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PREFACE MODERN TRUMPET PLAYING DEMANDS GREAT POWERFUL EMBOUCHURE, RANGE IN EXCESS OF A PICCOLO TRUMPET AND MORE BRILLIANT TONE. MANY PROFESSIONALS PLAY JOBS THEY CAN JUST FINISH. MOST TRUMPET TEACHERS

HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR STUDENTS HAVE TO PLAY. THESE TEACHERS CAN-

NOT IMPROVE

A

WEAK EMBOUCHURE WITH SCALES OR SLURS. YOU MUST

CHANGE THE WAY YOU HOLD YOUR LIPS, SO THAT THE LIPS ARE VIBRANT AND

NEVER ABUSED.

I HAVE

SPENT. THE LAST"ELEVEN YEARS USING MY OWN EMBOUCHURE AS A

LIP LABORATORY. AFTER TEN YEARS I COULD PLAY LOUD DOUBLE HIGH "C"S.

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KNEW THAT MY SOUND SHOULD BE FREE AND LESS STRAINED. THE LIPS

WOULD NOT TAKE THE AIR, AND THE REAL ENDURANCE WAS NOT THERE. ONE

YEAR AGO I BEGAN WHAT I CALL MY METHOD "TRUMPET YOGA''. THE MUSICAL EXERCISES ARE THE PROOF OF WHAT I PRACTICE. ALSO IMPORTANT IS THAT MY WARM.UP CAN BE DONE ON THE BANDSTAND TO REFRESH YOUR LIPS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF "TRUMPET YOGA" HAS

BEEN THE

STEADY IMPROVEMENT ON A DAILY BASIS. OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE NOT

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HAD ONE BAD PLAYING DAY. NO TRUMPET TEACHER HAS EVER TOLD ME HOW

TO DO THIS.

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BELIEVE THE WAY YOU START YOUR DAY, HOW YOU PLAY IN

USING YOUR EMBOUCHURE NO MATTER IN PERFORMANCE OR PRACTICE, WILL SHOW YOUR LIP

HEALTH. THE WHOLE STORY lS HoW YOUR LIPS FEEL;

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DENCE, CONTROL AND POWER COME FIRST WITH FEEL.

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HAVE WRITTEN THE EXERCISES FOR TRUMPET DEVELOPMENT, NOT FOR

PERFORMANCE. "TRUMPET YOGA'' IS WRITTEN FOR THE BUSY ON THE ROAD TRUMPETER. WHO CAN TAKE THIS ONE BOOK AND KEEP EVERYTHING IN SHAPE.

IF YOU CAN PLAY TWENTY MINUTES OR FIVE HOURS A DAY, YOU WILL DEVELOP ALL THE POWER AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO PERFORM TODAY'S MUSIC. I HAVE ENJOyED EVERy NOTE OF PLAYTNG "TRUMPET YOGA", SO WtLL yOU. PRIVATE LESSONS AVAILABLE . . . ALSO YOU MAY TELEPHONE FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT TRUMPET YOGA. JEROME CALLET 128"10 FRANKSTOWN ROAD

PITTSBURGH, PA. "15235 TE LEPHON E

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ALSO SEE THE AD FOR CALICCHIO TRUMPETS ON THE BACK PAGES OF THIS

BOOK. FOR THE TRUMPET MEN WITH REAL CHOPS . . GET A CALICCH]O TRUMPET FOR "THE SOUND NO ONECOVERS". WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING A NEW MOUTHPIECE SOON TO BE RELEASED.

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TRUMPET YOGA IN DOING THIS BOOK YOU MUST PLAY

EXERCISE NUMBER ONE, TWO AND

THREE AS BOTH YOUR DAILY WARM.UP AND LIP CONDTTIONER. THE FIRST NOTE

MUST BE EXERCISE ONE tN THIS BOOK. NEVER VARY, THIS IS FOR YOUR LtP

FEEL AND TO COMPARE YOUR DAILY PROGRESS. YOU SHOULD ALSO REPEAT THESE MANY TIMES DURING YOUR PLAYING. I TRY TO REPEAT AS MANY AS TEN

TIMES A DAY. THE FEEL YOU WILL BEGIN TO GET IS WHAT

I CALL "THE FAT

FEEL". MANY OF YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A GOOD FEELING

IN THE LIPS,

NOW YOU CAN.

EXERCISE NUMBER ONE IS STARTED BY PLACING THE MOUTHPIECE SEVEN EIGHTS ON THE TOP

LIP_ VERY LIGHT ARM PRESSURE _ BEGIN TO UNROLL

BOTH

LIPS OUTWARD. THIS LIP ACTION IS CALLED UNFURLLING. THE LIPS ARE

STILL AGAINST THE TEETH BUT ARE UNROLLED TO THEIR FULLEST EXTENT. TEETH OPENING, FOR THE PEDAL REGISTER, SHOULD BE ONE HALF INCH, AND

MIDDLE AND UPPER REGISTER SHOULD HAVE AN OPENING OF AT LEAST ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. UPPER AND LOWER TEETH AND JAW ARE PARELLEL. TOP LIP FEELS, AS IT UNROLLS, LlKE IT IS BEING PULLED DOWN. BEFORE PROCEEDING, STUDY THE PHOTOGRAPHS

ONE SHOWS NORMAL LIPS

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PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER TWO SHOWS UNROLLED

LIPS (NOTICE TOP RED IS DOUBLE THICKNESS)

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THREE PHOTOGRAPH

SHOWS LIPS IN THE DOUBLE PEDAL "''C'' INOTE SEVEN EIGHTS ON TOP LIP AND

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NUMBER FOUR SLlDING DOWN TO REGULAR EMBOUCHURE FORTY PERCENT TOP,

SIXTY PERCENT BOTTOM

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PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER FIVE SHOWS LOOK OF DOUBLE

HIGH "C".

