How to Play High Notes On Trumpet

This is a quick tutorial on how to setup your embouchure for playing high notes on trumpet.

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[jaredfreeman]

Nice, crisp explanation with the demonstration to back it up. Your closing point about setting for the upper range is a good one. Doing that in a relaxed manner is the next trick.

[michelt]

Great video! Straight to the point and filled with usefull information.
- making the higher note embouchure the 'starting point' and learn to play the lower notes does make a whole lot of sens

[gregorysloat]

I saw the title of this video and I thought, “OK, so here we go again.” However, I was pleasantly surprised by all the good advice. Use a close instead of open embouchure. Set point of G on top of the staff. Small aperture with fast air (and it doesn’t take very much). The pencil exercise, and this variation, which was new info to me. I look forward to trying this. My range is already good, but I’m always looking for ways to make it easier, so I’ll have to play around with this and see what happens. Thanks.

[malcolmchambers]

Thank you very much for this demonstration, most videos mention to but there's so many gray areas with that step.

[t.l.williams]

Great explanation of using the coffee straw. I like how you set it up with the bottom lip first. I use a very similar system when working with my students that have braces. I will be adding this to my tool box. Thanks for sharing!

[JeffLewisTrumpet]

Really nice video on an embouchure technique you can use for the upper register. Very similar to the Roy Stevens embouchure described in his book "Embouchure Self Analysis". Jeff Smiley's book "The Balanced Embouchure" is another great resource that utilizes the same general principles. You state so many good ideas and concepts in your video here. Well done!

[rkfilm]

Fantastic!!! I am thrilled! The way shown here is really comprehensible and works! After struggling for years, it suddenly works like clockwork. Thank you so much for this great video!!!

[shanay]

Thanks a lot for ur technique. It helped me a lot to finally play “G”. I realized that I ave been blowing too much air. U now have a new subscriber 😅🎉

[americanpatriot]

Interesting trick. I am familiar with the pencil exercise. Haven’t seen this technique. 👍

[cjix]

Hey, my embouchure is off centered from my nose and Linda off centered ok my lips. I can consistently play a high d. The would be the d o I’ve c6. However I can’t play any higher than that d. Is it because of my off center embouchure? Or is more likely lack of practice in the upper register?

[Birdx]

May I ask what trumpet you have? Also very informative video thanks alot

[rudymireles]

This video was very helpful, thank you 🎺

[PabloTrumpet-zkrs]

Should we start our warm ups at that G just above the "pentagrama"? Would it be bad for the lips to do that, starting a little high? So many myths out there (. Thank you!

[BobLahl]

How important is the wind power for range? Took a lesson on the Bobby Shew Wedge Breath method. The wedge breath doesn't really talk about the embouchure. Just wondering.

[anthonythefanofcartoons]

The really high pitched tone OF The trumpet reminds me of Angie Gutierrez and JD's sister

[novaj]

Hi @jltrumpet81, I really found your video helpful with straightforward approach. I've been building a trumpet practicing / tips archive for Korean trumpeters and would like to translate this video and share with other if possible - would you kindly allow me to do this with your video? I'll refer to you and the original video of course. Cheers! Jay

[EricFaulks-jpts]

Best trumpet lesson ever on the emboucher: congratulations.

[jopado]

can i try the same thing with euphonium?

[CameronJay]

Good video JL, nice variation on the pencil technique. Thanks.

[stacatochannel]

Please i need to know more about how to play high not on trompet. I am from Indonesia...