TaKaTa Trumpets

Trumpet playing is simple.  At its foundation is something we do thousands of times a day, from when we’re born to when we die – breathing.  To play the trumpet, as we exhale, the breath moves between the lips and into the mouthpiece, causing the lips to vibrate.  There are a number of problems that can arise in playing the trumpet, including excessive stress and tension, poor tone quality, inability to tongue notes rapidly and cleanly, poor playing range or endurance.  At the root of most of these problems will be found a defect in the basic tone production machine – the air and the lip vibrations.  I believe that by careful and attentive daily application of some basic approaches, these problems can be identified and fixed, and that, over time, addressing these issues each day will lead to fundamental and substantial improvement.  

There are two parts to this daily work.  The first I call “Natural Breath to Trumpet Breath,” and it focuses solely on air.  The second I call “Freely Vibrating Embouchure” and it brings the embouchure into the equation along with the air.  Together, they will set up the basic tone production system for maximum efficiency and low stress