![]() Play as high as you can every day, and this will not only help you reach higher, but it will improve your intonation, stability and reliability on the high notes you already have. Ask your teacher for some range exercises, or just pick a scale and go up as high as you can go (slowly, playing up to your highest comfortable note, then resting, then from that note to the next, then rest, then that note again, to the next, then rest, etc). The last piece of advice I will offer is to keep at it! No matter how hopeless it seems, keep practicing the stupidly high notes as often as you play (you wouldn't expect to be able to play scales, or a tune without practicing? Well this is exactly the same). Don't take it as red that you must play quieter as you get higher because I don't know if it will work for all players, everyone's different after all) So, basically don’t panic! (Please note, this is just what has worked for me. If I try and mimic the likes of Wayne Bergeron and make a massive, loud, screaming sound I end up trying to shove the mouthpiece down my throat (ie too much pressure)! Whereas by holding back slightly, and just playing straight down the centre of my mouthpiece, absolutely relaxed, I am able to reach much higher notes much more comfortably. When I start to play above Top C I find (and this is rather counter-intuitive) the quieter I play, the easier it is. And I feel that is crucial in maintaining a good attitude towards playing and not ruining my chops by trying for ages to reach notes that are beyond me. But when I try for it and top out at a G or even an E below, I don't get stressed or angry, I just accept that today I'm not going to be able to play that C. ![]() Middle C (trumpet-wise) is an octave above that, then there's top C another octave above that, and yet another octave higher we find the Double C (yes, that is chuffing high isn't it?).įor my first piece of advice to you I am going to re-iterate the sentiments of this whole 'book': Don't Panic! I have played Double C, but I cannot reliably repeat it. ![]() I was surprised to find this article did not already exist!įor trumpet players obsessed with range (like me) the Double C is a big milestone in one's progress!Ī trumpeter's Bottom C is what a Pianist would call Middle C (it's actually Bb because of the pitch of the instrument but we'll ignore that factor).
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