This is by far the best tutorial on how to play for a beginner I found. No joke, I looked at dozens and none explained it so well and made it so accessibly.
I'm 79 years old and wanted to play the trumpet in High School, but got stuck playing the Tuba ('cause they had too many trumpet players). I'm getting a trumpet soon and will be following your videos.
Fantastic news! My very first trumpet student ever was an 80 year old beginner, who spent his whole life playing polkas on the drums. At least you have some brass playing experience. Good luck, keep in touch on the progress!
Turning 31 this month, and I just picket up a trumpet for the first time in my life. For all you kids getting into this please take it seriously, music is really important for a balanced life. Here to learning! Thanks for the video dude, you've got a knack for it that's for sure.
Couldn't agree more. I'm a 38 year old musician who has always loved music but sometimes let's life get in the way. The bottom line for me is that I realized recently I can't be happy unless I'm practicing my instruments and making music on a regular basis.
I just turn 49 i started to play the trumpet in six grade and quit after 8th grade. I thought about getting another trumpet and start playing it again, just to see if it will all comeback to me.
@@kendralane155 you have to get valve oil, which you can find at any music store, and unscrew the valve to oil it. Don’t pour it from the bottom of the trumpet, as it does not work and just makes a mess
My 4th grader is learning for the first time and was trying forever to just get sound. We watched this video together and he got it in less than 3 minutes. The look in his eyes when he hit a note! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Oh holy hell, I paid for 3 different types of Trumpet lessons, watched Youttube videos and this is the best introductory video on getting sound out of a trumpet. I'm not kidding, thank you soooo much!
Finally, someone describing different breaths for low /high parts of the octave. Nice job. Long time musician helping the little guy learn trumpet for the first time. Thank you for teaching us both. Subbed
I'm overwhelmed by the positive responses to this video. Thank you all for watching! I've started a new series of educational videos on my channel. Here's one where I teach you how to play 5 note songs. Much love and happy practicing! th-cam.com/video/m-G-POh2QqA/w-d-xo.html
Hi adam, first of all thank you very much for your helpful video’s! And secondly I wanted to ask you how do you change pitches from C to G to an octave higher C without changing any of your finger positions? Like what you do at 8:33
Nice starter vid. Jazz Guitarist here 62 YO have issues with my left fingers so I bought a horn to keep my music playing alive. I am loving this thank you so much Sir!
My daughter is starting out on the trumpet and you are an amazing teacher.. I watched the video with her and found myself doing the exercises with her. She learned so much in such a small amount of time.. great work.
My daughter heard me say I had thought about playing a trumpet so she brought me one for father's day. I have ben looking at videos. I am making sounds with the trumpet but i do not think thry are the right sounds. Will keep looking at your video. At 61 this is going to be interesting
Long time guitar player, first time brass player. THIS is the video that got me that early success I needed to power through the wonky wailing walrus that was my first attempts!
I got the busing well and before I watched this I found it pretty nice to just do a long buzz and press on the notes randomly. It helped show me what sound the notes made and what note they were. Also great video helped A LOT!
I've been playing trumpet for some time, and I decided to randomly search up how to play and I wished I saw this video 6 years ago when I started, its so helpful.
Adam, I am 46. Picked up a trumpet. Fell in love… found your video and it was like reading the first line of my favorite book. You are an excellent teacher and I am glad you took a minute to share your insights with the world. I will watch this video over and over. Subscribed.
At 63 years old I just this minute played my first correct notes on a trumpet! Tried in high school but switched to flute in frustration. I am taking tenor sax lessons now. But still have a desire to learn other things. Thank you for making this video! BTW: The horn I'm messing with is a C.G.CONN 22B circa 1951 with a Bach 10C mouthpiece I found at the flea market. I can't get at the serial number to look up the exact year of manufacture because it has a custom leather cover over the valve bodies. I don't want to mess with that. I have a cornet that has an exactly identical bell engraving with a serial number that is from 1951. So I figured this horn must be close.
32 year old here, picked up trumpet on a whim. So you DON'T buzz your lips?! Everything I thought I knew was a lie. This is a fantastic video, thank you.
