that's the most bs i've ever heard. anyone can play an instrument at any age, those people are complete idiots. don't let that deter you from learning!

Cudos to you, you chose a challenging instrument. How's it going? I started guitar at about 20, piano at about 29, I'm 34 and have started trumpet, trumpet is quite challenging. I know people have that lie in their heads they need to start young, it's a lie. I also play drums and bass, don't intend on stopping learning

@@jarredgraffiti It is going okay- I’ve been playing a very easy version of fly me to the moon. Finding time to practice is hard but whenever I can I try to make the best of it!

@@selinbuyukcengiz6873 ok, well, welldone, I understand about time, but welldone for trying, don't give up. Some things you could try for a season are, wake up a bit earlier and spend time practicing, during your lunch break at work, and in the evening, stay inspired and motivated, watch vids, pray for God to show you a way.. Small gaps etc. Try to be consistent, some time everyday, or every few days, I pray for help for you

Common misconception, I started playing as a kid but there are studies that have shown that you can always develop your brain to read music. By the way that guy reminds me soooooo much of my old band director.

Same here.....good luck to you.

I hope your practice is going really well!!! Wish you luck!!

Sameeeeee

I'm a younger drummer trying to dip my toe in a new discipline. Thank you this is encouraging.

@@dontpanic9261 You went through the rudiments and now you are combining your lips, tongue. and fingers to make it go. I am still with it and learn something new every day.

I'm 63 and someone just gave me a trumpet in decent condition. I'm a long time trombone player so that helps a little. One of the hard things will be learning treble clef. It might also be hard to learn the fingering.

Quick question. Where you teach do you teach only one instrument or half? Sorry if it’s stupid.

We just got a trumpet for our 9 year old daughter today! The music store said historically it's the busiest day of the year. 🎺

Did your great grandfather die falling from a balcony

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@@PartyHatGT2just reference to the legendary chet baker

the cat in your pfp is so cute

@@francisthepoet awww tysm yours is to

I am also a clarinet attempting to learn trumpet. I have already tried learning saxophone. These tips are really helpful I also agree that clarinet is always superior

In the last sentence, you spelled saxophone wrong

@@WillPM-hs3wm lmao

Oops

As someone who played trombone, playing trumpet is difficult for me, especially since I have bigger lips. It's hard for me to buzz into the mouth piece at times

I’m a trombone player picking up trumpet on the side so we can have a consistent trumpeter in our band, I understand this completely

When I started playing cello in middle school, I was put in the high level orchestra bc I could read music and play piano, and omg it was the best thing. Being surrounded by amazing musicians pushed me a lot, and I couldn't play everything, but that situation advanced me so much more than if I'd been in an easy group. It basically defined my high school years. Good luck to you. I hope you have the best time playing in your group!

Same, I play sax , but my band only has one trumpet player so I might switch to trumpet to help out. Good luck if you do start playing trumpet!

@@holyspirit938 I tried to play it like last year, and it was way to hard, so I quit and now I'm just sticking to playing the sax!!!

@@holyspirit938 your name is blasphemous. very

same thing for the same reason except i'm about to be a senior so i have bit less time 😅 but i wish you the best of luck!

@@Vexinal Thank you!

Same! I started a few months ago I’m just having trouble with reading my notes

Oh cool! I’m lucky I did piano when I was younger so reading notes is easier :)

@@pinkchilde3657 lucky! My school didn’t allow any band type of stuff until 5th!

I agree!

@@idiot_nerd24 yea idk if I want to commit because I seen people say it messes with your embouchure but if you do let me know how it works!

@@idiot_nerd24 good luck ima wait a year or two because i only been a clarinet for two years 2nd chair rn but I wanna master it before I move on

thanks! I found the song now

Good luck on your journey, and good on you for keeping up music! It's one thing that never goes away and keeps me going in hard times.

"It's been a long, long time" :)

Hi Maggie. That's great that you were getting sounds - not so great that the next day you weren't. Either your lips weren't vibrating or the air just wouldn't go through your Trumpet. If it's the lips thing, try getting a buzz going in just the mouthpiece before you put it in the instrument. If you can get a good mouthpiece buzz sound but the air won't pass through the Trumpet then my guess is that either there's a valve turned around in its casing or - if you took the valves out - a couple of valves might be in the wrong casing. They're different from each other. If one of your valves is making a clicking sound when you push it down and let it up, try turning the cap (where your fingertip goes) clockwise until it clicks into place, then tighten the cap below that. See if it plays now. If that's not the problem, look at the links below and see if they help. I'll make a note to do a quick video on turned around valves, because that happens to a lot of young players. Good Luck! At 17:50 in this video I'm putting valves back in a Trumpet kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9hgpa1-nZnUhnk.html At around the 5 minute mark in this video there's something useful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZqBZrtmntjdgWw.html There's a long explanation in this article if you like that sort of thing: trumpetheroes.com/trumpet-valves/

@@TrumpetHeroesHowie I tried redoing the valves, and you were right. They were I the wrong place, I’m pretty sure it was changed because I had to lube it. Thank you!