Trumpet Warm Up with pedal tones

[@keenanmike8482]

Great video Mr. Lewis! I've been playing trumpet for four years now and I have been looking to find a good warm up to improve my playing and I believe this and a few other things I found on your channel will help me do just that! Thanks for putting out quality content!

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Very kind words indeed! I do appreciate it and you're welcome! Best of luck on your trumpet journey.

[@Herehear49]

Hey Jeff, thanks! Keep on keepin' on!

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

You are welcome Pat! Thanks for watching!

[@pauldance7387]

Great warm-up, gets the lips softly vibrating in preparation for upper register, as you noted...as a new trumpet player about the only way I get to top line E is on the heels of a low C.....us newbies struggle with tight corners and relaxed lips, it’s like rubbing your belly and head at the same time, or swinging the golf driver at blazing speeds with little body tension. It can be explained by the teacher but it’s really a learned attribute. ( btw: this exercise is great while MP buzzing or using the Berp)

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Yes! Well said. Thanks Dance!

[@user-hr5uj1wq5q]

I'm italian man. I follow your lessons. Very beautiful and interesting. I hope I can follow you. They are at the beginning

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Mauro Aldrighi . That’s awesome! I am so glad you found them helpful.

[@paulnajera6938]

Great warm up, but I don't see the .pdf link anywhere.

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Thanks! You can find it here; www.jefflewistrumpet.com/trumpet-warm-ups/ Scroll down to the third exercise.

[@troyandrade615]

At 2:11 was that F# or F because I can play F# no problem but I can't go any lower than that except for one pedal tone note that is open and way below F. My teacher said it's G or C.

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

I played a pedal F which is one half step below F#. A good way to play the pedals is to start at low F# and bend it down a half step to F (with the same fingering 123) then try to match the same pitch and feel by releasing the 2nd and 3rd valve and playing it only with the first valve.

[@troyandrade615]

@@JeffLewisTrumpet Ok thank you. I will try to work on hitting F. Thank you for the help.

[@MikeM91320]

Hey Jeff...realy like this warm up. Didn't see it on web site? thanks.

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Thanks Michael! I just added it. Thanks for letting me know. Here you go; www.jefflewistrumpet.com/trumpet-warm-ups/

[@trumpetlivesection]

Which keys we have to press for octave low c

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

I usually like to play pedal "C" 123 because it is easier.

[@trumpetlivesection]

@@JeffLewisTrumpet ok Great Thanks alot I was little confuse I was trying open fingers Thanks for sharing See you soon Bye

[@trumpettech456]

Playing a C (octave below low C) with 123 is not playing anywhere near the actual pedal resonance. This pitch is indeed difficult to play open due to the resonance series that exists. True pedals are the resonances of the first harmonics. They do not exist between low C and the first harmonic resonance. So the "pedals" played in this video are simply "bent" tones. As is a 123 played C. Which is simply a bent low Fsharp. To get the benefits of pedals you must play on the pedal resonances.

[@BenWoodruff]

I wasn't able to find the PDF on your website, Jeff?

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Hi Ben, Try copying and pasting this url into your browser, www.jefflewistrumpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Major-Arpeggio-Warm-Up-with-pedal-notes.pdf. This hopefully should work. Please let me know if it doesn't. Cheers! Jeff

[@BenWoodruff]

Jeff Lewis Trumpet That did it. Thanks!

[@barryhunt8527]

Why ‘Pedal’? Why is it not just another note? Where does the name Pedal come from?

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

All good questions, although, I may not have an answer! My thinking is that since the lowest playable note on the trumpet is the written F#, any note you play below is now known as a pedal but I can't give you a good reason why. They are "notes", but we have to create them as they don't naturally sound on the instrument.

[@barryhunt8527]

Jeff Lewis Trumpet ta4 reply 🎼👍😁

[@trumpettech456]

@@JeffLewisTrumpet large bell brass instruments have a resonance that is equivalent to 1/2 wave length with a node at bell and mp throat. This is rhe fundamental resonance ans is one octave below the 2nd harmonic. This is commonly referred to as the pedal tone. It is less playable on trumpet due to the acoustics of the instrument but it does exist. It is flat. It peaks at about A below the octave below low C. What you are playing are not pedals but only "bent" pitches in the non resonant region below low c.

[@barryhunt8527]

That bottom Gb on other charts is shown as to use valves 123 you only show 23!?!

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Hmm. I don't see that Barry? Maybe you are looking at the pedal Eb? I double checked it today. 5th line down 4th measure?