Ha! Well…we still say “buzz the mouthpiece” and “buzz the lips” but technically, that’s not what’s happening inside the mouthpiece. I think understanding this can really help new trumpeters make a better sound on the horn!
I’m a saxophone player, and have been hoping to pick up trumpet for a while now. Got it for Christmas. No one told me it would be this hard! This video helped me get out CONSISTENT notes, god forbid. Thanks a ton! :D
By FAR the best introduction to trumpet I've come across. So simple the way Adam explains it. I literally just picked up the trumpet, reviewed this video a couple of times, and I was able to play a couple of tunes using just the five notes explained here. Sure, I messed up a lot, but this is why we practice.
Awesome guide! 😊 After two years of trying to learn to play the trumpet myself, I finally got a trumpet teacher! This guide is useful to watch in between sessions. BTW: Love the 05:10 segment! 😂😂😂 I laughed so hard! 😂
I bought myself a pocket trumpet to try something new in life after years of playing the guitar.I am 52 and almost toothless after a hard life and started blowing rasberries down the trumpet tube and then i came across this video where you describe doing a sort of mmm thing,great advice,i am making a little bit of progress b3cause of it thanks!
I played French horn for decades - major symphony at age 22... Well, I moved on to other things in life and hadn't played a brass instrument in about 13 years. I realized that I REALLY missed playing a brass instrument, so what to do? I had an incredible range on French horn, so I said to myself, "Self, I want to play cornet!!" A year of Bb cornet (which I adore), I decided to get a trumpet. I got a very nice B&S Challenger II Bb silver trumpet (I liked the response and 'fatness' of the sound more than any Bach Strad models - a personal thing, for sure!) 2.7 years later, I have a great coach and am totally loving trumpet. TRUMPET!!!! YEAH!!!!
Thank you I am currently a French horn player and I just got a trumpet so I can learn it a tryout for jazzband and do marching band in highschool thank you a lot please make more
literally watching this because I´m starting my new job as one of the brass teachers at the biggest music school in Sweden tomorrow. I have never even touched a trumpet. Please wish me good luck!
Thank you so much! I'm a percussionist so whenever it came to trumpet I was always told that you have to buzz into the mouthpiece so I would always try to execute the buzz into the mouthpiece instead of letting the mouthpiece make the buzz happen and now I finally have some consistency.
Good luck!! Biggest thing is that you focus on tone production first. Just play long notes every day for a while before trying to do much else. Everythint will be easier if you can make a consistent sound on notes from middle G up to C in the staff, and middle G down to C below the staff. I have a “second five notes” video that goes up to that C in the staff you can check out on my channel!
Thank you! Your instruction really helped me get some decent sounds out of my new trumpet. Trumpet is my new pandemic stay at home hobby. I played flute back in high school and still play a bit for fun, but I always wanted to try trumpet.
Your instructions are very clear! Thank you for the great videos. My son is just starting and can already get some great sounding notes out just from watching your videos. You are a great teacher!
This is great! I’ve seen some great players insist that we’re supposed to “buzz” into it to play. I’m just starting and am having trouble with consistent tone. I’ll focus less on the buzz next session. TY
Thank you so much for this video!!! Started playing trumpet yesterday and couldn't figure out how to okay WITHOUT lip buzz!! Buzzing made my lips feel scoured!! I tried your technique tonight just using my mouthpiece and it worked!! Looking forward to trying it when my landlady leaves again!
Nice! It is a bit different when you only use the mouthpiece. The instrument actually makes the buzz feeling happen even easier. Good luck! (Try playing in to a pillow to mute the sound of the horn if you have neighbors that don't like the noise!)
Awesome . Thank you so much all the way from India . This gave me much needed practical clarity as I just started to play trumpet few days back with basic notes.
This is by far the best tutorial on how to play for a beginner I found. No joke, I looked at dozens and none explained it so well and made it so accessibly.
I agree
@Vance Ronan lol hackers
Fr lol
I do cornet but this is pretty much the same
Kinda
I'm not even interested in ever learning trumpet and yet this guy still has hold of my interest. I bet he's a great teacher.
