The Tongue Position And High Notes [Part 2 of Upper Register Breakthrough]

This video is Part 2 of a longer video entitled Upper Register Breakthrough: How I Learned To Play A Double C In My 40's. You can watch the entire video here: • Upper Register Breakth...
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Tito Carrillo is professor of jazz trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: music.illinois.edu/faculty/ti...

[@sounderdavis5446]

Dude, this was so helpful. As a comeback player who always struggled with control and endurance or quiet playing high--I had learned as a kid to go up with tighter mouth corners and aaaah-eeeee jaw position but also counter-productive hand pressure. But as a kid, I heard nothing about tongue position or even airspeed. Watching other YT videos recently, I'd figured out that I needed to eliminate the hand pressure and create a venturi effect in the mouth by raising the tongue and moving the air faster, but I was doing it with just the back of the tongue. I could slur up to higher notes much more easily by raising the back of the tongue, but I still couldn't tongue them without straining. Watching the MRI clips here, I see those two players are also, and importantly, getting the middle and front part of their tongues up near the roof of their mouths, and they're doing it much earlier going up in register than I would have guessed was needed. Back to the drawing board unlearning bad habits for me, but I think this will help a lot, because I've felt stuck, and this gives me something concrete to work towards instead. Thank you, Tito!

[@blow-by-blow-trumpet]

Can't get over those MRIs! Every brass player should see that early on. I don't understand why so few teachers teach this. I went through school on trumpet and no-one ever mentioned tongue position (or abdomen for that matter). I think it has really held me back.

[@davidstorey2477]

Your video was extremely educational. I am a amateur playing and this made complete sense to me. I will try to learn from this and follow your lessons. Thank you

[@CameronJay]

Brilliant video - I agree on the beginners starting too low - I try to find where they can get a natural sound and expand from there. Occasionally, I have a student that starts too low, I find that free buzzing ort mouthpiece buzzing helps here. Keep the video coming, this was great.

[@jazzmindwithtitocarrillo605]

Thank you Cameron! I’ve been enjoying your videos on the Maggio method as well! All the best 🙏🏽

[@darryljones9208]

I have always allowed the tongue to move as I ascend and do not need an MRI to know that. It is related to the mouth's primary native function which is eating. The lip posture alone controls the pitch the tongue just moves in tandem.

[@jazzmindwithtitocarrillo605]

It seems my including MRI videos of master musicians offends you in some way. There is an easy cure for that, don't watch my videos.

[@darryljones9208]

@@jazzmindwithtitocarrillo605 no, doesn't offend at all. I just wrote that it has always been self evident that my tongue moves forward as I ascend.

[@LyricsVideo4U]

00:41 Nice..

[@Trompete]

Absolutely agree.

[@da11king]

This tongue 👅 dilema is a mystery. Like you mentioned, it comes natural to lots of players, It doesnt for me. While working on sluring, I was told by a teacher to blow the horn with no tongue usage and i am able to go thru the harmonics of the horn(up to high E) while keeping the tongue in a normal inactive position. I really wish i can work with an expert teacher on that subjet. 😪