START ALWA.YS START EXERCISE NUMBER ONE ON THE DOUBLE PEDAL C, GO

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PLAY WITH AS MUCH AIR AS YOU CAN (LOUD AND FULL)WITHOUT HEAVY ARM

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,NS TRU CT IONS KEEP PUSHING THE LIPS TO THEIR MOST UNROLLED POSITION. THE TONE ON

THE DOUBLE PEDAL "C" WILL BECOME VERY BRILLIANT. I DO NOT PLAY IN THE SINGLE PEDAL REGISTER (LOW F TO

C#).

YOU WrLL BENEFTT MORE tN THE

DOUBLE PEDAL REGISTER BECAUSE OF THE UNROLLING OF THE LIPS,AND THE FREEDOM OF YOUR LIPS TAKING ALL THE AIR POWER YOU CAN PUT THRU YOUR TRUMPET.

TRY TO MAKE YOUR AIR STEADY AND FREE NOTE VOLUME MARKS. NOTICE WHEN THE LIPS ARE UNROLLED HOW THE SOFT INNER RED OF THE TOP LIP EXPOSED TO

IS

AtR (SEE PHOTOS). TOP LIP SEEMS TO OVERLAP BOTTOM Lrp EVEN

THOUGH TEETH ARE EVEN. THE TOP LIP MUST BE RELAXED IN THE CENTER AND

UNROLLED ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOP LIP ON EVERY NOTE YOU PLAY. DO NOT FEEL UNEASY ABOUT HOW MUCH AIR IT TAKES, REMEMBER THIS IS

A DIFFERENT EMBOUCHURE. WHEN YOU GO INTO THE

LOW AND MIDDLE REGIS.

TER YOU SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECE DOWN TO YOUR REGULAR EMBOUCHURE POSI.

TION EXCEPT YOUR TOP LIP IS KEPT UNROLLED. THE LIPS SHOULD ALWAYS

BE

WET SO THAT YOU CAN SLIDE WITH EASE THE MOUTHPIECE POSITION. IF YOU

SLUR FROM THE LOW "C'' TO THE DOUBLE PEDAL "C'' YOU WOULD SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECE

UP TO SEVEN EIGHTS ON

THE TOP LIP. YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP THIS

UNROLLING INTO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH REGISTER. REPEATTHIS MOUTHPIECE SLIDE

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THE MORE YOU TRY WITH THE UNROLLED LIPS THE STRONGER THE LIPS,

JAW AND ArR POWER BECOME.

STUDY PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS

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REMEMBER UNROLL BOTH LIPS

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CHECK

TEETH OPENING (THE UNROLLED LIP HELPS KEEP TEETH OPEN) MUCH MORE AIR POWER CAN BE USED WITH TH IS TYPE EMBOUCHURE

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ACTUAL CENTER LIP TOUCH

AND APERTURE WILL BE CLOSER FROM SIDETOSIDE... THE LIPCLOSE FORTHE UPPER REG]STER WITH LESS ARM PRESSURE. TRY PUMPING AIR WITHOUT THE MOUTHPIECE

MIRROR

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FIRST FORM YOUR OLD EMBOUCHURE

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PUMP AIR IN FRONT OF A

NOTICE HOW WIDE THE APERTURE IS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. NOWTRY

THE TRUI\4PET YOGA WAY. WATCH THE TOP LIP THICKEN AS YOU UNROLL

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THE RIDGES IN THE TOP LIP ABOVE THE RED TOP LIP DRAWS IN SIDES UNDER THE

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LOOK IN THE MIRROR, SEE HOW THE SMALLER APER-

THIS MEANS LESS ARM, MORE RANGE AND ENDURANCE

WHEN YoU ARE PLAYING TRUMPET YOGA YOUR ToP LtP (wHtTE AND RED) ALL THE WAY ACROSS WILL BECOME THICKER. THE THICKER THE TOP LIP IS BEFORE YOU START, THE BETTER AND STRONGER TRUMPETER YOU WILL BE. THIS WARM.UP AND PRACTICE WILL KEEP YOUR EMBOUCHURE

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-THICK AND SOLID.