Hey thanks!! haha
he is
You know its good when someone intrests a non-student 😂
I'm 79 years old and wanted to play the trumpet in High School, but got stuck playing the Tuba ('cause they had too many trumpet players). I'm getting a trumpet soon and will be following your videos.
Fantastic news! My very first trumpet student ever was an 80 year old beginner, who spent his whole life playing polkas on the drums. At least you have some brass playing experience. Good luck, keep in touch on the progress!
@@AdamMeckler Thanks! Will do!
Turning 31 this month, and I just picket up a trumpet for the first time in my life. For all you kids getting into this please take it seriously, music is really important for a balanced life. Here to learning!
Thanks for the video dude, you've got a knack for it that's for sure.
25 here and same opinion. Than you!!!
Thank you!!!!
Turning 31 in a few weeks and also just starting!
Couldn't agree more. I'm a 38 year old musician who has always loved music but sometimes let's life get in the way. The bottom line for me is that I realized recently I can't be happy unless I'm practicing my instruments and making music on a regular basis.
I just turn 49 i started to play the trumpet in six grade and quit after
8th grade. I thought about getting another trumpet and start playing it again, just to see if it will all comeback to me.
The best beginner lesson we found. My son learned so much. Thank you!!
Are trumpet is broke but not in pieces and one of them is just keep getting stuck down how do you fix it
@@kendralane155 you have to get valve oil, which you can find at any music store, and unscrew the valve to oil it. Don’t pour it from the bottom of the trumpet, as it does not work and just makes a mess
My 4th grader is learning for the first time and was trying forever to just get sound. We watched this video together and he got it in less than 3 minutes. The look in his eyes when he hit a note! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
I'm so happy to hear this. Trumpet can be so frustrating. I'm glad your son got some sounds during the video. A world of music awaits!!
@@AdamMeckler this helped me a lot to I play cornet but it still helped a lot
Oh holy hell, I paid for 3 different types of Trumpet lessons, watched Youttube videos and this is the best introductory video on getting sound out of a trumpet. I'm not kidding, thank you soooo much!
Finally, someone describing different breaths for low /high parts of the octave. Nice job. Long time musician helping the little guy learn trumpet for the first time. Thank you for teaching us both. Subbed
Thank you!!
your energy in general is everything teaching should look like. thanks
@@andres93b ❤️❤️
I'm overwhelmed by the positive responses to this video. Thank you all for watching! I've started a new series of educational videos on my channel. Here's one where I teach you how to play 5 note songs. Much love and happy practicing! th-cam.com/video/m-G-POh2QqA/w-d-xo.html
Hi adam, first of all thank you very much for your helpful video’s! And secondly I wanted to ask you how do you change pitches from C to G to an octave higher C without changing any of your finger positions? Like what you do at 8:33
Nice starter vid. Jazz Guitarist here 62 YO have issues with my left fingers so I bought a horn to keep my music playing alive. I am loving this thank you so much Sir!
That's an inspiring story, Rick. Best of luck on your journey!!
My daughter is starting out on the trumpet and you are an amazing teacher.. I watched the video with her and found myself doing the exercises with her. She learned so much in such a small amount of time.. great work.
This is great thank you. 47 yo Guitarist/Bass player decided to learn trumpet. Yamaha rental trumpet arriving with courier today. Wish me luck !!
Good luck, you got this!!
My daughter heard me say I had thought about playing a trumpet so she brought me one for father's day. I have ben looking at videos. I am making sounds with the trumpet but i do not think thry are the right sounds. Will keep looking at your video. At 61 this is going to be interesting
just bought myself a trumpet, and your video is extremely helpful for me as a beginner. Thank you!
Great to hear it!! TY!
@@AdamMeckler hi
How it's going after 5 month?
How much did you get it
Wonderful instruction methodology, clear, human and organized
Wow thanks!!
I’m just starting trumpet tonight and this helped a lot to get the basics down! Thank you for this video!
Hey same!
Long time guitar player, first time brass player. THIS is the video that got me that early success I needed to power through the wonky wailing walrus that was my first attempts!
