One month to better brass playing!

[@deonejohnson7351]

I’m all in buddy, haven’t missed a day with you and the long tones have saved me. 72 and playing my best 🎺❤

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Always great to see your name pop up, Deone. I’m glad you’ve found the videos helpful.

[@deonejohnson7351]

@@AirflowMusicNYC I almost like these better than the 30 second ones.

[@DavidJones-nf2mo]

As always, many thanks Bryan. I did these long tones with you last year and have just discovered i shouldn't have stopped!! Dave from Reunion Island

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

You're very welcome, Dave. Time to get back on the horse! 😀

[@DavidJones-nf2mo]

@@AirflowMusicNYC thanks Bryan :-)

[@jeromy9422]

Just found your channel. Consider today August 1st

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Welcome! The videos aren't going anywhere, so enjoy going through your month of long tones.

This is amazing, think you for your effort!

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Thanks for watching!

[@johncatino6863]

I’ve been playing long tones along with you everyday this year and will continue this month. Hope you are feeling better soon.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

I know you’ve been all in for a long time now, John. I hope all is well with you and yours.

[@enelsondebe4883]

Im all in brother!

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Welcome!

[@darkelectric2024]

Marvelous I just started your "im rather enjoying this" series again and this pops up .... Im on board.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Magnificent! Thanks for still hanging in!

[@ISuperTed]

This is brilliant Bryan. Unfortunately, I’m off on holiday for 2 weeks, but determined to do this when I’m back. Will take a mouthpiece while I’m off but can’t take the trumpet.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

The videos aren't going anywhere, Ted. Have fun on your hols - they'll be good to build you back up upon your return.

[@erwinservaes6166]

Thanx for the nice rehearsal 👌

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

You're welcome.

[@hugoc2266]

I'm ready to play long tones every day for the next month!

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Glad to hear it, Hugo.

[@njtlaw]

I started yesterday. I was able to do the entire exercise along with you. Today was a little different. Needed more breath on low notes and has trouble with F # and G above the scale.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Glad to have you with us, Jim. It's quietly a workout, so that's not uncommon. I'll be interested to see how you feel after a few more days.

[@davidraber-radakovits1572]

I‘m in. On Tenorhorn/Euph though

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Great! Obviously, euphonium will be at the same written pitch (if you’re a treble clef reader) when playing along, although the same sequence will work great on the tenorhorn.

[@danieldancer4065]

lets do it

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Excellent!

[@ramveera8724]

What mouthpiece are you using?

[@gitrmn1]

Hi Bryan, question for you...I'm a comeback player and one of the things we always did, and what I always do now to start my practices is long tones. I do them much longer than you are doing here. Does doing them for 32 or 40 counts matter? I do it for breathing, tone and control. Does the length of time matter?(counts-wise) Thanks! Hope to see you play live again here in NYC sometime soon.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Hi there. Good question! Since there'll be a wide variety of skill levels joining in with this, I'm starting out easy. We'll absolutely build up to longer tones as we go!

[@kptrpt1]

Hi Bryan, I'm onboard. I haven't done long tones on a steady basis in quite a while, so it will hopefully help with endurance as well as tone. One question. Where do you recommend doing this in the practice routine? At the very beginning, after a brief warm-up, after getting through everything else? Thanks!

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Definitely after a warm-up, but otherwise it varies for me everyday.

[@jonathanaguilar388]

Bryan I feel like my lips end up closing when I try to go higher, I have an over bite so my trumpet goes down, I tend to go press more and put my trumpet lower when going higher yet there’s a limit to my range because of it, what should I do?

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Are you trying to play higher by blowing harder, by any chance?

[@jonathanaguilar388]

@@AirflowMusicNYC sadly yes I have, I don’t seem to find any other resource to increase the air pressure, I’m not sure if I’m using my tounge and abdominals correctly? I’m a tad bit lost 😅

[@leonardorosario3255]

So i was good until top f# and G started feeling little pinched on f# and on bothe the buzz was stoping here and there. On low Ab G and F# it was very hard to get the buzz going and maintian the buzz the whole duration.. had to pause the video and kept retrying. Is it that i am that weak? Or that i am doing improper technigue in the extreme registers of this excersie. The others resonate just fine.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

Hey Leo. It's a fairly long blow, particularly when you start out. Stick with it and see how you feel after a few more days.

[@thewhiterabbit8842]

I have marching band camp, and it very difficult in length, dynamics, tonguin and range . I come back home very tried and feeling destroyed. Is it a good idea to continue to work on long tones? Will this help me improve my playing ar band camp?

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

If you’re that tired at the end of the day then rest! Maybe do them before you go in, in the morning.

[@samhofheins1916]

I started off good and got up to about middle b natural and then things started feeling tense, i do long tones about 2 to 3 times a week is this normal?

[@ramveera8724]

What mouthpiece are you using.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

That's my Schagerl Apredato. It's a custom piece that they converted for me, so it's not a model from their general lineup.

[@NicolasHenao-jz8lc]

Ojalá hubieran subtítulos en español 😢 que fuerte no saber hablar inglés fluido.

[@AirflowMusicNYC]

I’ll make a better effort to make proper English subtitles, so hopefully the automatic Spanish subtitles can be as good as possible.