Trumpet Practice - Accuracy Development

[@stevelangdon1969]

Hi Eric...steve here.. Im 54 yrs old.. no musical background .. been playing trumpet for 636 days and simply loving it!! Not yet had a lesson but hundreds of lessons on you tube from well meaning guys like yourself.. I'm really not into the traditional Arden type school of learning though so your video is superb at giving me some insight on how to practise..what I've realized is how amazing the brain in at working out on its own how to do stuff and your method I can see really taps into that potential. .. the g now above the staff is in my "comfort zone" (has been for 40 odd days!!) but if i see an A or B I'm not sure if I can get it "nicely / purely" or not!! I was listening to one of the Monster Oil Trumpet Talks (these guys..like you very laid back and want to give somehting back as well.. so worth a listen ) and one of the experts ( they have interviews with about 40 of the top trumpet guys...) said if you can make your a above the staff as easy as your g then you are on your way.. so any tips to make the a and the b (below the top c) float out real easy much appreciated .. but I appreciate that s a bit child's play to you!! Thanks for reading this far.. now I'm off for some Target Practise!!!!

[@MaynardFreek]

I like this idea of target practice although in a way I've practiced and taught the idea of thinking of notes as targets but not quite the way you demonstrated here. I'm gonna start incorporating your method in myself first and a few of my students and see what happens. I bet it'll make a positive difference! Thank you sincerely!!!

[@horbergus]

Great advice from what I can tell, I'm a self-taught player and I'm always so happy to find some real pro advice online in contrast to finding the normal "breath into your diaphragm" junk.

[@t.c.9838]

Nice video series sir. Thanks for posting. What’s nice about KZbin is the videos remain for us to learn from way after they’ve been posted. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@TarrinLupo]

This was super helpful, can't wait to try these exercises. TY for making this.

[@howardbivens4376]

Hey man thanks a lot, because sometimes I have trouble with accuracy, I’m going to work on that right away

[@barrybarnett648]

I met Mac at Arturos @ Thompson and Hudson around '92 at about 630. The bartender said this guy can really play trumpet. Most people that walk in are hacks, but he blew the walls out and we became friends. One night he invited me to go out to the Clubs and I took a date. Walked into about six clubs he sit in and play a tune or two and then the next one. He keep saying Oh what a night! With-out a doubt the best night in manhattan ever. I was studying with Allen Collin and he handed me one of mac's practice books, he had over one thousand albums he had played on. That was twenty+ years ago. If you see him give him a big Holler!

[@TheGholiday]

The whole concept of "Target Practice" is pretty darned awesome. Thank you for a great video. I also struggle with a metronome while I'm playing. My sight reading ability is bad and I can't wait to try these techniques myself to improve not only my playing ability but also my counting and sense of rhythm.

[@gotthesesongs]

+TheGholiday I'm conceptualizing a video about sight reading right now. There's really two parts to sight reading...rhythm and notes. They really should be practiced each by themselves to get the best result. Plus, rhythm can be (and should be) practiced without the horn.

[@TheGholiday]

+gotthesesongs Looking forward to seeing those vids. When it comes to practicing or learning rhythms or patterns, I either clap them or sound them out vocally, usually with a "te te" kind of sound. After that it's just a matter of seeing which notes have a dot or a dash or no articulation (is that the right term?). I find this method helps me identify patterns quickly and I can play them with relative (very relative...lol) ease.

[@lebecccomputer287]

What a brilliant technique. Thank you for this!

[@marie-jeannefuchs8554]

Merci pour ces bons conseils.

[@phillyvocalist]

Wish I would have watched this before the first time I played with an ensemble. Good help here, thanks!

[@gotthesesongs]

+Sean Tripline Cool, Sean. Thanks a lot for watching.

[@da11king]

So many variables goes into playing the trumpet...so many nuances, exercises, tips , tricks...omg what an instrument! 😧🎺 However, I am going to start target practice today 😉

[@onxkrinear]

Thanks a ton wilson, will surly do the exercises, will get back soon.Thanks once again for sharing....

[@MrTrackman100]

Thanks a lot. I will try your ideas as accuracy is a problem for me when trying to find a note after some measures of rest, etc.

[@gregorysloat4258]

Excellent video. Excellent advice.

[@djuneconley5569]

WOW! Great Idea :) alignment thank you! scale all great ideas omg gonna really dig into all this info!Thank you Thank you

[@theodoresirota8979]

Really useful ideas, thanks dude, appreciate it. As a classical player this is also a big problem

[@patobrien2329]

I learned more from this vid than I'd ever learned from great teachers.

