын

Wish I could take private lessons from you!

@donaldmacmillan3198 Жыл бұрын

Hi Bob! Great video, thanks! I’ve been obsessed with embouchure for over 30 years of brass playing. For most of those years I’ve been playing low brass, baritone horn mostly (British brass band horn), and my embouchure was very ‘non-textbook’. For the past 3-4 years however I’ve returned to my first love (appropriately enough I’m writing to you on Valentine’s Day! 😜🎺❤️), the trumpet, but my embouchure uncertainties still continue …. Your video though is insightful about the simplicity and the fundamentals that are easy to lose sight of when you are getting stressed and frustrated, thank you! And I can also say from experience that buying mouthpiece after mouthpiece certainly isn’t the solution, been there, bought the T-shirt! Having said that, your mouthpiece looks rather cool, can you say what brand/size you play on please? I’m currently fairly settled on a Denis Wick American Classic 1.25C, I’m trying to resist change …. I’m confident that your tips will help me get the most out of my mouthpiece and help my playing in general 👍. Thank you again! Best wishes, Donald 🎺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@RidgewoodSchoolofMusic Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Donald! I'm playing on an Austin Custom Brass Custom Reserve TA-1, which has been working great for what I do. Coming from the low brass world, it sounds like the Denis Wick 1.25c would serve you well. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Best of luck!

@paulpsalmist9821 Жыл бұрын

What size of mouth piece do you use And what kind of mouthpiece would you recommend for someone with big lips

@ziggymack2233 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing in the red most of the time that I’ve been playing. What are you opinions on that?

@oloyesamuel8918 Жыл бұрын

Please bro what mouthpiece is best for higher notes

@iDannyism Жыл бұрын

Hey Bob, I'm a new player and everyone keeps saying my cheeks are puffing to much. My embouchure feel relatively comfortable, I don't feel like it's taking air away by having air in my cheeks but,with everyone pointing it out, maybe I need to correct it?

@ericmpena Жыл бұрын

I have a bad habit of letting my lower lip slide down during playing…which ends up putting the bottom of my mouthpiece on the red of my bottom lip. This happens I think because I use my lips to do heavy, wide vibrato for mariachi playing. I can play classical music fine without my bottom lip slipping out, but mariachi music and heavy vibrato always causes my lip to slip out of position. How can I keep my bottom lip from sliding around during lip vibrato?

@Jeff_n_Texas Жыл бұрын

Getting back to trumpet after 25 years! Any suggestions on mouthpieces? Thanks. Subscribed!

@thekickinchicken Жыл бұрын

The 7c is always a good started mouthpiece but I would say a 3c is a mouthpiece the best in my opinion

@Jason_Bob Жыл бұрын

If it’s been a long time, chances are some or most of the muscles in your lips that you use to play have become weaker. If that’s the case, you might find it difficult to play on anything bigger than a Bach 3c( of course this also depends on the natural size of your lips. People with bigger lips might have a hard time playing on mouthpieces with narrower or shallower cups). But if your just getting back into it, somewhere between a 7c and a 3c is probably the right spot for you. You might also want to try and see what the d cups feel like. C cups are too big for some people.

@redfd11k Жыл бұрын

Great Video. My issue with Embouchure is at the highs and lows. If I set for one or the other at the start of the scales I find I cannot play at the other end without moving my embouchure. That would be pursing tighter or loosening/adding lip. Any suggestions? I am a beginner player at 60.

@brendangonzalez8419 Жыл бұрын

I would reccomend playing long tones. I know everybody gives this answer, but it really is the answer. Make playing long tones quietly, as easy as possible, with very little pressure. Work your way up the scale playing quiet and comfortable. Hope this helps a little bit

@cheriecarpenter3529 Жыл бұрын

I need help! I'm trying to learn bugle for taps, I'm in the honor guard, and I'm having a time😳

@apeschell Жыл бұрын

Nice Committee...and I think ACB custom reserve??

@feldstar2871 Жыл бұрын

I've noticed the higher I play my mouthpiece tends to slide down more. Does this mean that my embrochure isn't strong enough and I need to practice more or my embrochure isn't correct for me?

