Chapter Markers:
-Squeaky Balloon 0:52
-Puff Our Cheeks 8:45
-The Garden Hose 10:21
-Application to the Horn (Air Compression on the Trumpet)
-Introduction 19:18
-Breathing (1st Method of Compression) 20:42
-The Tongue (2nd Method of Compression) 59:03
-The Lips (3rd method of Compression) 1:16:38
The whole point of this video is to show that there are only three things you need to work on in order to maximize range, endurance, and power on the trumpet: breath compression, tongue compression, and lip compression. Everything falls into one or more of these three categories. With this information, you’ll be able to pinpoint exactly what area/s you personally can improve in.
Other videos/sources that I have found helpful:
General Range Videos
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XmrI5yvmTw (John “Rufftips”)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn0GnOX4FwM (Charlie Porter)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujrTDbnvDpU (James Morrison)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeHSX7Vfx4 (Maynard Ferguson)
Air Videos
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGXjGZMpxg (Adam Rapa)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fviXbWYvaZc (Lynn Nicholson)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmWE3BoSoGM (Roger Ingram)
Tongue Videos
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zov7sdjFi6k (Dr. Brian Shook)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPRwxDPTe0 (Kurt Thompson)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjDz2SvBfZo (Rashawn Ross)
–http://www.bbtrumpet.com/arch.html (Clint ‘Pops’ McLaughlin)
Lips Videos
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZDTi2-bCMk (Larry Meregillano)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb11WjXtcaA&list=PL_-5V68_bjORyaJHCDcPXF1Uf7JhEIlV3 (Roy Roman)
Embouchure Close Up Videos
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AvImcsbt1U (Clark Terry)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iuP3CfFZDQ (Clifford Brown)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xncznvkB7S8 (Dizzy Gillespie/ Arturo Sandoval)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pl1YU1rXuE (Chuck Mangione)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnRrIh0V3NQ (James Morrison)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hv7bC21nZs (Jon Faddis)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs (Louis Armstrong)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c (Miles Davis)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7FIal5ZNg (Terell Stafford)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iqSbG2Umo (Byron Stripling)
–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75rZm9FPrL8 (Wynton Marsalis)
Many of the greats started out with the right embouchure naturally. That’s why so many of them focus their masterclasses on breath support and air (which is not at all a bad topic to focus on) but, in doing so, they tend to pass over discussing the topic of embouchure. A large many of them are unaware of the fact that most people have been taught incorrectly. Most players that have gone through the modern education system in the United States, i.e. Middle School/ High School Band Class, have been taught incorrectly, or have been taught the corners method. I can’t speak for other parts of the world, but where I’m from in the United States, many teachers at the Middle School, High school and College levels of education have simply confused their trumpet students by giving them superfluous amounts of information about embouchure. …Nothing against musicians that play other instruments, but I would rather be taught how to play the trumpet by a talented trumpeter than a clarinetist band director who learned everything they know about the trumpet during one two-week segment of their College “Brass Pedagogy” Class. Just saying… In short, the great trumpet players may say too little about embouchure, whereas the not-so-great ones, may say too much…
Here’s a great interview with the boss. The whole interview is captivating, but I would like to direct your attention specifically to the 17:50 mark in the video. This is where MF acknowledges Clark Terry as having “the perfect embouchure.” I was a CT fan long before stumbling across this MF interview, and I just have to say- Maynard has a good point. Whether CT did have the “perfect” embouchure or not, it’s a worthy thing to take note of, and that’s quite a compliment coming from the boss himself! –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSc2L4z0hZY
There’s a great book out there that a friend from my Army Band gave me called The Balanced Embouchure. After reading this book and playing many of the exercises within it, I actually started to understand what I was doing after I switched to playing rolled in. It’s a great read. –http://www.trumpetteacher.net/be_book.html
