Ok so originally im a clarinetist. but i also play most of the other woodwinds and bass. But now im interested in learning the trumpet, and ive been trying to play the Bb Scale but i cant seem to get past A without squeezing my brains out. Is there some trick to doing it, or is there something I should change to get that high? Help Please??? :blush:

no...but I play guitar and tried playing clarinet for 20 minutes and thought my cheeks were going to explode >.<

haha thats how i feel about trumpet! my lips get all tingly and numb and i feel like a pufferfish :P

The most important rule about playing brass is this,

"Relax."

lol that didnt work, i think im musically challenged. i cant get past friggen A!!! AHHHH!!! whenever i try it just goes down to E!! :death:

Keep drilling C-G (and below the staff too) for a while till you're comfortable with that. By "a while" I mean a month or two. Build up the embouchure and use more air. It's okay to squeeze a little bit but you shouldn't have to really push on your teeth to get up to a C'.

It takes time, but once you build up the strength of the proper embouchure and enough air you'll make it to C'... then that'll become comfortable, and you'll start going for the G' at the top of the staff.

For me it took a year (back in elementary school) to get up to the top of the scale. 2 years to get it sounding consistently good.

lol that didnt work

I highly, highly doubt that.

ok so i gotta relax and drill. yikes two to three months?! haha my goal was two to three days! oh well, practice makes perfect i guess. thanks guys :D

took me two weeks to get a decent sound out of my flute x_x
but 3~4 years later look at me now! dominating yo flutez~

ok so i gotta relax and drill. yikes two to three months?! haha my goal was two to three days! oh well, practice makes perfect i guess. thanks guys :D

I am glad you're being realistic about this now. Either you've had experience with other instruments or not, you can't just expect to get somewhere huge in a few days (AKA a short time). It may take just a few weeks, or it may take a few months, but you shouldn't measure yourself on time; when it comes to practicing or learning a technical facet on the piano, I measure myself by how the actual playing is coming along (now how much time it's taking me). This is the best way to practice, since you're focusing on what counts-- Your progress playing.

just practice alot. practice really does make perfect. I've been playing turnpet for 5 years. I took me all five just to make third chair. and you know why? Be cause i dedicated myself to practicing more.

Ah a new trumpet player, I've been playing the trumpet since Middle school and I'm currently in Marching Band at High School.

Here's some advice
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Buzz with your mouthpiece a lot, it really helps your sound and playing, hold the mouthpiece with the hand you DO NOT use most often. Like if you're right handed, hold your mouthpiece with your left hand and buzz. I can give you a lot more advice, but I'll come and post some more some other time ;P.

Free buzzing (buzzing with lips alone, no mouthpiece or trumpet) can actually build lip muscle quite well I've heard. 10-15 minutes a day of buzzing for about 2 weeks can dramatically improve your range, and may also get you started. Aside from that, I don't really think building embouchure strength required to play higher notes can be 'learned'. Just lots of playing and range will improve over time.