The Trumpet Technical Course

PRACTICE ASSISTANT

CONTENTS
- The placement of the mouthpiece on the lips
- The horizontal and vertical position
- The angle
- How to find your ideal position
- How to form your embouchure without and with the trumpet
- The balance of the embouchure

TO DO
- Listen to this lesson several times so you know how to find a good placement of the mouthpiece.
- Experiment very gently by changing the horizontal and vertical position of the mouthpiece while playing and listening carefully to the effect on the sound.
- Do the same thing with the angle
- Exercise the formation of your embouchure so it feels naturally
- Learn to play with stable corners of the mouth and chin muscle