I just started playing the cornet, I've been playing the trumpet for about 8 years now but I have to play a cornet for the youth brass band that I'm in on thursdays. Well I'm having some problems keeping my lips together for long periods and hitting higher pitches above the scale. Does anyone have any tips or advice they can give me on how I can improve???
2007-03-20 14:11:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
As important to hitting the high notes as the lips are, don't forget the cheeks. I'm a trombone player, and I know that to get into the higher range, I have to flex my cheeks as well as my lips. The smaller mouthpeice of a trumpet/cornet might not depend as much on the cheeks, but it's worth a shot.
2007-03-20 14:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Dad played the saxophone, and he said the only way to improve is to practise. There aren't any shortcuts.
But you are obviously a dedicated musician, and an 8 yr veteran of the trumpet, so I can see you conquering the cornet.
All the very best.
2007-03-20 14:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not in marching band yet i'm in regualar band. Guitar, Alto Sax, Piano, Drums, and Bells yet extra often than not Alto. we went to Carnegie corridor to accomplish and my pals and that i've got been given to flow see The Little Mermaid and between the human beings incredibly much fell off the degree.
2016-10-19 05:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any experience playing either of those instruments, but for just about anything the only way that you can get better is to keep practicing.
2007-03-20 14:16:10 · answer #4 · answered by këlly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice. Remember how long it took you to get the trumpet down.
2007-03-20 14:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by srena 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Play something cooler dude, you only live once x
2007-03-20 15:23:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know you have heard this before but... practice, practice, practice.... a half hour a night will do you wonders you'll be surprised!
2007-03-21 09:42:22 · answer #7 · answered by Puddlemere United Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blow it out your a.rse!
2007-03-20 14:14:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