Thanks for checking out this video on endurance! Which tip is the one that you're likely to put into practice?

@hughsmith4942

3 жыл бұрын

Long tones followed by a rest to flush out the burn and give the embouchure time to build muscle. I do the same thing to increase endurance for cycling, just different muscles but the same benefits

@trumpetmusic5672

3 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Practicing softly is by far the best (and for some reason secret) tip. I spent years playing the "conventional" way both as a student and professionally. 9 out of 10 professors will tell you that more air and long tones are the answer to everything. I spent years doing just that and the more I did it the worse I got. It wasn't until I got tired of all the b.s and decided to become obsessed with lead playing. It's been 4 years now and my range and endurance is the best it has ever been and the best I could have ever imagined, mostly thanks to the fact that I now practice my high notes very softly. I don't focus on my sound as much as I used to (when practicing endurance and range). In fact, I don' t even care if it sounds bad, what I focus on the most is how I am spending my energy to produce my sound and how can I make it even easier? As a result of my research and obsession with lead playing, I also no longer have any "bad" or "good" days. Another thing I learned is to stop being obsessed with practicing so many slurs and practice more articulations. Too many players don't practice articulation enough (specially jazz) and don't understand that the biggest difference between an average player and a great player is not how they slur but how they articulate. For me, practicing too many slurs and playing too loud were the 2 biggest mistakes. I know this is long but I just wanted to share my experience.

@patoni860

3 жыл бұрын

You talking about playing a trumpet... You don't talk about making music... I'm sorry I have to tell you but I've been watching you for like 3 years now and you don't talk about about making music... It's all technical stuff period. full of book stuff you never just throw that s*** out the window and play

@chicoravelli5703

3 жыл бұрын

All of them. I’ve always had issues with endurance and I have a lot of time on my hands most days, so I’ll at least put 3 or 4 into work.

@selpingos

2 жыл бұрын

truth be told all were a great reminder and like alternating between Arban and Schlossberg exercise to break the monotony was great. Thanks Chris

Thanks for the tips! I'm in my high school marching band and have been struggling with my endurance lately, so this is very helpful!

@snndrde

Жыл бұрын

first chair trumpet here 😭 music has been getting harder and harder in marching band and it's getting hard to keep up

Wonderful advice my friend-Thank you. I haven't gigged since new Years Eve--Trying to keep my chops up is a challenge I'm losing atm

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! I played a job over the holidays and even though I practice a lot my body was still screaming, "what are you doing!?!" 😆Practice is NOT the same as performing. 😬

Very excellent presentation Chris!! Thank You 🙏

Great stuff, Chris! I don't play the trumpet but I love the instrument and play a little harmonica so I'm sure some of these tips would work for me ;) Keep making vids!

I love your calm laid back teaching style.....I look forward to checking out your other videos!

Thank u very much this really help I've been playing for almost a decade and always noticed I had a problem with endurance and by simply pressing the trumpet less harder on my lips I managed to play more

Hey Chris thanks for the video. I'm struggling with endurance even in solo. will practice the principles you shared. Love the video with Aaron too

Great advice! And yes Recovery! So important! Muscles grow AFTER practice, not during practice. The muscle repair process of protein synthesis takes at least 24 hours to complete. You’re a good teacher! Listen to this guy!