[@gotthesesongs]

Thanks, that makes me happy. If you have any specific questions, ask and I'll make a video explaining it to a T .

[@Mike-qq5gp]

Great job. Great exercise. I would like a video about articulation,tongue position when releasing the note and after...Thanks in advance. Bravo.

[@gotthesesongs]

Thanks, I know it's been a while...I'll make that video within the week. Thanks for the suggestion...

[@Ricky_Olckers]

Thank you so much! Makes a lot of sense.

[@anthonycarbonaro7890]

Very excellent presentation.. Thank You 🙏

[@_hello__there_5594]

What trumpet is that? It looks so nice

[@christophersieben8902]

Thank you very much! great excercises !

[@trumpetplanet]

In your mentioning of Mac G I think you should also mention that he plays using the Superchops method by Jerome Callet. This would have a huge impact on his accuracy and range. You may also wish to give it a shot! Thanks for sharing.

[@egwilson3717]

Thanks for watching... Ive know Mac for a while now, and I've learned a lot from him over the years. He never once told me to study Callet's TCE. He has demonstrated it for me, but I've never seen him play that way. I'd prefer to say that Mac knows a lot about the subject and uses the best of all methods to achieve his almost magical technique.

[@clearnitesky]

Erik Wilson That's pretty interesting. I expect you're right. :)

[@user-mv9xm9rd4w]

thanks these videos really help me out will you make any more _practice trumpet_ videos soon

[@CornetBlues]

Great tips, I will be practicing these. I do find if you I make very short staccato notes it really works the tongue action!.Thanks for sharing mate ;)

[@emilymuntz5514]

YOU.......ARE........AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ronrobbins2737]

very helpful! ur awesome, thanks!

[@gregdearmond3309]

interesting reminds me of like juliard or mark gould emissions exercise

[@leardrussell4120]

Very helpful videos, but smoking is a nasty habit especially for a trumpet player.

[@LentoidTube]

Thanks. This is useful. By the way, how to hit the notes exactly. It means tuning. What do you think about playing with a tuner. Do you only play by ear?

[@fullautocare4403]

I always discourage playing with a tuner. It's possibly the worst thing you can do on a brass instrument. Being in tune all of the time takes practice, and I think that playing with a tuner keeps you from learning what it feels like to be in tune.

[@LentoidTube]

Thanks again. You know, I just try many ways to play better.

[@LentoidTube]

@@fullautocare4403 I was curious about your opinion because I have been playing long tones with a tuner lately and i think this is ok. Anyway, thanks.

[@Nick-up4mr]

I remember when I was a beginner. I couldn't even hit a 2nd line G

[@lebecccomputer287]

Nick Isn’t that the first note you’re taught? It was in my class

[@balin7889]

@@lebecccomputer287 I don't think so, the first note i learned was a low C below the staff, maybe it's because i was in 5th grade

[@djuneconley5569]

I know what you mean! I think I was trying so hard to get high and its really not.

[@pauldance7387]

Any specific advise to a new trumpet player of 8 months who is struggling to consistently hit E and F during actual song play ? During practice if I get a running start say from low C to E I can hit it but during real song playing going from a D upper register I struggle hitting E &F ....is it my chops just aren’t develop enough yet? It’s frustrating because I can hit those notes but struggle to “softly” hit them in real play.

[@torbjrnjacobsen6349]

Great videos your putting out :-) I was just wondering...how do you play with vibrato? I've been listening to som trumpet jazz players, and I really like the trumpet sound when the tones has a vibrato on it B-)

[@therealsourc3]

Torbjørn Jacobsen It's almost like singing in vibrato ;) change the air pressure from your lungs fast, but constant in speed

[@gotthesesongs]

+Torbjørn Jacobsen I generally perform vibrato with my throat and tongue. Some people use their lips, some use air pressure. All of the techniques sound a little different, so it depends (for me) what type of music I'm playing.

[@pauldance7387]

I haven’t tried this yet, it seems doable but aren’t small pinched notes easier to hit than longer 1.5 beats ? And your sample has you relaxing after each note. But while we’re playing a song we cannot always get then horn off our face. I’ll subscribe and watch more videos....thx much tho.i seems to build tension in my lips causing me to start screwing up notes.

[@bahutu802]

11:00 "You might... oh, it's coming up! Pffhe". Haha, so accurate :D

[@AlessandroTigano]

so useful, thank you!

