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Oh WOW the MRI is really insightful!! Itself almost like the tongue position is like that when you whistle, in a way. Definitely going to try this out!!

Thank you 1000 times for this great content 🙏

Great lesson Tito, thank you!

brand new player here, it sure is fun trying all the new Technics

Very enlightening and eye opening- I’m a 80 year old trumpet player kinda late but I gained a rudimentary understanding of his discussion which can help my soloing. Many thanks.

Thank you for all this wonderful and helpful content 🙏🙏🙏

Bello!!! ❤

Haha. Right on, Tito!

Super helpful, thanks Tito! Have been struggling with exactly this issue of bringing good technical habits into the higher brainload activity of improvising, this is v helpful guidance - gracias!

Here’s how I use all 12 notes over a Dominant 7 chord. The 3 and b7, the tritone, defines the chord. The 1-3-5-b7 are the chord tones, safest to land on. Then b3 always only resolves upwards into the 3. Then 1-2-b3/3-4-b5-5-6-b7 would be Mixolydian combined with the Blues scale; these 9 notes are “inside”. Finally b2-b6-7 can be used in chromatic lines that resolve. - Always know both the letter name and the interval name of the note you’re playing (example: I’m on G# the 3rd of this E7 chord). Be able to use all 12 notes over any Dominant 7 chord.

I have found the same things! Excellent!

Excellent! And I'm a former professional trumpet player.

You start learning to improvise by listening to Louis Armstrong recordings for four hours a day !!

Hi Tito. Thanks for the lesson . It appears that you play slightly off centre? I've recently tried doing this which initially had some surprisingly good results. If I'm correct about where your mouthpiece sits, was it always like this or did you intentionally make that change? Many thanks Nick

Brilliant, Tito!!! The concepts that you covered in this video resonated so deeply for me. These are the concepts that I recently began to incorporate into my routines. Granted, I’m still in the early stages, but your words certainly act to reinforce the mindsets that I’m developing. They align perfectly with what one of my teachers has been telling me. The most important part, for me, is the idea of getting ideas into the subconscious, so they can emerge in the flow! BIG THANKS! 🙏

outstanding . hope you do more of these . so very helpful

outstanding.. my teacher 55 years ago started every lesson with long tones on g , bored me stupid but it worked . great lesson

My teacher laughingly refers to the finger ring as "the octave key".

Thanks for a great video. One question... Can someone explain what is meant by "flat chin?" I guess that it must be obvious, but I just am not sure what it means. Thanks!

Outstanding idea of using a long tone approach to improvising. Really like the idea of keeping the mind and body in a relaxed state. Definitely trying this method.

I believe, after listening to the entire video, has to do with Authors 3rd point. Technical understanding of repetitive patterns and jazz theoretical concepts.

At about 1:21 in this TH-cam video is a real cool lick. What do you practice for that kind of lick?

Thanks Tito. This is a game changer for me. I knew about using the Blues Scale but had to write it down and then think about the fingering. Your approach feels more natural because I no longer get caught up in the weeds of thinking notes and chords. I just get comfortable with playing the sound using the correct fingering first and then it becomes intuitive so I no longer think what notes they are but rather what each fingering is associated with each sound. This may not be a good explanation but simply put, I now know what my pallet of notes are by feel and ear. Now I just need to practice this in different scales so I get comfortable playing them.

did you transcribe a lot of Woody Shaw?

I’ve never had a trumpet lesson but I bought a trumpet. I sound horrible when I blow into the trumpet. It sounds like a balloon that’s deflating. What are the very first steps I need to know in order to make a clean sound of a note. Also how do I know what notes I’m playing because I’m not hearing notes just a terrible sound.

I really needed this! I’m gonna be recording a piece that has a high D# (above the staff) and I can’t hit that high consistently. This is gonna help immensely! Thank you Tito! 😊

Tito thank you so much for passing on your knowledge your a jazzmind opener God Bless You, I would like to know what mouthpiece you use , my Bach 7c is not cutting it … I hope it’s not top secret 😊

A really great video with a lot of helpful information and advice concerning to improve the upper register. One of the best I ever had seen. Thank you so much

I am gonna put this comment in every high note trumpet video. Guys STOP, pleas… Trumpet is not your talent show!!! There is tons of beautifull tunes in lower register and it’s really not as delightful as you think to listen it

Again, this is brilliant! This makes the invisible visible, which will help to visualize what needs to be done. Thanks!

Brilliant, Tito! You have given us another skill to explore! Now, I need to search for different sized straws, and the inflator needle. And no worries, they’re not made with lead 😆, but some alloy that includes brass. Thanks!

My SUPER hero! ... comeback player after 45 years. I've been back at it consistently for 8 weeks now ... after watching and listening to you here ... first time ever double G ... wasn't held long or very loud but clear and on pitch ... still a very long way to go to be able to consistently reproduce and control anything above a D but it's a decent start. Having watched listened and experimented, I discovered that I already naturally form the tongue arch beginning on E at top of the staff ... (for me the key is) to bring my bottom lip up incrementally to close the aperture ... sounds so simple yet without your help I would not likely have been inspired ... thanks so much Tito!

Thanks again, Tito! First of all, I like the way you made the Caruso, Stamp and Chichowicz exercises the entry point - so essential. The transition from those exercises to relaxed improvisation truly resonates with me. I’m going to add this to my routine. And, nice flow on Cherokee!

Thank you!!

Thank you! That was helpful. I have had trouble expelling all the air, when playing long, up-tempo etudes. I feel like I need to keep inhaling, so as not to run out of air. Then the system gets backed up. 😞 On a positive note, I stay aware of how long the horn is on my face. I take it off to breathe and reset. It works. 👍

Thank you Tito. French horn player here. This has been so helpful!!

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Well done sir, old school, at its finest, Johnnie Bonez, Trinity,mind, body, instrument.

So helpful!

This was really good. Thank you!

as a guitar player, I can assure you that most guitarists think they know the arpeggios but they can't identify where the 3rd the fifth and the seventh are. When improvising jazz most guitarists think of the mode for each chord instead of emphasising on the chord tone. there are very few jazz guitar teachers tell their students to use chord tone when landing on the down beat or 1st beat and 3rd beat.

Beautiful Tito and band!

Firm corners, flat Chin, fast air...

Good stuff! 👍

Thank you for giving the nod to Stamp, Caruso, and Cichowicz! Too many social media gurus ignore crediting where their brilliant techniques came from. Kudos, from an old jazzer. Also, I believe the air attack on the first long-tone note is cRuCiAL!

Thanks for the nice Vid. I enjoyed it. Pops

Please get to it. Please - you’re rattling - share it

Thank You for very good practical advice. Thanks for sharing 🙂

Brilliant tip and so easy to forget and get into the terrible position of forcing the sound and muscling the mouthpiece onto the face.

I've played by ear , your helping me out tremendously by helping me find out what I've been hearing all these years 👍👋😊