Adam Rapa teaching his 11-year-old nephew to play Trumpet

An ABSOLUTELY JOYOUS occasion for me, teaching my nephew Devin to play the trumpet! Here are his first days of playing. It's SO important for kids to start by understanding the things that will make it EASY to play. Then, the sky's the limit!
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[@patrickfraracci995]

The best free 7 minute trumpet lesson you will ever find! Adam shows you all the key points and how to do them!

[@mltnlvrd]

I wish I had someone that told me this things you teaching him when I was learning to play the trumpet, now I’m saying “ oh that’s how you do it “ after so many years of frustration 😃 certainly you were born to do this great trumpet playing, God bless !!!!

[@lotustrumpets6739]

The truth is that Adam had to develop his systme of playing WHILE ON TOUR with Blast. He realized he wasn't gonna make it past 50 playing what he could play the way he was doing it.

[@edred1911]

I would like him to be my uncle

[@hillrl51]

I’m 71 and I needed this. Thanks. I am a friend of Frankie.

[@robertthomas6022]

truly blessed young man on a lotus no less !

[@tobyblack3803]

Adam, you are a good teacher ... and a terrific uncle!

[@freeman3320]

What is the most important quality of a great teacher/parent? It is someone who is THERE; day in and day out.

[@tinyspex2338]

That kid sounds amazing for just starting out. If he keeps practicing, he is going to be great!

[@SwingShoes]

This was great! I just gave my 4 yr old daughter my old trumpet. I'll use this as a model for teaching. Great encouragement!

[@TheToaster101]

This is so cute!

[@blankfaceman9694]

Ur picture is cute

[@PlanetCoop]

This is great. There is a lot to learn from this video.

[@Trumpophone7]

Much better tone than some of the people that were in my 8th grade band back in middle school, and I’m in a district where band starts in 4th grade

[@kadenbrunner4238]

I had the worst band director in 4th and 5th grade, and it took me like a year and a half of bad tone to hit the C that he's hitting.

[@justinsmith2530]

Great job Uncle Adam.

[@music-collective]

Excellent lesson....

[@trumpetrumept]

lotusから始めるトランペット生活ってすげぇな。いきなりこの楽器に出会えるなんて。

[@donyorchs6906]

Lucky kid first trumpet a Lotus !! Keep with that

[@happyllama9900]

cool jazz sound at 5:37

[@khanhnguyenngoc7039]

Oh! This makes me remember the first day I take the Trumpet and can't even make a sound

[@maxbehymer8535]

He sounds better than the people in my band rip

[@yummors633]

well hes one of the best players in the world i would hope so

[@jonaskopacek7602]

@@yummors633 He propably ment Rapa's nephew lol 🤣

[@yummors633]

@@jonaskopacek7602 oh yeah lmao

[@robertthomas6022]

great artist share

[@blankfaceman9694]

That sir duke in the background tho

[@yuehchopin]

good

[@quocattran3766]

Người thầy thật vĩ đại

[@user-yt4we1qp7c]

I'd like to ask somebody a question.Why do we take in and out such a powerful breath? I play Tenor saxophone and I tried to exhale following what Adam says,but didn't make it because a breath was pushed back in the mouth.hard to breathing.

[@willcochran5555]

Claude delangle that has to do with resistance. The blowback on a tenor saxophone is much different than a trumpet, and that resistance differs even more when we move around the ranges of both instruments.

[@user-yt4we1qp7c]

Will Cochran Yes, resistance of tenorsax is just what I'm in trouble for. Because of that resistance, I feel clogged and couldn't sound enough.

[@lotustrumpets6739]

The fact that a sax is a reed instrument and has it "holes" covered by cloth pads = it simply isn't an apples to apples comparison. Both come from a tree, just not the same type.

[@Vmp1234]

What is the name of the trumpet you was holding

[@papabear4040]

Wish I had a nice pro trumpet like the one he is starting on. I had a cheap student rental that was probably a lot harder to blow. Oh well, I finally got some great horns.

[@da11king]

It's not the horn, it's the individual

[@papabear4040]

@@da11king Yeah, the player certainly makes the difference. The biggest handicap I had was no teachers ever had me try different mouthpieces. They all had me stuck on a 10.5 C for years. I finally got a 1.5 C and what a difference. Not all pro horns blow the same either. I found a horn that lets me blow double Gs above the staff without any effort. Wow!

[@da11king]

@@papabear4040 what horn is that ? I bet it's not a Lotus horn

[@arthur.s]

What Trumpet are they using

[@loveleyday]

I think these are Adam's own Lotus brand of trumpets. In this vid, Adam has a four-valve, but the fourth valve is hidden at the first slide, and the tubing wraps around underneath the valve block. This vid has more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4ameqSZr75od6c

[@lotustrumpets6739]

That is a Lotus Solo Max (www.lotustrumpets.com/solomax) with the Rapa 4-valve addition (www.lotustrumpets.com/rapa4valve)

[@da11king]

Whatever happened to that kid and the horn

[@DRap-yg5eh]

I gave up on trumpet,now I’m trying to get my hands on a piano!

[@da11king]

@@DRap-yg5eh 😯 really? Why ? Perhaps ironically like you were shouting in the video , nobody could hear you I guess 😄😄😄🎺

[@trumpetplayerdude9838]

I wish I could start on a 6 thousand dollar horn

[@lotustrumpets6739]

We ask for a 50% to place the build order and we are very willing to work with you on a payment plan that fits your budget. One of the perks of being a small company owned by players is that we get it....gotta manage the finances with care. Write to me (Charley) at: [e-mail] if you're interested in learning more.