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“Now we are talking because this is something that is achievable. You see there is always going to be some mouthpiece pressure. It is inevitable, and the higher and louder we play, the more pressure we will use. This is just the way it is, however…”
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… Continue reading “How To Play The Trumpet Without Mouthpiece Pressure -5 EASY TIPS-“
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… Continue reading “Does Playing Trumpet Burn Calories ?”
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? Continue reading “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…
Continue reading “What is The Best Trumpet Practice Mute? Bremner Review”
“The smile embouchure is when we stretch our lips more like a smile to get the higher notes. This is not good as the lips becomes too thin and vulnerable”
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. Continue reading “Does Playing Trumpet Damage Your Lips ?”
“Having passed 40, I am becoming more and more health conscious and I really want to know exactly what I’m putting in my body, so this article is going to dig into how, and IF, using betablockers is dangerous for us.”
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… Continue reading “Beta Blockers And Performance Anxiety In Music-Musicians”
Considering that these negative effects happens just after a few weeks of smoking I feel a bit embarrassed sharing this data. Not only that… we all know about the negative impact smoking has on our health in general.
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 ? Continue reading “Trumpet playing and smoking cigarettes”
“…with keeping what they said in mind, it is very clear that it is the tightening of the chest and neck muscles in combination with the backpressure from that air that starts it all”
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. Continue reading “Can Trumpet Playing Cause a Stroke ?”
Playing the trumpet can be beneficial for reducing symptoms of asthma but is it significant? How much can having asthma affect trumpet playing and… could it even be that having asthma HELPS trumpet playing in some aspects?
Playing the trumpet can be beneficial for reducing asthma symptoms but…