Comments on: For The Love of Brass: Rekindling My Love of Performing Music http://www.threewestcreative.com/81/for-the-love-of-brass-rekindling-my-love-of-performing-music/ Creative Development Blog Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gravity Groove http://www.threewestcreative.com/81/for-the-love-of-brass-rekindling-my-love-of-performing-music/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Gravity Groove Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:52:17 +0000 http://www.threewestcreative.com/migrate//?p=81#comment-54 Thanks Keith! I appreciate the tip. I'll spend a little time on your websites this weekend. I'm getting a little better with the airy tone but it's not consistent so I'll keep working on it. Thanks Keith! I appreciate the tip. I’ll spend a little time on your websites this weekend. I’m getting a little better with the airy tone but it’s not consistent so I’ll keep working on it.

]]> By: Keith Fialas http://www.threewestcreative.com/81/for-the-love-of-brass-rekindling-my-love-of-performing-music/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Keith Fialas Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:17:47 +0000 http://www.threewestcreative.com/migrate//?p=81#comment-53 Hi There, What you're experiencing and what you're describing (airy / brassy tone) is caused by your aperture (hole in your lips) being too large. Trumpeters have to focus our apertures without pinching or squeezing the hole shut. It takes time to adjust, but there are a few simple exercises that you can do to achieve this. Start with long tones as soft as possible (better known as whisper tones). Start on 2nd line G... and hold the note as soft as possible for up to 3 minutes... then move your time up toward 10 - 15 minutes... this helps the muscles focus. For more info, please feel free to visit one of my sites that talks about this! Sincerely, Keith Fiala Hi There,

What you’re experiencing and what you’re describing (airy / brassy tone) is caused by your aperture (hole in your lips) being too large. Trumpeters have to focus our apertures without pinching or squeezing the hole shut. It takes time to adjust, but there are a few simple exercises that you can do to achieve this.

Start with long tones as soft as possible (better known as whisper tones). Start on 2nd line G… and hold the note as soft as possible for up to 3 minutes… then move your time up toward 10 – 15 minutes… this helps the muscles focus.

For more info, please feel free to visit one of my sites that talks about this!

Sincerely,

Keith Fiala

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