How To Play The Trumpet:Techniques For Playing The Trumpet

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Musical Instrument Guide How to Play the Trumpet Techniques for playing the trumpet

Blowing techniques

Take a deep breath. Then, with your lips lightly closed, steadily exhale. *Take care not to puff out your cheeks, and to keep your lips in the same lightly closed position.

Example of blowing technique

How to Play into the mouthpiece

With the mouthpiece placed at the center of your lips, take a deep breath, and then steadily exhale. If your lips vibrate as the instrument emits a buzzing sound, you're doing well.

Example of how to blow into the mouthpiece

How to hold the trumpet

With the trumpet supported firmly in your left hand, relax your shoulders, and position your right hand on the instrument without applying force. *Pay attention to the position of your thumbs.

How to hold the trumpet
How to hold the trumpet
As seen from the trumpeter's position

As seen from the trumpeter's position*Pay particular attention to the position of your thumbs.

As seen from the side

As seen from the side

As seen from the front

As seen from the front

How to Play (Toh, Tay, Tee)

When playing a trumpet, you can change the sound it produces just by how your lips vibrate when blowing—no fingers required. To produce low notes, vibrate your lips slowly; the higher the note you want to play, the quicker you will need to vibrate your lips. When you are blowing be sure not to press the mouthpiece firmly to your lips.

How to Play Pitch Tone Frequency of vibration
toh low C How to Play(toh)
tay medium G How to Play(tay)
tee high C How to Play(tee)

Changing the sound by adjusting the shape of your mouth (Playing "Toh, Tay, Tee" in turn)

Producing sound with fingering

Once you've mastered the blowing technique, let's try producing sound with the trumpet using the fingering shown below as a reference. When you are able to produce the full scale, try playing "When The Saints Go Marching In" while looking at the sheet music.

Producing sound with fingering

"When the Saints Go Marching in" sheet music

Sample recording of "When The Saints Go Marching In"

Musical Instrument Guide: Trumpet Contents

Origins

  • The story behind the origins of the trumpet
  • The invention of the valve
  • The trumpet family

Structure

  • Learn the names of the parts
  • How does the trumpet generate sound?
  • [Experiment] Gradually changing the length of the tube
  • Differences between the piston system and rotary system

How to Play

  • Techniques for playing the trumpet
  • Fingering diagram for the trumpet

How the Instrument is Made

  • Manufacturing the bell
  • Manufacturing the valve casings
  • Manufacturing the pistons
  • Manufacturing the mouth pipe
  • Final assembly and coating

Choosing an Instrument

  • Choosing on the basis of the material and the coating
  • Choosing on the basis of the design

Care and Maintenance

  • Care and maintenance after playing
  • Weekly care and maintenance
  • Monthly care and maintenance

Trivia

  • Trumpeters in Bach's time alternated between instruments with a variety of ranges when performing
  • The keyed trumpet-the fruit of the evolutionary process
  • Famous trumpet works—Concertos, part 1
  • Famous trumpet works—Concertos, part 2
  • Famous trumpet works—Solos
  • Is a Flugelhorn a horn? Or a trumpet?
  • The highest note a trumpet can produce
  • Aida trumpets for the Grand March
  • The secret of the trumpet's traditional tone: small impurities!?
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