BlackTuba57 Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Flow Studies for higher range Etudes and octave down are nice for both high and low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubie Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 (edited) Smith's Top Tones is a good book. The Colin book is rough, but whatever works for Schipper, more power to him!! Oh...and one more thing...follow the three strikes and you're out rule. If you try three times and miss, go to something else and come back to it. No sense in physical injury. Edited January 12, 2004 by aubie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutta Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 drink heavily and play as loud as you can...even if you do not improve your range, you'll THINK you have!!! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezedogg 23 Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 hahahahahahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euph4life Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I just got an article sent to me by Dan Cook, a tpt teacher in Texas. His arguement isnt that you just "use more air" as we all were taught. He says it matters how fast/slow, and the volume of air. Ill just put the link in and share the wealth...http://www.sbomagazine.com/sbomag/dec03/performance.html enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someonewholovesdc Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Two important, tiny details can improve your range immediately! The way you hold your horn: the best way to hold it (if you're not already...) is to have your pinky and ring finger of your left hand held UNDERNEATH your third valve trigger. By doing this you will even out the pressure on both your top and bottom lip. That way, when you get into the upper register, the pressure is getting placed more on the lower lip than the upper lip. It really does help ;) Another tiny detail that most people over look when they are trying to 'improve their range' is tongue placement. A reason why lip slurres are told to help out your range is because of tongue placement. If you noticed, play a lip slurre and feel where how your tongue is moving. (if it isn't, then that is something to work on!). Your tongue will help out your lip slurres, which in the end will help out your range. Generally, for when I play anyway, I use my tongue in everything. It can help with tone as well! Before I started focusing on these two things I could only play up to a D above the staff. But now after a month or two on really focusing on these two things, I've been getting my range up to GG. They really do help. Also! Definitely, DEFINITELY follow the three strikes you're out rule!! You do NOT want to put yourself through ANY pain! :sshh: Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clark Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Lip pushups... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanosSopPlayer Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I read that article a few weeks ago and found it really helped. I've been using some of the concepts to increse my range to the altissimo register and finding I'm getting better results than before, so I would recomend it! ^0^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erictuba16 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Range? what do you need range for, just play really high and people will clap for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Ellis Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 IMHO, Warm up nicely. Do octave slurs, i.e. E to E back down to E, F to F back to F, F# to F# back to F#, etc., playing 1/4 notes at about a 100 meter, REST 20 to 30 seconds between each octave slur.........when you reached you maximum range for the day (only try twice, if you do not hit the top note after 2 trys....time to put the horn away) Do the same routine the next day. You should be able to extend your range with patience and persistance. This a good method that works for me except I try to play the note 3 times. I believe that was the Claude Gordon method. Also, try to play in the higher range if that is what you plan on doing. The key to the above method is resting between the octaves. and, you need breath support. You can't play any high notes, regardless of how talented you are, if you do not support the breathing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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