Trupet playing?

Question:i have played trumpet for a few years and now i have braces. i have gotten used to the braces but i am pretty sure that my embrochure is off. whenever i start to play hight notes i start turning my head to the side. adding to that i have been having a really bad tone and i have been cracking notes. this is really frustrating to me. please give me tips on how i should fix my embrochureand tone.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i have played trumpet for a few years and now i have braces. i have gotten used to the braces but i am pretty sure that my embrochure is off. whenever i start to play hight notes i start turning my head to the side. adding to that i have been having a really bad tone and i have been cracking notes. this is really frustrating to me. please give me tips on how i should fix my embrochureand tone.

if it helps you could put wax on over your braces to help them not cut your lips.

you can also play long tones to help build up your lips and make your tone better. i do long tones every day and i dont even have braces and my tone has gotten so much better. start on a G and go up or down chramatically. play each notes as long as possible.

then to help you not crack notes do any scale you wish (i usually to Bb or D scale) and play an eighth and 2 sixteenths all the way up the scale. (play an eight and 2 sixteenths 4 times per note...like a measure of music in 4/4) when you go back down repeat the top note but turn it around and play 2 sixteenths and an eight. it will help you to not crack notes.

i hope i helped you. and good luck in your trumpet playing career. =-)

play long tones and lip slurs, try the book "foundations for superior performance" and work on and perfect the slurs. you will improve, i swear i had so much trouble with braces