[@dstaop]

Can u be accurate in pedal notes as well?

[@Auxenfreemusic]

What exercises would one practice to get better tone quality?

[@AClarino]

The Canadian Otter tone quality is mostly in the way you breathe. look up "breathing techniques" on youtube and practice a couple of those exercises...it makes a world of difference in trumpet playing, and none of those exercises are hard to master.

[@Auxenfreemusic]

AClarino Thank you very much! I'll be sure to look at some videos.

[@gerrepair9014]

I like your trumpet. What kind is it?

[@egwilson3717]

Ger Repair its a phaeton 2070

[@zeebramonkey]

hey do you know any good exercises for fast single tonging or double tonging

[@gotthesesongs]

doing it without the horn (like while walking down the street) is how i learned to tongue fast and consistently. I can tell you to stay away from thinking of it as "tee" and "ta", or "ka" or any syllable. think of it more like miles...he said that he used to put pieces of rice in his mouth and spit them out....you'll be faster (and cleaner) that way.

[@tonymartinez857]

sorry im late but play Clarke studies or 2nd studies you it helped be single tongue fast and it helped me double tongue correctly

[@gerrepair9014]

Yeah... do it a lot. start slow and work your way faster.

[@peterschwartz8363]

Hi. I'm a very beginning player, and I have a problem that begins before the problem you're addressing, but which I thought you'd address here. When your intention is to play a G within the staff (just as an example), how can you be sure that you will hit that note? So, in your examples, you said you were going to play three notes, say, C, A, and D (I can't remember which ones you used). Then you played them. But how did you know you were going to sound those notes before they came out? So... ...to use the target practice metaphor, when you're trying to hit a target with a dart or baseball, you can see the target and focus on it and get your muscles to do it. But how do you "see" the target when you have to hear a target that doesn't exist and you're starting without a reference note before it? What happens to me is that I'll try to hear the note, get myself sorted, and then blow. Mostly, I'll be off the note, say flat, and then have to adjust up to it. But if the first note in a piece is a G, you want to be able to hit the G without it being flat or sharp or somewhere between G and F or G and A. Any thoughts?

[@gotthesesongs]

you have to do it over, and over again...then do it more. the only way that I am able to hear a note, then play it today is because I've done it wrong more than a 1,000 times. practice makes perfect, I get the impression that you are thinking more than you are practicing...it should be the other way around. thank you for watching my video, and good luck with the trumpet.

[@TheHelvetican]

I agree with gotthesesongs. You need to do it until it becomes muscle memory. Then build the muscles in your chops to get your range.

[@iampossibility]

Same

[@danieloleary1782]

If you have a note you can't nail target practicing; Do a long tone or two or more. Then tounge largo tones on it for a breath or two, then tounge it staccato for a breath. Put the horn down , bring it up hit the note and hold it for a full count of four, take the horn off for a count of three, back up for full 4 count ,off 3, 0n 4 , off 3 , on off till you get it ironed out. Go to a different note you have trouble with and do the same. Then take a stab at hitting the first note staccato on the first try After taking that tact for about a week on notes I was having trouble with I found I could better do Eric's exercise because by playing longer tones initially I developed a feel for the note I was targeting and then I could better nail it down staccato.

[@soulsodromo]

Hello, have you considered come to Peru? We have thousands of turmpet players who can learn from you and they all play Cumbia and Salsa, with a say decent groove, but very few intonation, pulse and accuracy feel. By the way your welcome band will be Soulsodromo Fonk, so we can support your own Soul, RnB, Funk oriented feel. Blessings.

[@dannyobrien3876]

Thank you. Very helpful and informative. :-)

[@daviddarcy4500]

I'm not a beginner, more like the sunny-side of intermediate. What I mean is, after five years I believe I should be able to hit G, A, B, C (above the staff) but after about 15 minutes, I can no longer hit high G. I know that developing a good embouchure is important. Am I to assume that you play until you can't then try to do a tiny bit more, each day? I'm really clueless. Just bought a used Yamaha Allegro, had it refurbished, and it has helped some. I'm not trying to be a lazy player. Just that after twenty minutes or so my face is shot. Some have suggested taking a few minutes break between lesson assignments, which I've been doing and that helps. When I've completed my assignments, I just start playing scales, but after a half-hour, I sound horrible even above high C (above middle C). Love to get some ideas how I can practice longer.

