learn to play a brass instrument

[mnkyman]

so i picked up a trumpet the other day and started trying to play..harder than a thought

 

some pointers anyone?

 

this whole vibrating lips dealy ahh..lol..

 

 

 

(btw im a woodwind player if u didnt know)

[Aegis Fang]

work on the mouthpiece until you can play "mary had a little lamb" until then, don't even touch the trumpet. Consider the trumpet as a mouthpiece amplifier, which is really all it is.

 

after that, you're on your own =p I haven't started playing trumpet since 6th grade, so I don't really remember what it's like... I would suggest finding a method book or two or five, and going through that.

[mnkyman]

not trumpet..just brass instruments

[TRtrumpet]

Buzz a lot before you even connect the mouthpiece to the insturment.

[viccro]

Work a lot on "sirens" up and down...that's how we started in middle school (Was that really 5 years ago?).

[mnkyman]

lol ...we started witha barrel, a mouthpiece, and a reed

[viccro]

  mnkyman said:

lol ...we started witha  barrel, a mouthpiece, and a reed

 

woodwinds...*shakes head and sighs*

[T-ratbowieband]

get some books and stuff that show you how to set the right embechure too. And maybe a mirror, that helps, so you can see what you look like and then go to the mouthpiece. It would suck to play with your lips set wrong.

[Valsair]

don't suck.

[crazyjakeup]

be carefull the trumpet is a beautiful thing...

[Dusty]

i learned to play the baritone in 9th grade when i was only in ochestra.

marching band looked fun:)