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Lead Trumpet Workshop

Lead Trumpet Workshop. John Thomas Los Angeles, California. Topics Today. Embouchure Air Singing Equipment Excitement Styles Interviews. Embouchure. Slight Pucker, Like Kissing your Grandmother or blowing out a candle Open Aperture or gap, about a 1/16 of an inch Mouthpiece Placement

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Lead Trumpet Workshop

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  1. Lead Trumpet Workshop John Thomas Los Angeles, California

  2. Topics Today • Embouchure • Air • Singing • Equipment • Excitement • Styles • Interviews

  3. Embouchure • Slight Pucker, Like Kissing your Grandmother or blowing out a candle • Open Aperture or gap, about a 1/16 of an inch • Mouthpiece Placement • Focus the muscles towards the middle • Corners set, not tight • Center relaxed • Playing the trumpet might be opposite of what you might think!

  4. Air • Relaxed Air • Relaxed in, relaxed out • Put the mouthpiece pressure on the lips as you play the note • Mouthpiece pressure and air compression balance • Shout “HEY”

  5. Singing • Sing through your horn!

  6. Equipment • Mouthpiece • Trumpet • Flugel Horn and Mouthpiece • Mutes

  7. EXCITEMENT

  8. “Jada” Medium Basie Swing • Pat Harbison, special guest on trumpet • Snooky Young, Bobby Shew, Wayne Bergeron, Bijon Watson • Snooky Young (86 years old) playing lead flugel horn on the beginning soft ensemble, John playing lead on the loud ensemble from letter D out. • Listen for the 8th notes and triplet. Blowing through phrases, etc.

  9. Jada Page 1

  10. Jada Page 2

  11. Jada Page 3

  12. “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” • John Thomas, Bobby Shew, Wayne Bergeron, Bijon Watson • Watch foot tapping on 1 and 3.

  13. Base BallMovie

  14. Wayne Bergeron • Top Los Angeles studio trumpet player • Current movie credits: The Incredibles, White Chicks, Spiderman 2, The Day After Tomorrow, South Park, The Mask • Hundreds of television, recordings and movie credits • Plays lead trumpet with Bob Florence, Gordon Goodwin and many other top L.A. bands.

  15. Wayne Interview

  16. Snooky Young • One of the most influential lead trumpeters • Jimmy Lundsford band 1939-1942 • Basie band 1942, 1945-1947, 1957-1962 • Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band 1966 • Tonight Show band 1962-1992

  17. Snooky Young Interview

  18. THANKS FOR COMING • John Thomas • leadtrumpet.org • johnthom@usc.edu

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