Improve your air control and efficiency on the trumpet!
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In this video I discuss one simple idea that can completely transform your trumpet playing and allow you to unlock greater control of your air and increase your efficiency!
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Josh is a Chicago based trumpeter, composer, and author. He has been featured on NPR, PBS, and has been heard on jazz radio across the world. His albums have reached as high as #9 on the JazzWeek radio chart and the #5 spot on the CMJ Jazz chart. As an author he released The Versatile Trumpeter Vol: 1 with his collaborator and co-author Roger Ingram.
Josh tours across North America with classic rock sensation, Under the Streetlamp, and has appeared on stage with the Detroit Symphony, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and at multiple jazz festivals.
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@scorbs2699 7 ай бұрын
I discovered this recently and it’s so true.
@spencerfitzgerald5955 Ай бұрын
Great video. Sounds like you play quietly, your tone will improve as well as other fundamentals. I've always been a louder player, which I think might have been diminishing my playing abilities.
@samneufeldjazz 3 жыл бұрын
Super helpful info here!!! Love it
@JoshRzepkaMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!! 🙏🙏
@carlosellatigo9378 3 жыл бұрын
Timely, awesome!
@JoshRzepkaMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Carlos!!
@luc3363 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Josh, thanks for taking the time to upload and great explanation. If i may say, it would have been helpful at least for me, a visualizer learner, to hear you to play soft.
@JoshRzepkaMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, that will be a future video.
@edstud1 2 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@JoshRzepkaMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@da11king 3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video. I started trying to play soft a couple of months ago. My question is ..how soft should I play? I am not a professional player..my notes tend to crack at very soft volume. Then , the next question is: how high should a beginner go while playing softer? When I get to a G , G# or A# above the staff my sound thins out and sometimes won't come out🤷🏾♂️
@JoshRzepkaMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You should play as soft as you're able with a full sound, without it getting tight or strained. As you improve, you'll be able to play softer and softer. As far as the range is concerned, it's the same thing. Slowly work your way softer and softer, and you'll increase your ability to develop that fine control. As you ascend remember to keep the airstream energized. It's not too much, but it's focused and unrelenting. Like a laser beam. Most people run into issues by inadvertently letting up on the gas after the note has started.
@da11king 2 жыл бұрын
One year later , still watching this video. thanks for the great advice!
@markanthonymamagat2298 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Josh...do you have video regarding pivot specially when going high?thank you!
@JoshRzepkaMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, I don't have a video on that ... let me think about it. Some videos I've avoided as there is possibly too much room for misinterpretation, but I could probably do a video that shows how horn angle will naturally adjust for most people as they play. It might be good to have it be a horn/mouthpiece video ... I'll see if I can come up with something along those lines.
@markanthonymamagat2298 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks in advance Josh...stay safe..