Should trumpet players ice their lips?
Ice helps reduce swelling. Finally, do a slow, loose vibration of your lips for several minutes, after playing. Do this a few more times during the day. You will be amazed at how much better your lips feel.
Why does my trumpet sound scratchy?
Air in the sound IS caused from too big an aperture for the note/volume we are playing. What happens is that some of the air gets through the hole without touching any lip tissue and doesn’t get put into vibration. So it sizzles right through the sound.
How to improve your trumpet with lip buzzing?
TrumpetStudio.com 1 (1) Take slow deep relaxing breaths, blow a large volume of air through… 2 (2) Flap Lips (horse lips) in relaxed fashion for 10-15 seconds (repeat 3x). 3 (3) Begin to buzz lips, buzzing tones in the pedal range – Relaxed and Full (2 minutes). 4 (4) Slides – slowly slide the pitch in the following fashion over 10 seconds…
Where do the vibrations come from on a trumpet?
On brass instruments the source for vibrations is the lips. A full, rich buzzing sound translates into a warm rich trumpet sound. To facilitate a richer buzz, try this: Lightly touch the tongue to the backside of the lips! It will dramatically help the lips to vibrate in a fuller fashion.
What’s the best way to buzz for free?
The simplest free buzzing exercise I recommend was developed by Donald Reinhardt. Reinhardt suggested students start by forming rolling their lower lip slightly in towards the lower teeth, bring the top lip down as if saying, “em,” and commencing the buzz with a breath attack.
Can a upstream player use a buzzing mouthpiece?
While upstream players, who place the mouthpiece with more lower lip inside, can benefit from free buzzing as I describe in the above video but don’t want to practice buzzing into the instrument.