Betsy Bright

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@shaelyn-ur6rx 5 күн бұрын

How should I practice for the 9 Sixteenth notes?

@betsybright 2 күн бұрын

Hi! I'd suggest starting slow for sure. You can set up "anchor points", meaning that you pick certain notes to target along the way that help you anchor onto something. Breaking it up into 3 separate triplets each time can also help - you can kind of pulse into the start of each triplet to help yourself feel those divisions, and then take the pulse out so they just sound like one big gesture. Another way to get really tricky technical passages under your fingers is to practice it with an assortment of different rhythms (also called "rhythmic modulation"). This can help your mind and fingers iron it out from all sides, and then it feels easier when you go back to the original rhythm. There are lots of different strategies you can use, which keeps your practice sessions more interesting! Be patient and stay creative with your problem solving skills and you'll tackle it eventually!

@robertfunk368 Ай бұрын

Your Awesome Betsy !

@betsybright Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for listening! Happy practicing :-)

@fuckbored4724 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for all these videos of the getchell studies. I really appreciate it!

@lowbrassbootcamp Ай бұрын

Great concepts. Very helpful!

@betsybright Ай бұрын

Thanks Bikebone!

@marcionaz1685 2 ай бұрын

obrigado

@jacobcraig8943 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much this helped out a lot!

@betsybright 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening!

@user-tr5hl3dh2e 3 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@user-tr5hl3dh2e 3 ай бұрын

I am learning trumpet from you, your my teacher 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@user-tr5hl3dh2e 3 ай бұрын

Best 👍👍👍👍

@user-tr5hl3dh2e 3 ай бұрын

Mam your great 👍👍👍👍 owsam mam

@betsybright 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for listening!

@davidyang2832 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@TheAutobotTrainer 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you for posting this brass quintet version. My son and his bandmates are doing a Tuba, Trombone, Trumpet trio and this is wonderful to hear to get a feeling for it. There are too many versions with strings or sappy vocals - ha!

@Tube-bank 5 ай бұрын

Betsy, I’m getting on well with TBW Day 1 Warmup. Those Flow Studies -mouthpiece siren at I Sound Production 1) - 4), look simple don’t they, but I’m finding them a real challenge. I’m getting there. I know they are doing me good! Also I’m struggling to understand what you mean (7 minutes in) when you say siren is the VERTICAL connection between notes and flow studies is the LATERAL connection between notes. I just don’t get it. Is there any other material that explains it in a different way and why we need to know the difference between vertical and lateral? Thanks, Peter

@betsybright 4 ай бұрын

Hi Peter! It can help to imagine a string player here... If they're sliding their fingers up and down on the string, that's sort of like our siren (a vertical motion). But their bows moving across the strings is like our flow study (a horizontal/lateral motion). Both things require our attention and we have to work to stay connected with both, but sometimes that's difficult to do! When we think of connecting vertically with the underlying siren, we just want to make sure that we can move from one coordinate to the next with a smooth motion, keeping the "vowel siren" intact. So that's our vertical connection. When we think of connecting horizontally/laterally with the underlying flow study, we are thinking of that forward motion/energy of the air. Thinking of the space between notes can help - we have to make sure there's a constant vibrant energy between notes. Hope this helps! Betsy

@Tube-bank 4 ай бұрын

@@betsybright Betsy, it’s great to hear from you. Thank you very much for that explanation. I’ll go over what you’ve said and inwardly digest it! It all makes sense to me. The trick is of course, to successfully apply it. I’m up for that challenge. Peter

@markwhite3958 5 ай бұрын

Great sound, tone, great playing!!!

@betsybright 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@robertomoccia8305 5 ай бұрын

Bravissima, love the tune , tue precision and the sound

@betsybright 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening!

@markrouse8151 6 ай бұрын

Hello Betsy.Great sound

@betsybright 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark!

@lenzotrumpet 6 ай бұрын

Very nice.

@betsybright 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening!

@thomaspfaff1583 6 ай бұрын

In my opinion it may be less useful to do long-lasting mouthpiece exercises... No one has to play only on a mouthpiece on concerts... The only benefit is a distinct offensive body work while practising.

@thomaspfaff1583 6 ай бұрын

Maybe she had some lessons with Kristian Steenstrup ?! His breathing warmup is nearly the same....😉😉

@robertadinolfi4217 6 ай бұрын

I studied Trumpet with Maxine Fields Knepper. Google her!

@robertomoccia8305 6 ай бұрын

Great sound and flexibility 🎉❤

@betsybright 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@CaptainQueue 7 ай бұрын

Great routine, thank you.

@betsybright 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for checking it out!

@matthewchido8450 7 ай бұрын

Your tone is AMAZING!! How do you do it?