EXCELLENT wisdom, flowing from your chops. I'm an old guitarist that never went anywhere without it. Achieved the highest level of Carpal Tunnel a person could get, from using heavy equipment at work and had the surgery on both wrists. It ended my high levels of pain, but I lost the precise use of my hands. I can No Longer play guitar! I love to play music, so I'm conditioning my lips to let them play my music, instead. Trumpet and Slide Trombone. I'm about 60 days to be 70. It's helping build my Lungs up, so it's helping my health. It's just forming a ghoulish face to make notes flow out of a twisted bunch of brass tubing and out a funnel. (The lyrics of an old song, it goes in here and around and around and comes out here.) I think you called that hicky-dololly a "War Borden Peet." That will help build my embothure (I can't spell it right.) make your lips form right, to flutter properly to rattle out sound.?😉 Thank you for your views. I subbed with all notifications. I watch lots of people talking about habits NOT to get into, in playing a horn. I have found lots of playing one consist a lot of the way your mouth is shaped, how your teeth mesh and the different configurations you contort your tongue into BEFORE the wind actually GETS TO Your lips. Then the square corners of your mouth, your lips configured, just so, and just the right amount of pressure being shoved by your lower diaphragm, out of your lungs, and then being amplified and toned by the horn. It's training one's self to do all that at the same time and have the slide in the right one, of 7 positions, to squeeze out the proper note and wiggle the slide for the vibrato. I'm trying to find a teacher on KZread, that teaches elementary kids that don't know ANYTHING about a horn & learn from scratch ! My problem, I've been listening to people that are already GOOD, and have forgotten how a person feels that has never held a horn before. They assume your lips already know what to do and they focus on up above that.

Chris Thank you I’ll be following your channel. I do play trumpet, just recently finished a 1 year run with the Baritone for our concert band so I’m so happy to be going back onto the trumpet. Look forwards to more time behind the trumpet thanks for your tips

LOL - I have the P.E.T.E. in my mouth right now, since the start of this video. When Chris showed it, I started laughing and nearly choked!

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

😂 Be safe!

Thx for the explanation👌

Thanks!

Great video Chris! Your tips remind me of the time I had to fly to Louisiana from San Francisco to play a job where I didn't sleep the night before, I didn't sleep on the plane, it was 104 degrees and super humid, I was completely dehydrated and exhausted, and when we had to play, I could barely play out of the staff! Lesson learned the hard way. I also like your tip about changing your practice order. Sometimes I'll put a range study earlier in the day BEFORE my chops are fried! All the best to you and your family!

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jeff, for the story and the well wishes!

You are making quality videos :) keep it up!

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'll keep them coming for you!

Great common sense advice. Thanks so much!

Chris your videos are always full of good info. I like play to long tones first buzz note on m.p. then on trumpet..and yes you are SO right I play too loud my teacher tells me always to play with dynamics .

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a good teacher, Anthony! 😊

Excellent advice and lessons Chris! I agree and teach the same to my students! Great video and keep putting them out!

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rob! More to come.

Very usefull

Thanks for this content Chris.

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

10 ай бұрын

Sure thing!

I fall into the "comeback player" category. For about the last five years, I played more notes on the organ footpedals than on my trumpet. My range never left. In fact, range was improved so long as I'm not tired. Accuracy and endurance are a completely different story. Putting plenty of rest into my practice routine has been critical. Something puzzling is the 7th harmonic. When working with the harmonic series in various exercises, I can't get it to resonate and instead wind up with a fuzzy sound until it jumps to the 8th harmonic.

Good morning sir pls how can get mouthpiece how much

Great information Chris, two takeaways for me are rest is a must during practice especially while during range building, and you are on point when you said” every mouthpiece doesn’t fit ( play) with all trumpets. ..... Different mouthpiece for old horn , now I’m happy again😊

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful news because it is very frustrating when you’re on the wrong gear.

Good video, I need to build stamina!

Facts! No sleep no water effects playing. Period just felt that with a new baby! Thank u

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

My man! I’m a fan of your work. Thank you for what you contribute to the music and to education ( I’ve seen a few workshops that you’ve done)! Thanks for the comment here and CONGRATULATIONS for the new baby; this is wonderful!!! Hope to meet you in person one day.

Chris, great video, really helpful. I’m terrible for not taking a rest - will follow your advice.

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Adam, resting is a critical part to building endurance. Good luck on your journey!

You’re a good teacher Chris.

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Paul!

Great video Chris, thanks. My takeaways are rest and melodies. I'm always surprised after a break how I seem to play better than expected. It's almost like the break has allowed my learning to settle somehow. I also play melodies as my practice and getting the end of some is a struggle. And here's my tip for playing longer....sing some verses instead! See you at the workshop.

