James Morrison Trumpet Tutorial Series
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Today on YouTube, I stumbled across a 12 part trumpet tutorial series presented by James Morrison. I’ve only had a chance to look at three of the 12 videos, thus far, but I thought that many of you would find the series interesting. They can all be found on theYouTube Channel of Philippe Kinnaer, which you can search for in YouTube.
Here is an example of one of the tutorial videos.Steve Smith
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Hi, Steve. When I started my comeback in 2016 after a 50 year hiatus it was that James Morrison Tutorial Series, along with my old Everette James ( Harry's Dad ) Trumpet Tutorial text book that got me back playing in the local Horizons in less than 6 months. I found the Morrison tutorials simply marvelous.
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Well, I'm confused because I could swear, I've also heard from credible sources that it's not air speed that gets you playing high, ref. you can play very high, very softly. What am I missing?
In my case, I can play higher by playing softer. It's harder to play the same high note at blastissimo.
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@kehaulani said in James Morrison Trumpet Tutorial Series:
Well, I'm confused because I could swear, I've also heard from credible sources that it's not air speed that gets you playing high, ref. you can play very high, very softly. What am I missing?
In my case, I can play higher by playing softer. It's harder to play the same high note at blastissimo.
I don't think you're missing anything, Kehaulani. It's another case of someone stating their "visualization" as if it were actual physics.
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@kehaulani said in James Morrison Trumpet Tutorial Series:
, ref. you can play very high, very softly. What am I missing?
In my case, I can play higher by playing softer. It's harder to play the same high note at blastissimo.I do not claim to be a "Lead" player. But I play the lead part in our Horizons Jazz group. I worked on increasing range using many sources including Hickman's "Beyond the C". I can play above staff reliably up to a D and softly up to an E. As "Lead" I am encouraged to reach the Blastissiimo volume. Very difficult and dangerous. The last rehearsal about a month ago I was doing the Blastissimo thing and my embouchure is still recovering. Back to playing softly.
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Blow softly, increase air flow..what the hell, do whatever works. I do a combination of both and that works for me. But in my band I am rarely called upon to play anything higher than a B so I an not a high range player.
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@kehaulani said in James Morrison Trumpet Tutorial Series:
In my case, I can play higher by playing softer. It's harder to play the same high note at blastissimo.
I do not find this to be the case for me. Playing the high note at higher volume actually allows me to relax my embouchure over playing softy. Less resistance leads to easier production of the sound.
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I have watched this series before, and found his tips to be helpful. Keep in mind that, in my opinion, James Morrison is very much a "natural" trumpet player, so the way he teaches is going to be different than the way a trumpet player who has spent a great deal of time working through specific challenges would do.