So glad to hear it! It only gets better with time! Most important thing right now is to play a little bit every day. Go get it!
My kindergarten son Jameson picked up my high school trumpet and is already loving it and loves this. It's very helpful. Just wanted to say thank you.
Love hearing this !
100% best trial I've seen so far thank you u genius
😇😇
Thank you. Very good - telling me how to hold the trumpet! You wouldn't believe how many beginner videos miss this and it's very important.
I know this was posted 8 years ago but as a bass clarinet player whose learning trumpet this is so helpful for learning a completely new instrument!
Well I’m still here, I’m just 8 years older. 🤣 glad this video was helpful…You got this! 🎺 🎺
I've been playing trumpet for 7 years, and this video was very helpful to me and other beginners.
(also nice trumpet)
Hey thanks!
I got the busing well and before I watched this I found it pretty nice to just do a long buzz and press on the notes randomly. It helped show me what sound the notes made and what note they were. Also great video helped A LOT!
Thanks, glad it helped!
Yes mr Adam thank You to teaching me how t o play the trumpet i a Joao Braz Pantana from Mozambique Africa
I've been playing trumpet for some time, and I decided to randomly search up how to play and I wished I saw this video 6 years ago when I started, its so helpful.
❤️
Adam, I am 46. Picked up a trumpet. Fell in love… found your video and it was like reading the first line of my favorite book. You are an excellent teacher and I am glad you took a minute to share your insights with the world. I will watch this video over and over. Subscribed.
Literally the best beginner trumpet tutorial on TH-cam.
I'm so glad you feel that way!!
@@AdamMeckler fk u u suk
@@mr_uboat4955 I'm so glad you feel that way!!
@@AdamMeckler don’t listen to em, he’s just jealous cus he isn’t as good as you, keep up the good work!
Thanks
At 63 years old I just this minute played my first correct notes on a trumpet! Tried in high school but switched to flute in frustration. I am taking tenor sax lessons now. But still have a desire to learn other things.
Thank you for making this video!
BTW: The horn I'm messing with is a C.G.CONN 22B circa 1951 with a Bach 10C mouthpiece I found at the flea market. I can't get at the serial number to look up the exact year of manufacture because it has a custom leather cover over the valve bodies. I don't want to mess with that. I have a cornet that has an exactly identical bell engraving with a serial number that is from 1951. So I figured this horn must be close.
Hey! I'm Elizabeth's friend and I'm learning to play my brother's school trumpet! Thanks for the videos!
Fun! Small world! Good luck on that horn 🎺 🎺
Haha I am also learning to play my brothers school trumpet! What a coincidence
Thank you so much Teacher 😊 my daughter learnt step by step 'how to play trumpet lesson'
I'm Sri Lankan.
Love it! So glad you found my video!
Thanks!
32 year old here, picked up trumpet on a whim. So you DON'T buzz your lips?! Everything I thought I knew was a lie. This is a fantastic video, thank you.
Ha! Well…we still say “buzz the mouthpiece” and “buzz the lips” but technically, that’s not what’s happening inside the mouthpiece. I think understanding this can really help new trumpeters make a better sound on the horn!
My son started trumpet this year. This video is beyond helpful!! Great explanations and very easy to understand.
Glad it was helpful!
I’m a saxophone player, and have been hoping to pick up trumpet for a while now. Got it for Christmas. No one told me it would be this hard!
This video helped me get out CONSISTENT notes, god forbid. Thanks a ton! :D
By FAR the best introduction to trumpet I've come across. So simple the way Adam explains it. I literally just picked up the trumpet, reviewed this video a couple of times, and I was able to play a couple of tunes using just the five notes explained here. Sure, I messed up a lot, but this is why we practice.
Hello am Theophilus from Ghana I love this stuff I like to learn thanks
Thank you for watching! Good Luck!
Great lesson. You are a wonderful teacher. My favorite players was Chet Baker and Clifford Brown. Thanks so much.
