If you are wondering how to play the trumpet without mouthpiece pressure then we have to get one thing clear right from the start…
…it can’t be done. There is no such thing as NO mouthpiece pressure!
But wait a minute, stay with me here…
As a guy who is a frequent gym visitor as well as doing a bit of jogging I am very familiar with heart rate monitors and tracking calories. Now I started wondering “Does playing trumpet burn calories?” and decided to test it out…
You play a few notes on your trumpet and immediately your beloved dog starts howling. Perhaps your dog is really into music and like singing along? …or does playing the trumpet hurt dogs ears?
Best Trumpet Practice mutesI just made a post where I test the Yamaha Silent brass system, you know the practice mute that has a digital feedback system with headphones…
…in that review I stated that the Yamaha is the best one out on the market at this point. I stand by my statement…
As I’m sitting here, reading some of the questions on Google, I see a few people wondering “Does playing the trumpet damagame your lips?” so I thought I’d do my best to answer that question today.
Many people suffer from stage fright and using beta blockers to treat performance anxiety is pretty common. Personally I have been using them, on and off, for 20 years on my trumpet gigs…
We are all human humans and, last time I checked, humans are not perfect. Believe it or not, sometimes we do things that are not optimal for our health and one of those things are…
…smoking cigarettes!
But what if you play the trumpet? How will the smoking affect your trumpet playing ? Or could the lung training you get from blowing the trumpet, in some way, help to fight off the otherwise negative health effects of smoking ?
I’m sitting here with black coffee in my hand and my trumpet on the table after just having played something in the upper register and this time I was getting pretty dizzy from the high notes again. How big are the risks really ? Are we playing with fire ? I know that trumpet playing can indeed cause a stroke and I have been thinking about the risks before, but this time… I decided to take a deeper look at it.
Playing the trumpet can be beneficial for reducing asthma symptoms but…