The $1,000 Trumpet Lesson

[@shamslife9182]

Thanks kind sir !🍀‼️ Amazing sharing of your priceless knowledge❤️ Shine on beautiful 🍀😃🤗

[@davidr.montgomery8919]

Mr. Rawlin, no one with any decency would ever blast your health problems. I will tell you this: I strongly admire you and your trumpet playing. I have been playing since 1958 and I will tell you that there is no way I can play anywhere near as good as you. Anyone who would make fun of you could only be jealous of you. You are great and a person to be admired! Thanks for sharing all you are. Your sharing shows that you are indeed a fine person.

[@selpingos]

Hi Mr Rawlin, I havent seen newer videos from you lately but these old ones are great

[@emilianozapata127]

Thank you for the lesson! I just started with the trumpet a week ago and this really helped.

[@djacobs880]

George!!! As I've said before, in my mind you're a national treasure!!! Thank you again for your willingness to share these gemstones of wisdom and experience. I always get a boost from your videos!!! :-)

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Dan Jacobs you are a gem yourself brother. Thank you

[@harrelsontrumpets]

Analysis DOES NOT lead to paralysis! Thanks for a great video George :)

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

this relaxes your air and teaches you the proper balance of air to embouchure to play in all registers. It also shows how much volume you can get from a proper balance. After playing with slide removed on say a middle G put the slide back in and play the G and see how much easier and fuller the sound is.

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

glad you liked it. i listened to several of your recordings and really enjoyed them!

[@MrRezillo]

Thanks, Mr. Rawlins. I read about taking the lead pipe out somewhere, but never gave it much attention. Lately I've been stuck and have lost a bit of range, so I'm definitely going to try this. Very generous of you to put these videos up. Mega thanks.

[@leneytunes]

Wow, thank you for this excellent lead pipe demo. I've been warming -up on it for a month or so and have found that the tongue and jaw have to be doing the right thing to get the notes. I have found that extending the leadpipe with one of the tuning slide tubes in, puts the "break" lower in pitch and is easier way into forming notes that are not there naturally and is a way in to how to toungue position for production of the a and c with just the leadpipe.

[@patmichaud7297]

Thanks, George! Easiest F I've ever played. Looking forward to working with this method some more.

[@boboala1]

I first heard about blowing the pipe back in the early 80's before I went to grad school intending to major in trumpet performance. However, I did not know about these other exercises you have shown, and the proper approach and outcomes gained...I just started doing high loud long tones on my extra C trumpet lead pipe, and got stiff, and had continual response/range problems which had plagued me since my undergrad days(!) I flushed out after my 1st semester. My undergrad trumpet teacher never discussed proper embouchure (if he even knew!) or diagnosed the classic trap I was repeating daily in my practice: trying to use brute strength, pressure & volume in order to play in the clarino register. I really thought this was the 'way' to get there, and I tried so many things - yoga-type breathing, weightlifting, running, lip slurs until my mouth hurt, long tones (too darn loud & too many of 'em!), pedal tones, and of course mouthpiece panacea. So now 36 years later, and thanks to the sharing YT community of teachers/learners, I realize the simple most fundamental mistake I was making, and that was having too big a lip aperture in my initial set, and then the 'louder is better' mindset and the resultant increased air pressure was blowing my lips outward as well which caused me to counter with too much pressure and always be feeling 'sore' almost every day. Very frustrating. Nothing vibrating past a sporadic high E or F. Never played a high G in my life! Not even a squeaked one. So yeah, I'm going to click on the Comment button, go grab my horn, remove the leadpipe & do some of your exercises, then I'm going to do some John Faddis simple arpeggios (you know what I'm talking about) except this time I'm going to do 'em SOFTLY & stop/put the horn down after I reach my ceiling for the day. I'll be turning 60 in May, so my goal is to get that high 'G' (or higher) by then! Anyways, I'm glad I saw your video & it has inspired me!

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

boboala1 I like your honesty. Thank you for your comments 😇

[@TheGholiday]

You sir are amazing, thank you for sharing and such insight into such a wonderful instrument. If you ever come to Australia, please run a workshop, many aspiring or professional trumpet players would dearly love the opportunity to learn from you.

[@smnewstead4093]

Why do people come listen to masters of their fields give these kind gifts to us all for free and then ridicule their appearance? I think you're an adorable, sweet man who is very talented and we are all very lucky! What a sweetie pie! Morals aside, practice like this on a Bb horn really helps with the necessary skills to switch to natural trumpet and play it more efficiently.