Awesome guide! 😊 After two years of trying to learn to play the trumpet myself, I finally got a trumpet teacher! This guide is useful to watch in between sessions. BTW: Love the 05:10 segment! 😂😂😂 I laughed so hard! 😂
I bought myself a pocket trumpet to try something new in life after years of playing the guitar.I am 52 and almost toothless after a hard life and started blowing rasberries down the trumpet tube and then i came across this video where you describe doing a sort of mmm thing,great advice,i am making a little bit of progress b3cause of it thanks!
Great news! Might be tough with teeth missing, but keep working at it!!
Beginner player here, out of all the starting off videos i watched this one was the one that got the trumpet to sound.
I’m so glad to hear this. It can be so hard to get started but it’s super rewarding to stick with it and play consistently. Good luck!!
I played French horn for decades - major symphony at age 22... Well, I moved on to other things in life and hadn't played a brass instrument in about 13 years. I realized that I REALLY missed playing a brass instrument, so what to do? I had an incredible range on French horn, so I said to myself, "Self, I want to play cornet!!" A year of Bb cornet (which I adore), I decided to get a trumpet. I got a very nice B&S Challenger II Bb silver trumpet (I liked the response and 'fatness' of the sound more than any Bach Strad models - a personal thing, for sure!)
2.7 years later, I have a great coach and am totally loving trumpet.
TRUMPET!!!! YEAH!!!!
Wow!! Amazing story. I love those Challenger horns. Good luck with everything!!
Thank you I am currently a French horn player and I just got a trumpet so I can learn it a tryout for jazzband and do marching band in highschool thank you a lot please make more
literally watching this because I´m starting my new job as one of the brass teachers at the biggest music school in Sweden tomorrow. I have never even touched a trumpet. Please wish me good luck!
😮😮holy cow! Good luck!!
Wait how are you gonna teach if you don't know the instrument at all
@@AdamMeckler yeah just wanted to thank you, this video was really helpful and the teaching has been going good so far!
Still a helpful video after 7 years, you really helped me thank you
Thank you so much! I'm a percussionist so whenever it came to trumpet I was always told that you have to buzz into the mouthpiece so I would always try to execute the buzz into the mouthpiece instead of letting the mouthpiece make the buzz happen and now I finally have some consistency.
Yes! So glad to hear this!
This is the best tutorial I have seen. Thank you so much! It explains it so well and without any trouble.
Awesome to hear, glad you enjoyed it!
I’m 34 and I’ve been singing professionally for many years and playing guitar. I’m thinking about giving this a shot. It’s just so cool!
Good luck!! Biggest thing is that you focus on tone production first. Just play long notes every day for a while before trying to do much else. Everythint will be easier if you can make a consistent sound on notes from middle G up to C in the staff, and middle G down to C below the staff. I have a “second five notes” video that goes up to that C in the staff you can check out on my channel!
Thank you! Your instruction really helped me get some decent sounds out of my new trumpet. Trumpet is my new pandemic stay at home hobby. I played flute back in high school and still play a bit for fun, but I always wanted to try trumpet.
That's a big switch! My wife is a flute player. Hardest part for her playing trumpet is the lip position. Good luck!
Got a trumpet for Christmas and I can actually push notes out after this video and play a bit of a song
Let's gooooooooooooooooo
Thank you for sharing this tutorial. It was great my son was able to follow the instructions very easily. Super helpful tutorial.
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
I know this was 7 years ago but thank you,you explained everything so amazing that now everything makes sence
Your instructions are very clear! Thank you for the great videos. My son is just starting and can already get some great sounding notes out just from watching your videos. You are a great teacher!
Thank you! I'm so glad you've found my videos and that they are helping. More coming soon!
I’m a drummer . First time picking up a horn . Literally got notes out . Great video
Fantastic clear sound advice Great for all ages,including me at 64🕺🎺🎶🕺🎺
Best tutorial....if you want to make notes....immediately.....brilliant
The best explanation on TH-cam.... I've looked at so many videos.... but this was by far the best
bravo! I am an 83 year old harpist. I want to makea noise now so I bought cornet! you have taught me!
bravo young man! sachmo here I come!!
