How do you make a pure noise on the trumpet and how do you get your notes high and low?

Question

I just started playing, and I am basicly teaching myself. When I buzz my lips on the trumpet, it sounds good for a few seconds, but then it gets really wierd sounding. How can I get the, just open, note to sound normal? And how do you get the notes low and high because some notes are on the same valves, but you have to play them higher and lower. Get it? Thanks and sorry for sounding like a dumb a*s :)

Answer 1

I would work on buzzing your lips on the mouthpiece alone and different pitches. Once you can buzz songs on the mouthpiece, (start simple with hot cross buns, etc.), you can then certainly play them on trumpet as long as you know the right fingerings. A book that helped me a lot when I was learning how to play was "All About Trumpet", by Jonathan Harnum. It's great if you are trying to teach yourself.



Here is how to buzz your lips;

1. Look in the mirror and smile at yourself.

2. Take a deep breath.

3. Place your lips together as though saying "mmm". Keep the corners of your mouth tight, like you just had a big bite of lemon.

4. Force the air in your lungs through your lips. Use your stomach muscles to help push the air out.

5. Hold the sound of the buzz steady for as long as you can. Strive for a big, fat, steady sound.

6. Repeat for a few minutes. Don't forget to breathe. ;-)



Try some simple songs using this technique, and you sound will improve in no time. Try buzzing high to low and low to high; this will help you hit notes of the same fingering (called a lip slur.) You do this by speeding up the air as your buzz to go higher, and slowing it down to go lower.



Good luck.

Answer 2

As a trumpet player, it is my opinion that there is one word for you: practice. Your note is probably sounding abnormal because the muscles in your mouth required for maintaining a steady sound are not developed enough yet. Before you start moving on to changing the pitch of your notes, you should practice getting either the low C (open) or the G in the staff (also open) sounding presentable. Practice saying "AH" as you play and fill up your trumpet with sound, sing through it. Picture it as blowing air into a balloon, a constant stream of air. Whenever you get the hang of this, you can move on to adding notes to your list for practicing. In order to make the note higher, the air should be blown more quickly into the trumpet, and vice versa for the lower notes. Remember to breathe from the diaphragm to avoid a pinched sound. You will also tighten your lips as the notes get higher in pitch. Most importantly, remember that it takes a lot of practice to become a good player, and success doesn't happen overnight. But stick with it!! And good luck!!

Answer 3

Firstly: You need to practice more to develop your lip muscles. Even pros need to practice a lot because their sound will end up like yours (dying as the note is sustained) if they do not regularly practice (and thereby exercise those muscles).



Secondly: Try to blow air faster or slower through the trumpet. If you find it difficult to play different notes on the same valves, you can try making your embouchure (the hole between your lips where the air runs through) tighter.

Answer 4

Keep the airflow steady, and your lips like your saying M. When you play the next note you should be making a T movement with your tongue against the back of your teeth. To change the octave (higher and lower) you have to um.... sorry this is all hard to explain in writing.... you have to practice and change your mouth "settings" geez this is really hard to explain

Answer 5

ok, so i'm uncertain what "severe" C you're speaking approximately... C4 is middle c. Then there is C5 above that and C6 above that. while you're speaking with regard to the A above the "severe" C6, then first of all congrats on that. 2d, your "subject" with low notes may be a pair issues. a million) you have "broken" your face enjoying severe notes. it fairly is a frightening thought... yet very plausible once you play irresponsibly in severe registers after so few years of enjoying. the right thank you to tell in case you have broken your face contain observing your low variety... enjoying severe and loud isn't undesirable as long as you stability it with low and tender enjoying. in case you have been enjoying low notes, then you definately would not have as lots of a topic with it. It additionally is composed of particularly observing your sound interior the mid variety. What do you sound like... godly like Phil Smith (sure... even once you're a "jazz musician" you will possibly desire to be waiting to supply sounds like that usually) or like an out of control loopy guy or woman? in case you pronounced out of control, then you definately have made your self right into a severe notes expert... now that it is out of how, i'm sorry if I scared you. i've got on no account heard you play or considered you play so i can't make that assumption. in simple terms be careful 2) you do no longer prepare low notes. it fairly is a singular thought... "i can't play low notes because of the fact i do no longer prepare low notes" a stable thank you to start is by potential of humming. purchase the James Thompson humming e book... do in simple terms the 1st couple pages... when I have been given it stable, it wiped sparkling up lots approximately my enjoying that i did no longer understand humming ought to, certainly one of that became sound and fidelity interior the low resister. verify to additionally prepare low long tones and coffee tonguing (unmarried, double, and triple). additionally, maybe attempt pedal tones. The Stamp e book has an incredible technique for pedal tones. upload low notes on your warmup... why could you warmup on something you're already large at? With accepted interest, i'm particular you may freshen up your low variety and are available across much extra severe notes too. in simple terms you would be wanting to concentration on the music specially and play each and every observe musically... don't wander off in "having the final variety" or different athletic components of enjoying the trumpet... because of the fact in spite of everything, we are musicians, no longer athletes stable success