CroWnSoPrAnO Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I switched to mellophone from trumpet for this season, and im really having a difficult time with pitch. I play extremely sharp pretty much all the time and its really getting stressful, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RsD Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Beyond the basics, opening your throat, focusing your air and all that crud my trumpet professor bores me to tears with, check your mouthpiece. Are you using a trumpet mouthpiece, a mello mouthpiece or a french horn mouthpiece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroWnSoPrAnO Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 im on a mello 6V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I had a similar problem. You just got to try and relax your lower lip/jaw muscles. No lip pinching... I guess you can say. Focus a lot on low tones and don't play too high too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickTrick Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I would play with a tuner all the time. Work on centering each pitch with long tones on both trumpet and mellophone. You owe it to your corps to be an amazing mellophone player, but you need to keep improving as a trumpet player. You need to play straight through the horn. Don't try to bend pitches. You are probably way too tense. Check yourself out in the mirror. You have to be your biggest critic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penn State Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I switched to mellophone from trumpet for this season, and im really having a difficult time with pitch. I play extremely sharp pretty much all the time and its really getting stressful, any ideas? It sounds like your embochure/appiture is very tight (learned that from Gino Cipriani). Decreasing the tension will help bring the tone down, eg relax the tongue. A larger mouthpiece will also help accomplish that. I was using a Conn mello 6, now I'm on a Wick 2. The Wick is pretty uge, but I do get a great sound out of it. The Blessing mello 5 might be a good fit for you. The rim will be a bit larger with a deeper cup compared to the 6v(the Blessing is a knock off of the Wick 5). It is also very affordable ~$30 from wwbw.com good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared_mello Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 What company's mello 6v are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crownfan2007 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Switch back to trumpet where you belong! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyonepointthree Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Switch back to trumpet where you belong! :) Best advice I have seen on here in a long time. Good sounding mello players come from the french horn, NOT trumpet. I have heard that there is a corps that won't even allow trumpet players to audition for mello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared_mello Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Best advice I have seen on here in a long time.Good sounding mello players come from the french horn, NOT trumpet. I have heard that there is a corps that won't even allow trumpet players to audition for mello. Not good advice at all, don't listen. The main problem in the transition is simply that trumpet players overblow when they make the switch. Just stay relaxed, as some others have said. Oh, and enjoy your added octave of range that you'll have over french horn players. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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