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Martin! Breaks do tend to help everything you have worked up to flow better once you return to the trumpet. See you soon.

Play soft :) and rest as much as you play on the first pages of the Clarke Book and Caruso on the loud soft . You are telling the truth young man !

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I'm getting back into playing trumpet after a two year hiatus, and this seems incredibly helpful!

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

Жыл бұрын

Very happy to help!

helps me so much :D

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

Great!

Thanks for the tips Chris! I really overdid it a few months ago and now I’ve developed a slight quiver in my upper lip. I’m doing the Caruso “magic six” long tones softly every day and it’s helping some. Have you ever experienced lip shakes from overdoing it?

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t Experienced shaking. I did pull a muscle before though and it was serious. For me, I had to play through my injury (a different type of playing of course). A few long tones and/or a few isometric exercises a day. Gradually earned back what I lost and more. Soft playing is surely the way to go!

hi what mouth piece are you using? thanks for the informative video!

PRACTICE THE TRUMPET , PRACTICE YOUR SELF ! REST AS MUCH AS YOU PLAY ! REMEMBER SOME TIMES THE TRUMPET PLAY YOU IF YOU LET IT SO REST ,REST , REST , DO NOT PLAY ON AN EMPTY STOMACH ! FREE YOUR MIND AND YOUR CHOPS AND DRNK WATER TO STAY FRESH !

This man definitely knows what he is talking about.

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Wayne! There has been a lot testing and help from good teachers. I’m passing it on. Thanks again!

You can only be what you practice and perceive during your own journey. All of these tips are good, but I caution the viewer to understand these tips will mean something different as one grows and continues to find their own way, their perceptions change. For instance, I've changed the physics of my trumpet to match my mouthpiece, not the other way around not just by gap but length of lead pipe etc.

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

Hey we need to talk. Send me an email please.

Doing the tooh tooh tooh 100 times straight... builds endurance... Underwater swimming builds endurance. Riding a bike and whistling at the same time builds endurance... And the number one thing that you can practice that will help your tongue is bird calls... That's right, imitating Birds. RL Harris of the Soul stirrers, Eric dolphy, and myself know that bird calls will get you where you want to be because they flex your throat muscles

@patoni860

3 жыл бұрын

You spend too much time on embouchuree and aperture... You're not talkin about Basic guttural Instinct Rhythm beat-- timing that comes up and when you can imitate them big birds and squawking... Anybody tell you I do OWL calls & wake up in the morning with 5 owls sitting in the branches outside of my house

Hi Chris, are you still having the workshops?

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

Жыл бұрын

I hosted a workshop last week. Join the email list if you’re not already on it. The people on the email list will know before KZread. Sometimes i don’t tell KZread. Thanks for asking.

@mihinimcjohnson

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisDavisTrumpet Cool! How do I join the email list?

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

Жыл бұрын

Go to trumpet lessons hq dot com and download your free guide. TrumpetLessonsHq.com

I have 1st part on a piece that my director keeps making me run at 90% of my range as loud and accented as I can and by the time we run the entire piece my chops are so spent I can't play anything. Hoping this helps

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

This is not ideal. Directors don't understand because they are mostly concerned with the full band. You must take care of yourself or your playing days will be shorter than they otherwise would be. * Ignore the requests to play all out and save some for later. *

I suffer from trumpet embouchure dystonia. Any suggestion?

@ChrisDavisTrumpet

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not a pro in recovery. Check out broken embouchures. It's a book.

I use a steel spoon, nevertheless, works same for me.

@teethsjuice

3 жыл бұрын

Not to show off, but I use a five pound weight. But whatever works for you is ok. Jk

You loose alought of water when you play the trumpet.or any wind instrument. Of course it's obvious when you empty the water key.,,, Spit valve. I just didn't think about it.🤔drink plenty of water.

Water is good when mixed with electrolytes but just water,too much of the time, isn't the right way to do it. Sincerely The old Northwoods RN and cornet ,trumpet, piccolo trumpet, bass trumpet, baritone, tuba player

Thanks!