@scottrogers1493 Жыл бұрын

Impossible to say without a private lesson to see it. But possibly means you are cheating by thinning-out the upper lip to aid with a faster buzz. With a reduced upper lip and a little pressure, you will pancake that lip which means it's resonating like a tight drum head. The problem is that you can only go so far with that. Many advanced brass players talk about a shift (while many others do not) between registers. But they aren't moving the mouthpiece placement as much as changing the angle of the air stream (visually that looks like slightly changing the vertical angle of the horn to the face, like a subtle "yes" nod). Tread carefully, don't try to make that happen if you never have. Only to say there's some legitimacy there... A moving mouthpiece on the lips, though is not that. And at the end of the day, the golden rule is whether or not it works, sounds good, and you have no "brick wall" problems in your playing. You should book a lesson with a professor or established professional to talk about your case further if it's a problem. Impossible to tell your placement through text.

@danny109 Жыл бұрын

I’ve only been playing 4 years now and I’ve always thought my lips were wrong. I would be correct

@GoldGamr 10 ай бұрын

i tried this, but whenever i make the shape my lips make when i do the "mmm" sound, my lips dont fit in the mouthpiece, and i use a 3c. and when i can make them fit i cant make a tone that isnt airy. any tips anyone?

@alessionoli Жыл бұрын

Hi, I graduated in 1998 and then I stopped...now after more than 20 years I've decided to go back, in terms of emission I'm fine, if I can put my lips well I have an excellent extension. but I have big doubts about the lower lip. I see you also have a fairly pronounced lip. in the tutorial you say, as everyone says that the edge of the mouthpiece must be above and below the red of the lips, above ok but below it doesn't fit, I use a 1 1/2 Bach. To fit my bottom lip in I would have to fold it in and cover the "edge" of my teeth, is this correct? I hope I made myself clear.

@jacobgilfry7121 Жыл бұрын

I've found that tucking my lips to be helpful. my lower lip is also more pronounced. when i tighten my embouchoure the tucking of my lower lip sort of encourages the muscles on the sides of my lips to flex. makes my whole setup feel more stable and keeps my lip in the mouthpiece 😁

@andrew5184 Жыл бұрын

I just stopped one minute in… If my professor in college would have approached trumpet with the basic fundamental idea you just shared, I’d probably still be playing today. I was a really good and had a lot of promise, but when I started studying at the collegiate level, my professor was hell bent on teaching all his students one particular method of playing. I’m sure that method is fine, and as you said, technique is technique. But he felt there was one appropriate way to play and to sound. I felt like I had to re-learn how to play, rather than build on all the wins I’d had up to that point. His myopic approach ruined it for me.

@scottrogers1493 Жыл бұрын

Good material. Will borrow it for private lessons. That sid, "vermilion inside the rim" is impractical for large-lip players. Euphonium of 30 years. That larger mouthpiece barely fits. Trumpet and horn mouthpieces don't contain the vermilion for me. The concept is useful. But runs out of application depending on lip anatomy. Many examples of large-lipped great trumpet players, so it's inadequate to automatically say those young students should move to a horn that fits. Anyway, the idea and exercises are very good. Useful material.

@gregcampbell8888 Жыл бұрын

Bob do you realise that when you set your embouchure around 10:40 you tweak your upper lip slightly to create an aperture? You talk about aperture later in the video but don’t explain how to do it. I was unable to develop a successful embouchure until I realised I needed to create an aperture when setting the chops! Many great teachers talk about this including Charlie Porter, James Morrison and Wayne Bergeron.

@testufy9169 Жыл бұрын

I know this video is a little old but, does having braces affect the playing?

@RidgewoodSchoolofMusic Жыл бұрын

Braces can take some getting used to, and will initially affect range and endurance. That said, the embouchure should remain more or less the same, and with a little practice anyone can get good results, even playing with braces! It's a challenge that many of my students have overcome. Maybe I'll do a video on it someday!

@antonyrobert9063 7 ай бұрын

very good video canyou get to the high c with this position? you will need a lot of compressed air & do the his tone to get at the topp note

@oscarobando6325 2 ай бұрын

The fist wrong example is how my band teacher told me to put the trumpet to get high notes

@lylespiegel7770 9 ай бұрын

Would like advice on mouthpiece option. I have a Bach 6c that I used when I last played in 1961 with my Getzen custom tuned horn . I have read comments that 7c is better for beginners? Any thoughts?