[TPIN] pedal C

[Michael Anderson]

I find it considerably easier to play a pedal C on a C trumpet than on the
Bb. I can do it on both, but the C trumpet is easy and it just sails out.
The Bb is a bit thin. Is this because of the different bore size?


On 12/26/07 7:26 PM, "Bryan Edgett" <bedgett1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I talked to David Hickman about this at length this summer at ITG. He
> said that the embouchure has to be working well in order to play a
> pedal C without valves and loudly. In fact, his contention, if I
> understand him correctly, is that pedals done correctly teach the
> player how to pucker correctly. He also said that when he worked on
> these as a young guy, he couldn't play pedal C open no matter how
> long he worked on it. He got with a teacher who discovered that he
> needed to be playing with a floating lower jaw, as opposed to the
> fixed jaw. His book, 15 Advanced Embouchure Studies, is designed to
> help the player learn to play them correctly.
> 
> My talk with Hichman helped me to understand the frustration I had
> with certain elements of Claude Gordon's approach that I studied when
> I was playing in the Marine Bands.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Bryan Edgett
> 
>> Pedal C
>> Who can hit the pedal C, open fingering,  with ease?  If so, did  you have to
>> work to get to that point, or did it just come out pretty easily  like some
>> of the other pedals?
>> 
>> Why do you think so many people have problems hitting that note (without
>> using 1-2-3 or some other fingering than open)?
>> 
>> If any of you folks that are physics experts have any insight that is
>> pertinent to that question - I am interested... It is weird to me
>> that some  people
>> can pop that note out from the beginning, and others have to work forever  to
>> figure out how to make it work, and yet others never get it - but can get
>> notes all around it...
>> 
>> I know some methods think it is important to be able to hit it open,  while
>> others say it is a waste of time, just use 1-2-3.
>> 
>> Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Cheri