James Morrison's trumpet tutorial: Part 4 Endurance

"How to play the trumpet", the way James Morrison sees it. This tutorial is also useful for other brass instruments.

[@megabite3869]

I play the trumpet for 12 years and endurance is my big problem and I think I'm not the only one... Thank you for this video.

[@flaviofreitas4357]

Perfectly explained. Obrigado grande mestre Morrison 🙏🏽

[@lance8359]

I love horns, especially the sax. I loved the band, Kool And The Gang and Casey And The Sunshine Band.

[@jeromenessmusic1283]

This is very helpful

[@hairclubfurmen]

"Not necessary 100 will be fine" lmaooooo

[@Herehear49]

A man finds a genie's lantern on a beach, rubs it and a happy genie appears. "Hello lucky mortal, I am the genie of the lamp here to grant you any wish!". The man timidly replies that his one wish might be asking for too much. "Nonsense" says the genie, "I will grant you whatever it is you wish!". "Okay", says the man. "Mr. Genie, if you will, please make the trumpet a very easy thing for me to play". The genie gives the man a dirty look, cusses him out and disappears back into his lamp. Evidently the genie once tried to play the trumpet and the man's request just rubbed him the wrong way...

[@strangecloud1]

Or maybe the genie turned the trumpet into a swanee whistle...

[@lance8359]

lol. Good one

[@stevenlewis9026]

Wow thank you so much it’s all ready working and I’ve only been doing it for 15 minutes!

[@charleshinton4832]

Lessons better than any money can buy! Thank you so much for the seminars!

[@josephcoberly6495]

So true!! Thank you so much for the insight. I started playing trumpet in 4th grade and into junior high. Then I went to a valve trombone. After high school I quit playing till recently and, wow, way out of shape!! So, I've been trying to get back into it. Thanks again my friend.

[@christinadone774]

These videos are helping a lot thanks

[@davidgrigg12]

6 dislikes??? Darn woodwinds

[@eugenetswong]

Lol When I saw your question, I thought maybe the dislikes were from the trombonists or clarinets.

[@neva_rognes]

Haha!😂😂

[@rickoshay520]

As my dad once told me, “Some people are just assholes”.

[@neva_rognes]

This helped a lot. Thank You!🙂

[@plithos]

I had this exact experience, once more, just this past weekend.. Something bothers you while playing, the PA sound isn't enough, you don't hear yourself or the others, you get frustrated, you blow harder than normal to hear and, possibly, at some point you lose focus and, more importantly, energy.. your endurance has gone, momentarily, at least .. James's right! Focus on the music and good steady breathing.. All the other stuff, require a level of experience that's outside music and can be earned, day-by-day, gig-by-gig..

[@michaelschmidlin4274]

I am loving these videos so far and have been learning a lot! However, there is a small error when you talk about the diaphragm. The diaphragm muscle's only function is to draw air in. Any forceful expulsion of air actually comes from our abdomen.

[@TheBravedigger]

I see what you're getting at, but brass playing is not a forced expulsion of air. It's about the controlled release, which is caused by a controlled slow relaxation a the diaphragm. When you use more force, you also involve the abdominal muscles, but that's only in certain circumstances. Regular range and volume don't need more than the controlled relaxation of the diaphragm.

[@michaelschmidlin4274]

Very well put. Thank you for the response!

[@sirvincent7263]

Very simply, as the late Kendall Betts (former principal horn, Minnesota Orchestra) explained it: "create a "line" with the air, place the notes on the line." Think of stringed instrument. They create the vibration on the string and place the notes on it. And isn't air supply a soft-rock duo from Australia??

[@lewisantell9404]

My lips get tired in 20 mins :( too much pressure

[@kentbrashear]

Me too.

[@jncrook5409]

I have been told for many many years about more air, but I don't exactly know what that means because when I play with more air I play louder.

[@donaldcreech7782]

My lips never give out. It's always the corners :(

[@nedashcroft4338]

Any advice on how to actually stop pulling back with the trumpet?

[@zackf3120]

I like to play while laying flat on the floor for short periods of time to keep myself from pressing in too much. Hopefully that helps

[@darryljones9208]

An efficient embouchure uses less air , not more. And air energy can not replace, nor be exchanged for, embouchure effort efficiency. This is physically impossible.

[@williamkao5381]

Anyone know anything for trombone?

[@joseph2832]

Lol

[@russellziske7385]

No, diaphragm pulls air in. No function outward.

[@lance8359]

My music teacher disagrees with you.

[@bartvaes4126]

@@lance8359 Your music teacher is not a physician. The diaphragm only 'works' when inhaling, creating a vacuum that pulls in air. When exhaling, the diaphragm relaxes to its normal state, which forces air out. Technically speaking, the "work" is only done when inhaling. But of course, there are lots of other muscles at work during this process.

[@Anacatlan]

Hi I play Mariachi. I average about 2-4 hours of plying on weekends. I find that my lower back is in near spasm at times after and next day. Is it possible to over support from diaphragm? How to avoid this? I make my living playing.

[@julesgilliam1910]

I'd recommend checking out Alexander Technique, it's a posture based program useful for musicians/actors, might help with the lower back

[@SamuelHernandez-mb2cp]

you are romans cousin.

