Roy Roman plays a double c with no pressure

[Nabokov50]

How To Make A Trumpet Sound Ugly.

[alfieandjoshie]

That's The Noise That His Kettle Makes When His Tea Is Ready.

[stephensydney]

pretty good, but I must say I think James does it better and longer and sweeter here watch?v=6hWtsvr3IQo

[omygood424]

ugg dumb band kids a violinist can go way higher

but jk i still do love them bant kids :)

[mexijew]

I think i just popped and umbilical hernia trying that shit

[TheOriginalSoliz]

@mexijew haha right?

[rlbjayhawk11]

Some of you should go back a few comments and read the one posted by mharbaugh...

Roy Roman is a genius.

[Diegobjj]

He had Superglue on his hands!!! xD

[Eskew42]

Double C with no pressure, tone, pitch, or power. 

[SergioBizzle]

@Eskew42 LMFAO

[darkmortality]

I play with this guy at church.

[Bebopopotamus]

Double thee

[Rammiid]

Who cares if it was pitchy, I can't play a double C like that. I pull the octave key so hard my pinky finger is slightly misshapen lol. (at top comment about note choice)

[larrythesaint]

What is a "down stream" player?

[LaurenceLogic]

this is bollox, look at his left hand. there is pressure. ok, not teeth-breaking, but i'd be more impressed if he held his tpt from his right pinky.. not going to happen. this could seriously fuck up a kid's mind.

use MINIMUM pressure and at the same time create a great sound. so much bad advice around.

[pongespob]

@LaurenceLogic You're correct, the "no pressure" myth perpetuated. All high noters use pressure. Impossible not to.

[judgewest2000]

@pongespob How many people tell you that you don't need any pressure to go for the high's? Too many it's crazy.

It's beyond a myth, you don't see any trumpeter playing a demanding session without a circle around his chops.

I completely agree with you.

[eltonej]

Try this exercise yourself, its not meant to sound pretty at first. It is an embouchure muscle building exercise. If you can master this there's no limit on your endurance & range. This is very hard to accomplish if you are a down stream player. It requires a whole different approach to how one plays. Be ready to dedicate time to accomplish this if you are a downstream player. But you will be amazed at your control and ability after mastering this technique.

[macree01]

@eltonej Your comment makes no sense, 90% of all brass players are DOWNSTREAM. Playing UPSTREAM is the more uncommon one, since the main lip predominating in it is the bottom lip which is the weaker of the two lips naturally.

[macree01]

@eltonej Unless of course you are playing upstream with a high placement. Which I might add is even rarer, the only person I know that does that is a NYC based trombonist named Sam Burtis, he plays upstream with a 80/20 mouthpiece placement.

[eltonej]

This way of playing was taught in NYC by Roy Stevens. I took lessons from Roy in the mid 70's in New York City. Man the cats that would come through his office in mid-town Manhattan were all well known trpt players from the past, present and future. My trpt instructor at the time was Tom Lisenbee, principle trpt for the NYC Opera for 40 years until he retired. Roy Stevens was amazing, he even has his own website put up by a dedicated student just google Roy Stevens for the link.

[trumpet9619]

That's amazing for a palm excersice you can only get so much pressure for that

[guitarhero31333]

pshht...no pressure.. did you hear him have to play it twice, and his facial expression. That was pressure

[musictttttrumpet]

the strongest pinky ever lol

[MrJohnnyG6]

Even Maynard said in a YouTube video that he does not believe in the no pressure system. EVERYONE uses some type of pressure. You have to, how do you think compression is made.

It was in a master class/clinic he did in the 70s or 80s, I think he had a yellow jump suit on.

[Awshbuscus]

@MrJohnnyG6 Of course you use SOME pressure, but not so much that you are literally pressing the trumpet up against your lips so your teeth are cutting them. Just enough to tighten your embouchure a bit so you can hit higher notes. That's typical.

[JazzyJonas]

Anyone know where I can find the rest of this video?

[prosper270]

@JazzyJonas  royroman.com

[prosper270]

@JazzyJonas - royroman.com

[kenzo5716]

Maynard was proof positive this system works and works very well! nuff said!

[macree01]

@kenzo5716 That must be why he had a permanent indentation in his lip :\ :\ :\

[CaptainQueue]

I heard Roy play in person about 15 years ago at a very small church. He was an incredibly powerful, confident player, great onstage presence as well.

[Couesnonfl]

I agree that "counter pressure", as you call it, is necessary. But, I'm not the one that said, "no pressure", am I?

[asmcriminaL]

that is pressure.

[najdorf]

so nice to... hear...

[buzzytpt]

that guy is a beast! 

[Couesnonfl]

notice how his pinky and inner fingers curl in towards the valve casing the higher he goes and at the end the pinky is grabbing the casing.

Probably plays with less pressure than most pressure, but everyone that I've seen that does this cheats a little.

[mharbaugh]

@Couesnonfl I'm not sure it's necessarily cheating. As you ascend on the instrument, the amount of force from the body that's pushing against the instrument increases. That means that there would be a point where the instrument would literally be "blown away," and there would be no mouthpiece contact. It is fundamentally necessary to engage in some level of counter-pressure in order to maintain contact.

[tackledparsley]

@mharbaugh you clearly don't understand the concept of friction do you

[mharbaugh]

@tackledparsley Troll fail.

[tackledparsley]

@mharbaugh i wasn't trying to troll you, i was simply putting my point across an a sarcastic way, im sorry you are so socially inept that i had to explain that to you

[mharbaugh]

@tackledparsley x2

[CastleMKnights]

Its the reincarnation of chuck norris lol

[btj89]

More like high C with no pressure. I see you curling your fingers around the valves Roy Roman! Sly devil...

[liljohnreplogle]

I thought it was a G# to C# at the end?

[rangepkr128]

@liljohnreplogle Trippin!

[CNLMCF]

yus

[maynardwaltrip]

"ok - that was a double c." What else does a trumpet player need to say?