Lip Embouchure Exercises for Trumpet including the Pencil Exercise

Exercises for training your lip (embouchure) muscles for trumpet or any other brass instruments. Includes instructions on doing the pencil exercise and advice on making your own embouchure training device.

Addendum: When I said "vertically" I should have said "horizontally". You need to keep the pencil straight.

Disclaimer: Do this at your own risk. I am not a doctor. I am not responsible if you hurt yourself by doing these exercises.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pencil exercise
• embouchre training
• trumpet
• lip exercise

[BOOMDIGIDYable]

Does this work for euphonium players?

[hostroute]

@BOOMDIGIDYable It tightens the corner muscles so yes it will have an effect. I used to play the euphonium, long before I played the trumpet.

[dorry18]

@BAMKID83 yes, any brass instrument.. such as trombones, baritones, mellophones,cornets, sousaphones etc, any instrument tha requires a buzz

[BAMKID83]

how about trombone

[spunkzoid]

Thank you Scottish guy, I cant wait to try these exercises. Very helpful, straigthforward explanations.

[MovieMakerNero7]

@MrJohnny139

because that burn you feel is lactic acid and if you don't work it out of your muscles, then it will not be nearly as effective and you can get painful muscle spasms.

[TheChaseair]

These are great excercises, they seem to work. You ought to translate this into English sometime..(he he) sorry couldn't resist (rude American humor)

[MrJohnny139]

why do you need to stretch the muscle out?

[doctortrumpet]

Thanks for sharing this man!