[@javierpinal3413]

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[@lance8359]

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[@jasonkellogg388]

James, sorry to say, you're wrong again. If someone struggles with endurance, it's not because they're not using their air enough or properly. It's because their embouchure is not operating in an efficient manner. This can be due to a couple of things: 1. They're using inefficient embouchure mechanics that need to be corrected. 2. Their physical makeup is not conducive to efficient mechanics. In either case, these things can be corrected or worked around with the guidance of a knowledgeable teacher. You are correct in the sense that when people hit the wall with regard to endurance that they always feel it in the lips. That's because that's where the problem exists, in the embouchure. I can understand your PERCEPTION that air can be used to offset this. That's because you are one of the fortunate players who never had embouchure problems. For you, you've never had to dedicate a lot of conscious thought to what the lips are doing. Your physical structure made things a degree easier for you, and by luck, that structure was conducive to adopting the proper embouchure mechanics to work efficiently. It's common for people with naturally good embouchures to attribute too much about air, because that's all they really notice. Think about it: If the teeth, jaw, bite, etc. are structured in such a way that it does a good part of the work for you just because it is set up to provide a lot of leverage for the lips, BOOM, right there, there's an advantage that put's the player WAY ahead of the game. Then, on top of that, if the embouchure is operating with good, efficient mechanics, BOOM, there's another boost. These two things combined create a tremendous advantage to some players. And then from there, there's practice. Now, we know that everyone who takes up the trumpet at one point or another practices A LOT because they are motivated by the desire to be good players with good range and endurance. But what happens to many is that they see that other people are getting better results, either by the same amount of practice, or sometimes even less practice! And this is when they lose motivation, because they feel as though they're beating a dead horse in a sense. So this is when they either quit, or begin a safari on finding a teacher who can straighten them out. And the problem is, they look to great players to fix their problems, but often, the great players aren't qualified to fix their problems because they were naturally good players, they never experienced what they're going through. Is the crux of the matter that one person is using better air support than the other? Of course not! Everyone has enough air power to play double C and beyond. The thing that separates those who can from those who can't is what's happening and what exists where the rubber meets the road: THE EMBOUCHURE! Consider this truth: If you were to examine the physical breathing apparatuses of a large group of trumpet players who have great range and endurance and compare them to players who have no range and terrible endurance, not only would you find very little difference between them, you'd also be surprised to find that there are countless people who are very small and not particularly strong physically who have great upper registers and great endurance. You would find just as many great big strong burly people with huge lung capacity and bigger, stronger muscles of the diaphragm, intercostals, and abdominals who have terrible range and endurance. As Bill Engvall, the comedian would say: "Here's your sign!" Generally speaking there isn't much difference or variation in how the human breathing apparatus is structured from person-to-person, we are all pretty much built the same there. The only differences are in size and strength, and we've already proven that insignificant. But if we look at people's facial structures, teeth contours, bite (overbite versus underbite), jaw occlusion (the degree to which a jaw moves from side-to-side when it goes up and down) structure, lip thickness, tongue length, facial muscles and structure, we'd see an awful lot of variation between everyone in each one of those aspects just mentioned! So what does that tell us? HERE'S YOUR SIGN! It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that it's not about the air. Some people will backpedal and say, "well it's about how you 'move' your air." Well, OK....What "moves your air" into the mouthpiece? It's the aperture, which is part of the embouchure. The tongue also plays a role in this. It's not the lungs, nor the diaphragm. The aperture is the VALVE that controls the direction, the force, the speed (which equates to loudness), and the volume (quantity) of the air as it transfers it into the mouthpiece. The tongue can also aid in embouchure compression by making the mouth cavity smaller (when positioned higher and more forward in the mouth). For other ways that the tongue can help the embouchure, people should study Jerome Callet's "Tongue-Controlled Embouchure." But for God's sake, the LAST place we should be looking in terms of attributing range and endurance is the air and the breathing apparatus. James, you are a marvelous trumpet player, which garners you some credibility when you talk about trumpet playing, but what you are saying is clearly wrong. Because a lot of this came naturally to you, it might be just speculation on your part (perceptions or thoughts instead of facts) or perhaps it's because of the fact that trumpet pedagogy and conventional wisdom has had it wrong for an awfully long time and people have just been repeating the same flawed postulations over and over and you've just jumped on that train. Whatever the case, this video series is serving to perpetuate the same fallacies and myths that have existed forever. It's never too late to learn, James. You're a great player, but great players don't always make the best teachers. I'm not trying to bad mouth or talk down to you, I'm just trying to get the correct information out there and stop the perpetuation of antiquated and incorrect theories. Aspiring trumpet players deserve better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIqwp2OQaa6gj7s

[@rennieferrante410]

This guy talks and yaps too much and doesn't do enough demonstration and showing what to do. Again stop yapping and play.

[@FreezingApes2000]

I feel like he did really well with talking about it and he didn’t really need to play to explain this. Endurance is just about practice and using your diaphragm for support and such instead of your lips. You either don’t play trumpet or you’re very new to it because the other comments are from people who’ve played trumpet for a bit understand what he’s talking about.

[@javiersagarnaga6265]

But ur still watching right

[@meat.]

Rennie Ferrante “this guy” is one of the greatest trumpet players alive today. Your dumbass would do well to process his every word and put them to use in your practice if you actually give a damn about playing

[@stirdy4stirdy]

My man seriously just called James Morisson 'this guy'. Darn.

[@richardcarlson112]

You make this comment on all his videos. Why watch and say those things if they are not for you? The rest of us enjoy them and get good value from them.