@betsybright 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Matthew! Still working at it 🙂 I think what helps us all find our most resonant sound is to find balance in our sound production. If we're really whistling the right note underneath, and if our abdominal support is dialed up, we're better able to let go everywhere else (chest, shoulders, arms, neck, etc) and a vibrance can shine through the sound. Happy practicing!

@patricknorris8355 7 ай бұрын

This is amazing! Thank you

@betsybright 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@Tube-bank 7 ай бұрын

Bestsy, I can't get that G4 (on my Korg Tuner) in 1. Sound Production ? Is it because (I think) I'm a tenor voice (male)? If you'd prefer me not to post questions here, please let me know. I won't be offended at all. I know you are very busy. The other parts of the sequence wind pattern, free buzz, mouthpiece and play on the horn, are working good for me (I think). Up until now, I've been happily buzzing C3 and down. G4 and A4 is a different ball game - harder for me. That's good, and a challenge. I'm going to get better .... Peter

@betsybright 7 ай бұрын

Hi Peter! Is it feeling tough when singing or when buzzing? Feel free to sing in any octave for sure. Though some men find it easier to sing in falsetto just so they hear it at the true pitch. Either way is fine! The important thing is to have the pitch itself in any octave. And actually, freebuzzing is fine in any octave too as far as I'm concerned. The mechanism of the freebuzz has little to do with that of actually playing the instrument. The point (to me) of even doing freebuzz drills is just the idea of maintaining the "whistle" concept even as there's an added friction/distraction of vibrating lips. Many of the world's greatest players freebuzz an octave lower than it would sound when playing. Hope this helps! Betsy

@Tube-bank 7 ай бұрын

Hello Betsy, that does help me a lot. Thanks. I think it’s impossible for me to sing at true pitch e.g. G4, second line on the stave (I. Sound Production). But singing an octave lower is not a problem i.e. G3, I’m pleased to say. And you say that’s ok, good. Starting a buzz exercise at G4 is a real challenge for me, but I think I’m getting better. Tonguing G4 and A4 is really hard for me - we’ve got the added complication of remembering the position of where our tongue was in the mouth, immediately after we’ve tongued the note, right? But thankfully, much much easier somehow, when we play it on the horn. Thanks again, Peter

@Tube-bank 7 ай бұрын

Betsy, I hope that you get to see this post soon. Thank you very much for producing this great video for us. It is a real inspiration. I’m planning to incorporate it in my practice routine. Are pdfs for the various exercises available to download? Peter North Yorkshire, England UK

@betsybright 7 ай бұрын

Hi Peter, thanks so much for your interest in this routine! I just added it to my website a minute ago as a free download. Go to: www.brightmusiccompany.com then go to "shop our sheet music catalogue", then click on "Trumpet" and you'll see it there. Please let me know if this downloads okay! I've never tried setting up a free download before so I want to make sure it works. If that doesn't work, this may work as a direct link: betsybright.com/brightmusiccompany/product/tucson-brass-workshop-2020-warmup-day-1-trumpet/

@Tube-bank 7 ай бұрын

Betsy, it’s great to hear from you. I’ll let you know tomorrow if the download works. I’m so pleased I asked the question now. Best wishes, Peter

@Tube-bank 7 ай бұрын

Betsy, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It worked like a dream. Thank you so much. Back to the practice room. This material will keep me busy for some time, good. I’m confident it’s going to help me a lot. Best wishes, Peter

@betsybright 7 ай бұрын

So glad to hear it worked! Happy practicing 😊

@Tube-bank 7 ай бұрын

@@betsybright Ok Betsy. You can’t be more pleased about it than me. Thanks for your interest and support. Peter

@robertfunk368 8 ай бұрын

😎👍

@RW-ob4en 8 ай бұрын

Whew! That’s gonna require some finesse from young people! You’ve set a wonderful example.

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! They're tough etudes for sure. Fast tempo markings!

@RW-ob4en 8 ай бұрын

@@betsybright No doubt. But I’m stuck on the fact that you are letting it happen, not forcing it. You’ve laid out not only a great aural/audio interpretation but have a visual component that tells a big story.

@davidjunior7586 8 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@davidjunior7586 8 ай бұрын

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@davidjunior7586 8 ай бұрын

Incrível 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@OliverWard-wr1ff 8 ай бұрын

Thanks I needed these!!!

@manoharchouhan473 8 ай бұрын

आप साक्षात मां सरस्वती का रुप हों

@justicanova 8 ай бұрын

oi muito bom o seu som, qual a numeração do seu bocal e marca ...

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Obrigado! Eu costumo usar um Bach 3C.

@RW-ob4en 8 ай бұрын

Way to keep,that air flowing!

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@fiorenzobegali4132 8 ай бұрын

Meravigliosa. Suoni tutti i giorni e quanto tempo dedichi agli esercizi?🎺

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Grazie! Sì, mi alleno tutti i giorni. Ho davvero bisogno di almeno un'ora al giorno per mantenermi in forma, ma preferisco più tempo se ne ho a disposizione.