[@egwilson3717]

David D'Arcy there must be something wrong with the way you purse your lips as you go up. This happenes a lot when players practice until they're "shot". I did this as a student, and I didn't know that I was doing something wrong until my mid 20's. This problem of yours can only be fixed by having a coach watch you as you play. There are so many things that could be going wrong, it's impossible to say how to fix it without seeing what's happening. If you'd like a lesson on skype, let me know. I never charge for the first lesson, and I'll be available to give lessons again in about two weeks. Thanks

[@jordonross2564]

Eric how can I get private lessons from you

[@gotthesesongs]

Hi, I don't openly give private instruction. I will try to make more videos in the future.

[@daveyewart4289]

very good . thank you

[@orvinal2883]

does this work on all brass instruments? say French horn?

[@fullautocare4403]

Hi, The french horn is the the hardest brass instrument to hit a clean, in tune note out of the blue. This will be great on the french horn

[@mayragnocchi7272]

Nice playing dude.......

[@eammaelthompson6294]

Good 🇩🇪👍

[@DEATHMAN760]

What was the name of the tune at the beginning?

[@gotthesesongs]

Give it to me baby, rick james

[@lach7061]

Thank

[@carlwillows712]

Your trumpet videos have been really helpful but it's a shame to see that this most recent one is two years old. Are you planning on making any more trumpet tutorials?

[@57dogsbody]

What kind of horn is that?

[@gotthesesongs]

It's a Phaeton 2070. VERY versatile trumpet.

[@claytonalmeida2157]

is it a pheaton trumpet?

[@AClarino]

Clayton Almeida yes. Its a 2070. Pretty nice horn

[@james-lloydkincade5718]

Still, answering questions?

[@russellstraight9991]

Mouthpiece will make a difference as well. Mouthpiece too big for you or too small can kill eccuracy, efficiency, tone, flexibility. Not talking about shallow, meaning if you have smasher lips and your playing a Bach 1c equivilent and you should be on a 5c that can make s huge difference. I think, correct me if I'm wrong

[@gotthesesongs]

russell straight mouthpiecemakes a huge difference in everything. I have given away a lot of mouthpieces to students who are playing the wrong size.

[@russellstraight9991]

@@gotthesesongs question is how do you know what the right size is

[@gotthesesongs]

I've changed mouthpieces so much over the years. I think almost everyone has. I seriously believe that there's no one, i mean nobody on earth that can tell you what is the right size for you. I've always played a lot of mouthpieces at stores, bought the ones I liked, gave them away as I found people who could use them, and repeated the process. I can play very well on a lot of different sizes, and I would like to see more players doing the same.

[@davidriosetroc8687]

nice bubbler Lol good video bro

[@jeremiah6136]

what trumpet is this?

[@gotthesesongs]

Joiined it's a Phaeton 2070

[@vinniepaah5264]

"You can paly a high C and you can hit it any time - it's not a big deal" - it's a big deal for me. I've practiced trumpet for around 8 years and I can only go up to G on top of the staff. I've tried different methods of developing my playing but nothing works. I can play within that limited range fine but it's not trumpet playing - is it? I bet it's not.

[@egwilson3717]

there's got to be something wrong...i'll bet it's easy to fix, you just have to find out what it is. i suggest a lesson, just one lesson and you should be able to straighten that out.

[@vinniepaah5264]

Do you mean a lesson with you over Internet or just about anyone playing trumpet better than me in person?

[@gotthesesongs]

VinniePaah it cant be just anyone...it has to be someone who can notice what's wrong. i can probably help, but if you don't practice, nothing will work.

[@vinniepaah5264]

I practice for hours, Eric. I agree, something is wrong. How would you be able to help? If you have a specific offer, can you please send me a YT PM?

[@gotthesesongs]

VinniePaah i dont see the message button anymore, youtube must have changed it. email me. [e-mail]

[@metaphor5533]

2:42 Finger takes Re but the sound is Mi :D

[@skrame01]

Are you from Pittsburgh area? (accent)

[@robertduis6730]

Mr "X" ...do not see a name ....0.27 => "I'm not gonna talk too much ....:-))))"

[@prestonjenson1088]

What kind of mouthpiece are you playing on?

[@gotthesesongs]

+Preston Jenson This is a Warburton Mouthpiece. 7M Top and a 4* Backbore.

[@adityatyagi4009]

Is that a pack of cigarettes on the table next to the metronome?

[@trumpsycho28]

no, is a deck of cards

[@jeromesharp3462]

ferny kajar Then why is there a lighter on top of it?

[@1flamaster]

talks a bit too much

[@jonasbuser3194]

karollus invincibullus ...i dont think so...