[@clivefynn9991]

thank you Sir no amount of learning is in vain bravo big man bravo

[@ilovemonkeys77]

I pause like 4 minutes in a just tried a B-flat major scale an it sound a lot better!! I'm def gonna start using this method! thank you!

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Most of the work is accomplished with the tongue. Once your chops have accustomed themselves to the slightly edge toward center grip the air and the tongue do the higher work. Let your tongue lift up at the front of your mouth like when whistling octaves.

[@hermandhillon98]

he is changing his embouchure to the pitch of the note that he is pressing down on. This is a great learning technique using the leadpipe or a berp which is something we use in DCI to center the pitch of the phrase we are trying to play especially on the fast runs so that we can center the pitch immediately instead of centering it after playing it...

[@zegang4200]

Thanks George, that's helpful.

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Yes and no - many players allow the air to force the lips to open up into the cup a bit. This is a negative mechanical advantage. Keeping the lips touching vertically is optimum - this is all explained in detail in AirPlay.

[@bondiada1010]

I think its just for association. Your ear will make the connection that that valve combo equals that pitch. Its more of a sub-conscious thing.

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

that is a good trick - thanks for mentioning it. Glad you have found some help with this. gR

[@dannyalbertoperez]

Good Bless you🎉Theacher

[@Geld85]

France is listenning to you :) thank you very much !

[@leneytunes]

I should add that with the extra slide length the break comes below f at the bottom of the stave, in the middle of the octave as you descend.

[@SaltiestSalem]

Alright, thank you, sir. I have trouble with changing my pitch as I attempt to go up the scale, though. The pitch changes as I try to get to G but i have trouble getting it higher until I reach the C at the top of the Bb Major Scale. I'll keep at it, but it's generally confusing for me.

[@MrTrompwn]

It's part of ear training and consistency. You don't play those notes normally with the lead pipe in without pressing valves down, so don't practice doing so.

[@DonnCuailngeMedb]

You have to try it to see why. The first time I tried playing with the tuning slide out it was incredibly hard to play with any sort of tone or volume.

[@gracetunes3982]

Dear Mr, I started playing at the age of 36, now i am turning 42 and still I am struggling with high notes (anything above a G above the staff is almost too hard to play for me..). Nowadays, I feel a significant change, I really think it is because of your video's. thank you so much for your contributions to the worldwide trumpet community!

[@xenroc]

this is honestly the best lesson video i've ever seen thank you so much have my babies please

[@SaltiestSalem]

I have tried it and although I am continuing to try to work with it, I'm nit sure what I'm supposed to be doing, or how it's helping more than simply trying to get higher and higher with tightening my lips the least i can. (It's hard to break old habits though)

[@lazulicdm]

To all of you haters- this isn't analysis, you should keep your mind in the air, and make the trumpet as easy as possible. This is the opposite, where your air shouldn't be tensed at all. Great video!

[@Codemastahbeats]

The “analysis leads to paralysis” quote as explained by my trumpet teacher refers to performing, rather than explaining a trumpet method

[@doreen5582]

Thank you.

[@57dogsbody]

Hey George, in Jeff Smileys book The Balanced Embouchure he advocates rolling the lips in slightly for the upper register. What is YOUR take on that?

[@mfiljaz]

If the leadpipe is out, how does pressing the valves change your sound???

[@svenkarlsson7282]

good help for me

[@arthurmanning8581]

I started playing the trumpet in the fourth grade it's been 37 years I'm trying to get back playing now trying to get my lip back can it be done?

[@amandanectar]

Yes! I played with a brass band in my teens and took it back up again 30 years later. I play soprano cornet, it just takes practice practice practice, and more practice

[@arthurmanning8581]

Thank am practicing everyday now my lip is getting better I was a very good trumpet player in high school

[@rbjazztp]

Many Thanks George! Great Video-

[@kaunasprince]

George, I am confused. How can the valves do anything when you are playing only through the lead pipe?

[@FeldenkraisHorn]

It's just to help the head. I even do that when I play on the natural horn...

[@gregtheodoran6642]

seems like a good exercise.just wondering whats the purpose of removing the lead pipe out

[@learningaresintenorrecorde8310]

About 7.43, I started to wonder about your neighbours! You either don't have any or they are amazingly tolerant!