@charlesdavidyoung 8 ай бұрын

You have really upped your production quality. I think I need to use a black background.

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Charles! This is the one from last year. This year, I used the black background and also shot from a little above because there's a better view of the valves that way.

@charlesdavidyoung 8 ай бұрын

I was just talking to Zac about learning these yesterday. These great recordings will help encourage him! Thanks!

@RW-ob4en 8 ай бұрын

Watching this post in bed w/o sound. But I can imagine it as I’ve heard so many of your posts. You remind me of a saying we bandied about the music building in college: it takes a lot of work to make it seem easy. You do that well!

@williambeck6364 8 ай бұрын

Real nice tone young lady!

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks William!

@allwinds3786 8 ай бұрын

Bring me back to 1972. "Rest as long as you play" i just dug out the old Schlossberg and am headed to the woodshed, thanks for the inspiration 👍

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out! Happy practicing :-)

@charlesdavidyoung 8 ай бұрын

Hey Betsy, still trying to play efficiently. Watching and listening to you inspires me and gives me ideas!

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Charles! Happy practicing :-)

@mapademongeot9659 8 ай бұрын

Mais comment faites vous avec votre bouche?

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

C'est un peu comme un sifflet.

@mapademongeot9659 8 ай бұрын

Merci Madame , je vais essayer. J'aime beaucoup vos exercices.@@betsybright

@RW-ob4en 9 ай бұрын

I’ve not seen posts from you for awhile. Hope all is good in your life. You sure do a lot of things well. Your approach is very efficient.

@betsybright 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I've been working on a lot of unlisted content as well as a new fundamentals book! I'm hoping to complete at least the first volume within the next year. Slow going though...seems like it's always on the back burner due to other deadlines. I do have a bunch of quintet arrangement videos that will be coming out soon, but probably no more fundamentals videos till this book gets off the ground. Happy practicing - hope you have some great playing opportunities ahead!

@RW-ob4en 8 ай бұрын

@@betsybright I enjoy your posts and look forward to more Betsy! Someone has given you good training, more importantly you have done a lot with it. Nice to see a young person enjoy their passion & share it with others.

@gregorysloat4258 9 ай бұрын

OK, I know I’m going to get a lot of criticism for saying this, and it’s a personal thing with me, but it drives me nuts when I see trumpet players (even when they sound good, like here) playing and holding their horn like it’s a clarinet. Who is teaching this way? Your bell isn’t supposed to be pointing at the floor. Look at Doc, Maynard, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Bergeron, Eric Miyashiro, Louis Dowdeswell, Charlie Porter, Bobby Spellman, Bill Chase, Bobby Shew, Mark Zauss, and on and on and on. They all have their bells up and out. If you have an overbite you can learn to line up your top and bottom teeth so that they meet on the same plane when you form your embouchure. It will make a more stable support for your mouthpiece, aid your endurance, and make it easier to keep pressure on your top lip at a minimum. In Band, our directors used to “encourage” us to get our bells up and out from behind the music stand, even in a community band I played in as an adult, which was directed by an individual who was also a very accomplished trumpet player. For some reason I see this more in classical players. The trumpet is an “announcement” instrument. It’s kind it hard to announce yourself if your trumpet is pointed at the floor. Look at any big band trumpet section and observe their posture and where their horns are pointed. Thank you.

@patricknorris8355 7 ай бұрын

Here comes the blowback! I’ve had a few teachers who actually taught that way, (and also band directors who like the bell up and out of the stand). You can at least appreciate the reasoning: the angle of the mouthpiece on the lips is a fundamental factor to what’s going on mechanically. If you push the bell up beyond what is physically natural and efficient for your body, it will have some weird and unwanted effects on your posture. Neck straining up, head tilted back to compensate, for example. I like your point about the lower jaw coming forward. Doing that could help mitigate the negative effects of a head tilt. Probably some kind of balance between the two is what you want, because it’s true there are times when you kind of need the bell higher up. But if you have a big overbite and it’s going to screw up your natural balance efficiency and safe posture, is it worth it?

@CORSODITROMBA 6 ай бұрын

Hello Gregory, I believe that what teachers teach is to play in an effortless way, achieving the best sound possible, considering the posture of a student. And because every student is different, so we will have a lot of different trumpet positions. Look at Аdam Rapa.. He is the perfect example of a trumpet player who has a great posture by himself and he doesn't need to readjust the trumpet position. So, if you have a bad posture you will of course have to bend your neck in order to open up your throat. But if your posture is fine as it is, you don't really need to change your "every day" posture when you play the trumpet. Summarising.. just to let you understand better: look at her when she is not playing and when she plays.. Can you notice that she is not changing her posture? It means she is perfectly aligned !