I have to say that M trick instantly improved my mouth form. Hats off to you good sur
Glad to hear it!
Just started learning trumpet, best tutorial I've seen so far. Thanks man.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching~
Wow. You are insane. This is the best tutorial i've ever seen on anything
Ha! Thanks!!
This is great! I’ve seen some great players insist that we’re supposed to “buzz” into it to play. I’m just starting and am having trouble with consistent tone. I’ll focus less on the buzz next session. TY
Thank you so much for this video!!! Started playing trumpet yesterday and couldn't figure out how to okay WITHOUT lip buzz!! Buzzing made my lips feel scoured!! I tried your technique tonight just using my mouthpiece and it worked!! Looking forward to trying it when my landlady leaves again!
Nice! It is a bit different when you only use the mouthpiece. The instrument actually makes the buzz feeling happen even easier. Good luck! (Try playing in to a pillow to mute the sound of the horn if you have neighbors that don't like the noise!)
Spent years got no note until I found you tutorial.
I grew up in a suburb near you and back in the late 60's, I learned to play my trumpet from Brad Eagan. He was a great teacher!
Woe!! Cool! In IL? Or MN? Brad Eagan does ring a bell…
@@AdamMeckler Minnesota
Brad & I went to the same high school in Hopkins. (Not at the same time though)
Ahh yes. Hopkins. Very cool!
Awesome . Thank you so much all the way from India . This gave me much needed practical clarity as I just started to play trumpet few days back with basic notes.
Thank you. I'm a tuba player that has recently picked up trombone and has a trumpet that felt impossible to play, now it doesn't seem hard
For some reason ..your tutorial is like your in each one of our brains..no wonder your a teacher. This all made sense to me...
What a compliment! Thank you!
This tutorial is so good, Its so clean
🙏🏼🙏🏼 Happy practicing!
The only tutorial that taught me the right way to blow into the horn. Amazing, thank you!
The only Trumpeter on youtube that knows how to teach? Wow! Thanks!
Eyyyy here’s a great comment! Haha thanks!
Awesome video. I don’t even have a trumpet and I watched the whole thing. Thank you
Pleasant and informative lesson. You are great, Adam!
Thank you! I am just learning trumpet, and this helped me SO MUCH!!!!!
Very descriptive. Your analogies make it easy to visualize what you should do. Thanks!
Awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!
This tutorial is the best about how to play the trumpet
very helpful teaching me how to blow in a trumpet.
You are an excellent teacher. Thanks.
Dude.... youre a amazing teacher!
Eyyyyyy thanks!
Dude you are amaizing, im starting again blowing trumpet and im VERy RUSTY!!!!actually forgot most of my notes, you a great help
Thank you Adam! Very helpful!
2nd day on the trumpet and this video helped me immensely 😊
Awesome!!
thank you for the lesson
You're welcome! Good luck!
I'm 54 soon and i have bought myself a trumpet, i am going to use this when it's delivered, thanks.
i play flute for marching band, and i’m also thinking about learning trumpet. never played a brass instrument so this video will help me so much.
Awesome!
Wow. I'm now more motivated than ever to play the trumpet. Thanks for this video
Im 30 and finally got a trumpet and your video is very helpful. Can you please make more.
Incredible! Loooove the practical examples like with water. Really dope. Thanx! ❤
YOU ARE BEST COACHER. THANK YOU.
Very clear and easy to follow. Well delivered....
Excellent, thank you for your great communication & positivity !!
Thanks for watching, glad it helped!
Wonderful beginning, I feel like I can do this... move over Miles...thank you so much Adam...
Pearse
Awesome!! Glad you’re it. Miles is my hero! Haha. No him, no me!
This is what a certified legend is🔥I loved the video
🔥🔥🔥
Bravo brother. Great teaching. Thanks
My pleasure!
Great video, going to have my 9 yo watch this. Buying a Yamaha 2330 tonight!
Thank you!!
Nice!!
Great tutorial took me back to my starter days
Aauua aqua auuh
Was really deep 5:09
Sir, you are a legend.
😇
Thank you for this because I want to learn more about it