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Learning a Resin Tenor Recorder - 1. I live on a large farm

[@selpingos]

Hi George I'm from Malaysia. I play a Bach Strad 37. I find myself playing sharp through the song. Any ideas on how I can change that? I tried playing with a tuner but it is really hard to hit the target. Guy

[@georgerawlin7511]

selpingos first thing is to pull the tuning slide out a bit and test. If more pulling to keep your horn getting down to the pitch.

[@selpingos]

@@georgerawlin7511 actually Ive tried that George. I pull it out quite a bit. BTw how much will your tweaking cost? ballpark figure

[@georgerawlin7511]

selpingos I am not doing tweaking until the virus is gone.

[@rommelangelia3265]

what mouthpiece are you using?

[@novaj5]

Mr. Rawlin, thank you for a great video. I've been posting trumpet education videos every now and then to share with other Korean trumpeters. Korean trumpet pedagogy is very outdated (in my opinion) and videos like this would benefit them tremendously. Would you kindly allow me to translate the video and upload it on my channel? I'll have you, your channel and this video referred to as the original of course. Thank you. All the best 👍

[@SaltiestSalem]

I'm not quite sure how this method differs from having the tuning slide in. Could someone explain it to me please?

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

it's my gRawlin #2 with a Warburton 7b backbore

[@paulgrimm6850]

Thanks

[@c_rolla100]

It's a mental thing, like muscle memory.

[@baronofree1]

I your use of the technical terms - particularly "chops"!

[@Traceeos]

nice trumpet skills!

[@jadenplaystrumpet3117]

This helps lip slurs ALOT! Thank you very much for posting, The only thing negative I can really say is that, this kills your lips very fast.

[@siegfriedwifling9992]

Great INFO..Thank you very much for share..

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Je vous en prie !

[@PuertoricanPatriot1]

After I play with your method, the center of my lips sting... I can also only get an airy tone from my trumpet, still a tone but very airy. My aperture is not too wide, I can definitely feel that my lips are touching in the center. And when I go into he upper register my tone stops completely but I'm not using pressure! I'd like for your method to work for me but I'm having great troubles. Please help

[@samuelelberson5476]

My lips stung when I was bussing too hard and using too much pressure. Hope that helps!

[@kennedyparkman7183]

Very helpful

[@nathanweisser]

Woah.. that was amazing. I just broke the wall my first time

[@colinpatton7289]

+Nathan Weisser broke your wall

[@noahcoen2452]

That is what i was thinking the entire time

[@FunnyGA1ex]

Meh ... I prefer to play taps. Sounds nice, and gets you the good vital practice. The buzz work! Thank You!

[@lyndonkylelagpacan1051]

Do you sell trumpets?

[@Bigfootmandude]

Urinate??

[@horbergus]

lol what kind of question was that?

[@cklee4701]

amazing!!!

[@ThatTumpetGuy]

The harmonics of the pipe are (ascending ) F, (F) G, D, G

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Thanks for nice words ..I have a nerve disease that is incurable and I am in a Wheelchair for several years. Cannot exercise or walk. My joy is that I can play due to the method I call AirPlay. I teach it I make trumpets and Flugel Horns and have a wonderful website: grawlin.com where I give hundreds of pages of free info on playing. Read my bio and you can see that I know what I'm doing. I have hundreds of thousands of hit on my videos and a half million visits to my website.

[@dandotreillydot42058]

yes

[@PeterHirzinger]

cooool! Danke

[@Traceeos]

I am not being mean but I am glad no one made fun of him.

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

Purchase AirPlay and you will find out. Way to much to answer in a simple ? Thanks

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

YES !!! I sell the gRawlin Solista Trumpets Bb in .453, .460, .470 assembled by Zig Kanstul. Go to my website for info.

[@colinkyger5453]

why a 1,000 dollars to lesson

[@jeffreypinskersmith]

umm... he was talking about the presenter....

[@GBUKMilo]

Great lesson George. o-iii

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

I have a nerve disease that is incurable and I am in a Wheelchair for several years. Cannot exercise or walk. My joy is that I can play due to the method I call AirPlay. I teach it I make trumpets and Flugel Horns and have a wonderful website: grawlin.com where I give hundreds of pages of free info on playing. Read my bio and you can see that I know what I'm doing. I have hundreds of thousands of hit on my videos and a half million visits to my website. If U blast someones health think first. !!

[@GeorgeRawlintrumpet]

OFTEN

[@horbergus]

I know

[@ThatTumpetGuy]

He's a great player... However.. Bud Herseth did say: "Analysis leads to paralysis." So, If you're new to trumpet, I would not suggest watching this video.