Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Clinic 2 of 4

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Allen Vizzutti has performed in 30 countries and every state in the union with a wide range of artists and ensembles, including Chick Corea, Doc Severinsen, The NBC Tonight Show Band, the Airmen of Note, the Army Blues, Chuck Mangione, Woody Herman, Japans NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the Kosei Wind Orchestra. He performs on the Yamaha Xeno Trumpet. He has recorded both jazz and classical CDs, as well as performing on many motion picture soundtracks and TV shows, commercials, and recordings with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Chick Corea.

[@kgoerbig]

Allen Vizzutti is a class act. The way his personality comes across camera is exactly the way he is in person. I met him after a outdoor concert last year, and had my 6 year old daughter with me. He spent much of the time interacting with her, and making her smile. Truly a nice guy.

[@DancingSpiderman]

6:26 I enjoy his demonstration of the tense "tight-lip face"... Reminds me of that cute toddler's book Where The Wild Things Are. I also do not believe in buzzing. That first day in '75 , the teacher told me to buzz. Beginner's sound. Within that 1st minute, I had the presence of mind enough to move my embouchure around. Turns out that I got a really good tone... by not buzzing. Probably for most players the good tone issues forth with the beginning attack of air, a standing wave is created.

[@seemagics]

@supermarito79 If you blow through your trumpet with your mouth closed relaxed with firm ends of lips(embroucher) you lips starts to vibrate naturally and your lips don't get tired. Thats what he was trying to say. relaxation = good air= good sound= good trumpet technique

[@miketemple7]

I can't believe anyone could give this a thumbs down!!!!

[@supermarito79]

Thing is there are 3-5 different types of embouchures and some can use all of them and some can use only one. It's best to learn every way and figure out which works for you. Even Vizzutti says he learned by buzzing first. You have to have some kind of lip strength to play trumpet otherwise everyone would figure out how to play effortlessly this easily.

[@snrnsjd]

Learning every way, most of them are not exact and accurate ,like buzzing for example , is not only a waste of time but also will get you a lot of problems ( tension , over exertion, strain...). And it's not strengthening your embouchure, like most of us think. By the way ,Vizutti did buzz because he was taught to at beginning, just like all of us were, and he says he's anti buzz.

[@erikandreasbonde551]

I wonder how Alan gets the compression needed for pkaying upper register...he is not holding lips together closer as he goes higher, but then what? I did some BE where you have to hold rolled in lips really tight a blow against compressed lips. Then theres is TCE, raising tonque... the "say m and blow" Doc says about his playing...what to do to compress air? What do you guys do? Happy new year! Erik Denmark

[@888tho]

@seemagics yeah ive been playing for a little while now and like the 2nd month i didnt even think about it. i just started playing.

[@seemagics]

@888tho your lips naturally buzzes if you follow his steps. it's just like playing with a balloon. if you grab the corners of the open end when the air is coming out, it vibrates.

[@MrBilioner]

I maybe buzz it for a minute or so to get my lips relaxed and so they can expect where Im going. I dont see how 10-15 minutes or even longer of lips buzzing will help if I can like warm up with random notes on the trumpet?

[@BrassMaster84]

I would kill for a 1 hour lesson with him. The best way to become successful is to find someone who is and copy what they do... what better person to copy than him?

[@jwbwebjunk]

He's describing Bill Adams Method... Check it out!

[@Noold]

G on top of staff the first day? i'm bad

[@DavidDArcyWestsideMichigan]

Above high D or E, I get shakes. Getting to high G and A, are nearly impossible. I've been taking lessons for three years, and the brassy, full notes eludes me. Can't quit. There has to be a breakaway technique to get both the high notes and nice full notes. Been told to stick my jaw out, make the EEE sound so the back of my tongue rises to the roof, blow steady, yet... I suck (sorry). I'm 56 and if I knew it would be this difficult, I would have taken up the cello! :-)

[@aaronwon4702]

David D'Arcy when you say high d or e, did you mean above the staf or in the staff? Try this method, instead of pushing your abdomen inside, push it out. Aim for the high g, breath and push out ur abdomen. Same like someone punches u in the stomach and u try to make your abdoment hard.

[@darryljones9208]

He wants so much to understand and express the technical laguage around 4:00. Players don't understand and no one is showing them. But he is correct that buzzing is a tension , or excessive effort approach.

[@MrSilverTrumpet]

You mean, wattsspuntninks, lol.

[@darryljones9208]

@@MrSilverTrumpet if he would have stopped with "watts" he would have actually been correct.

[@MrSilverTrumpet]

@@darryljones9208 I'm a bit confused, I associate watts with electricity.

[@darryljones9208]

@@MrSilverTrumpet Watts are the standard metric unit of power. Not exclusively electric power. Yes it is the commonly used units of electrical power. The air power that we provide to play is very simply: air pressure x air flow. There is an output of sound power from the played instrument which is power applied x efficiency. That is, air pressure x air flow x efficiency. The more resisistive factors that are in the air flow path IN the player before the instrument, relative to the instrument tone resistance, the less efficient the system. That is a major reason that higher pitches require more blowing effort. But tongue arch does NOT increase the air pressure. It introduces more flow resistance which will negatively impact efficiency. To maintain sound level, one must blow with more effort on high pitches to overcome the reduced efficiency of the system. Which is due to tongue arch, the smaller aperture, and combined with ever reducing instrument resistance above high C.

[@MrSilverTrumpet]

Sweet! What city in NJ is your school band?

[@888tho]

i dont get it though. How is he playing while he is not buzzing his lips??

[@snrnsjd]

Did You even watch the video? He showed you how when he took the mouthpiece out of the horn. What is happening is that the lips *are* vibrating ,but as a result of just blowing air through them , not by buzzing forcefully .

[@thomaspiet]

Yes but you can check if you are completely right if you buzz.. Try it.

[@thomaspiet]

Wat about buzzing for intonation? I dont buzz for the Sound, i do it for intonation.

[@888tho]

@seemagics oh

[@snrnsjd]

2:07

[@MrSilverTrumpet]

Why do people have to sware to make a comment. All it will do is get your comment deleted and banned from making in future comments.

[@supermarito79]

I don't believe this would work for 90% of trumpet players. Buzzing teaches you to be efficient and he also did learn through buzzing.

[@snrnsjd]

Omg here we go again... Keep buzzing my friend ,keep buzzing ...

[@siegfriedwifling907]

So so so great...there is so many sh...t out there..🙈

[@DohaJazz]

Great playing, but does he ever get to do the point of what he's trying to say?!!!....

[@Benefactors]

@McStooge99 false