DO EXERCISE ONE, TWO AND THREE, WHICH TAKES LESS THAN

TWELVE MINUTES

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CAN PLAY EVERY DAY DOUBLE PEDAL "C"

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LOW

"C" _

MIDDLE "C" BRILLIANT

- HIGH "C" - DOUBLE HIGH "C". THESE TONES MUST BE COMPACT _ _ PURE AND FULL, NO FUZZ OR GRINDING IN THE TONE _ ABILITY

TO HOLD OUT YOUR TOP NOTES. EXERCISE NUMBER TWO KEEP UNROLLING TOP LIP

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_ STARTWITH REGULAR MOUTHPIECE PLACEMENT

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DO NOT STOP THE SOUND WHEN GOING FROM MIDDLE

REGISTER TO DOUBLE PEDAL OR REGISTER. SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECE UP TO SEVEN EIGHTS ON THE TOP LIP IN THE DOUBLE PEDAL RANGE. THIS EXERCISE WILL TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET PROPER FREEDOM OF SOUND.

NUMBER THREE IS THE ULTIMATE TEST OF ANY TRUMPET PLAYER'S EM-

BOUCHURE. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF YOU CANNOT GO HIGHER THAN A MIDDLE "C''. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR JAW STAYS IN ITS FORWARD POSITION.

WET LIPS

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VERY LITTLE ARM PRESSURE

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SLIDE MOUTHPIECE DOWN AS YOU

CLIMB HIGHER To YOUR REGULAR PoSlTloN. KEEP LOwER HUGGING TEETH

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ROLLED _ TRY TO KEEP THE PEDAL FEEL IN TOP LIP.

THE REASON

I CALL MY METHOD "TRUMPET YOGA"

HOLD THE UNROLLED LIPS IN A FIXED FEEL POSTURE SUCH AS

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IS THIS

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IS MUCH LIKE A YOGA HOLDS A

A HEAD OR SHOULDER STAND. THE YOGA HOLDS STEADY

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THE LIFE FORCE IN "TRUMPET YOGA'' IS THE WIND POWER. YOU WILL FIND THAT YOUR NEW LIP SET IN MANY CASES WILL REQUIRE TWO TO THREE TIMES THE

AIR FORCE OF YOUR OLD SETTING. KEEP USING MORE AIR.

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IN REVIEW - MAKE

SURE THE UNROLLING OF THE LIPS BRINGSTHE SOFT

INNER RED OUT. NEXT PUSH THE BOTTOM LIP SLIGHTLY FORWARD AND THE TWO UNROLLED LIPS WILL FORM A STRONG LOCK IN THE SIDES OF THE LIPS IN

THE DOUBLE PEDAL REGISTER

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YOU MUST START HERE. THE TWO LIPS ARE

STILL HELD AGAINST THE TEETH IN ALL REGULAR PLAYING.

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HAVE REPEATED MANY TIMES SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONS _ THEY ARE

VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO THESE ROUTINES AS I DO, I KNOW YOU WILL GET GREATER RESULTS THAN YOU WOULD EVER HOPE FOR.

YOUR NORMAL BOTTOM LIP IS MUCH STRONGER THAN YOUR TOP LIP. A GOOD EXERCISE THAT

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DO TO DEVELOPE BOTH LIPS AND SIDE LOCKS. LOOK AT

PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER TWO

FULLEST

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TRY TO UNROLL TOP LIP AND BOTTOM TO THETR

PUSH JAW FORWARD

(PUSH LIPS TOGETHER

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CLOSE TEETH

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BITE WITH UNROLLED LIPS

FEEL SOFT INNER RED TOP AND BOTTOM PRESSING

TOGETHER HARD, HOLD TEN SECONDS). NOW DO THE SAME UNROLLING BUT OPEN TEETH ONE QUARTER INCH AND PUMP AIR THRU THE LIPS AS IN PHOTO. NOTTCE tN PHOTO NUMBER THREE,ON THE DOUBLE PEDAL ,,C", HOW STRONG

THE LIPS ARE LOCKED IN AT THE SIDES - HOW MUCH TOP LtP MUST BE USED TO GET THE PROPER UNROLLING OF BOTH LIPS. DO NOT PUSH THE BOTTOM LIP UP

AND UNDER WITH A RECEEDED

ALSO, NEVER PLAY THESE PEDALS WITH

'AW.

YOUR REGULAR EMBOUCHURE. LOOK AT PHOTO NUMBER FOUR, LOOK AT HOW

RELAXED

A MIDDLE "C''

NUMBER FIVE SHOWING

SHOULD LOOK

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NO STRAIN. NOW COMPARE PHOTO

A LOUD DOUBLE HIGH "C'' EMBOUCHURE , STILL

UN-

ROLLED ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE TENSE. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOFT INNER RED

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IN TOP LIP, AND AS IN ALL MY PLAYING I AM READY TO SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECE UP TO SEVEN EIGHTS TOP AS

IN PHOTO THREE TO PLAY LOUD DOUBLE PEDAL "C''.

THE DOUBLE HIGH "C" IS BEING MADE WITH LESS ARM THAN MOST OF YOU USE

oN A MIDDLE

"c".

I cAN PLAY HUNDREDS oF DouBl-E HIGH "cs" EVERy DAy,

AND SO CAN ANYONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO.

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HOPE YOU HAVE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT

I AM TRYING

TEACH IN "TRUMPET YOGA''. I

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