Trumpet embouchure involves the placement of your lips and jaw.Push your jaw forward, keep your teeth separated and have a tongue that's low in your mouth.Press your lips together, keep them moist, and allow air to pass.Strengthen your embouchure by adjusting it for different notes, keeping good upright posture, and buzzing your lips frequently until you get the technique down.
Step 1: Push your jaw forward.
Most people have an overbite, which means their lips are not lined up on each other.Your bottom lip is directly under your top lip if you move your jaw forward.Don't push your jaw too far forward.Your top and bottom teeth should be straight up and down.While you buzz your lips, practice moving your jaw forward and backward.You can feel how it directs the air down to your chin or nose.Aligning your teeth will direct the air into your mouth.
Step 2: It's a good idea to leave 14” between your teeth.
If you put your teeth together, it will affect the flow of air.Your teeth should be at least 12” apart.It should feel like your jaw is hanging out.Put the narrow end of your mouth between your teeth to get a feel for it.You can use a pen, pencil, or straw to test your air flow.
Step 3: You should keep your tongue in your mouth.
The right amount of air can be passed through your lips.It will block the air if your tongue is on the roof of your mouth.Your tongue should rest low in your mouth when you're not playing the notes.
Step 4: Pull your lips together.
If your lips are touching, you will get the buzz.The air will pass through if the lips are loose.You can't escape if your lips are pressed too tightly.Keep the corners of your mouth open.Make the lips too loose and tight to learn the right tightness.The balanced middle point is something you will learn to feel.Listen to the difference in sound when your lips are tight and loose.
Step 5: The mouth should be lightly touched against it.
The lips need to be against the rim of the mouth.This will stop them from buzzing if you press them too tightly.The center of your lips is where you want it to be.This can be practiced without the horn.Look at how you can't buzz your lips with your mouth.Pull your lips away so they can't hear the buzz.The right amount of pressure to produce a buzz can be found using this practice technique.
Step 6: You should keep your lips moist.
Your lips buzz while you play.There is a balance between dry and wet.It's important to learn the right moistness that doesn't cause your lips to fall off.You can't make a full buzz with dry lips.Your mouth will get wet from the wet lips.
Step 7: You should adjust your embouchure for different notes.
The buttons and valves on the trumpet have the biggest impact on changing notes.When playing high and low notes, loosen your embouchure.If you don't have a trumpet, tighten your embouchure and notice how the buzz changes.The effect is amplified when the horn blows.By changing the embouchure shape, you can make a sound similar to a sirens sound.
Step 8: Keeping upright posture.
When you don't have enough air, your embouchure is not effective.You can blow with enough force to produce the full scale of notes if you sit up straight.Your trumpet is raised by good posture.When you are sitting in a chair, you can't breathe as deeply.You get used to sitting up straight when you practice good posture.
Step 9: You should practice buzzing your lips every day.
When you first learn your embouchure, your lips will get tired easily.Try to hold it for a few minutes.Practice buzzing for a while.You can build up your endurance by adding a little bit of time each day.It's important that you can buzz your lips for a long time without getting tired since many musical pieces are five to ten minutes or longer.
Step 10: There are instructional videos available to watch.
If you are having trouble with a particular part of the embouchure, look for videos that describe the whole process.Watching someone form the embouchure may give you a better idea.You can ask a teacher or mentor if they have any videos you can borrow.You will be able to see how players hold the trumpet.
Step 11: An instructor can give you tips.
If you are in a band class at school or taking lessons with a mentor, ask them to look at your embouchure or listen as you play to see what you're doing wrong.Specific problems you are facing with yourembouchure will be helped by them.If you don't have anyone to talk to, look for a local instructor who would be willing to help.You can get some quick tips without taking a full lesson.