Trumpet Help?

I volunteered to play Reveille at summer camp in the morning, I managed to get a trumpet and relearn the basics. (I played for trumpet for awhile in the 6'th grade) But I am having trouble getting out the high E. Would anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance!

Trumpet Help?
Yeah, everyone else is right about using lots of air, but some people fail to mention something that I've found helps out many many players trying to get high notes:





When you hear 'use air', along with pushing from your diaphragm, you need to relax. Relax your throat, chest, stomach, and face and just let the air do the work for you. If you have tension in any of these, it constricts the airflow that you need to be able to play high. Think about this: its easier to blow through a straw that you've just unwrapped than one you have twisted around itself. The tension in these muscles will make you sound wimpy. Dont sound wimpy. Ever.





Another thing to do to work on your range is to ascend any scale note by note. Start on a C, then play the concert Bb scale, adding one note each time you repeat (like: C. CD. CDE. CDEF. CDEFG. then go from there.) Dont stop at E either. You can play E? Good. Go higher. Make sure you'll never miss it.





Play it on your mouthpiece too. That helps alot. If you can play it on that, you can play it into your horn easily.
Reply:For high notes, you need lots of air and use your abdominal muscles to push the air out. Try that. If you have some time to practice, work on your range - playing from your lowest note to your highest note (pass high E). Another good thing to try is to play Reveille on your mouthpiece only. This is has a huge pay-off in a quick time.


Playing Reveille cold every A.M. is a feat in itself! Have fun and I hope this helped.
Reply:Yes, lots of practice and LOTS of air. Depending on how soon you have to play it you might not want to over practice. Practice lots. Since you haven't played in a while you've also got to build of the stamina to play as well and the high notes. I promise if you practice it'll pay off.
Reply:AIR!! and relax don't tense up, keep ur embouchure fairly open yet tight. (high E as in the one on the top space in the staff or as in 3 ledger lines up, cause I don't remember that note being in Reveille)
Reply:Of course playing with a full amount of air is important but you need more than that...





First of all make sure you breathe through your mouth not your nose.





Another tip i learned, before you play anything, sing or say "AAHH" like your opening your mouth for a doctor. When you say this syllable it opens up your breathing passageways, and not only allows you to reach the upper notes, but have a cleaner tone on the higher registers. The point of this is because if you go about hearing this technique you lock into the same relaxed feel consciously before you actually play the trumpet, keeping the "AAAH" sound in mind. Most trumpet players go about playing the trumpet with the "EEEE" syllable, but if u do this out loud, youll notice that when you say it that way, your throat feels much tighter, and thus youll never be able to play high and clear.





Now, if you master the technique of using the "AAH" feeling in mind when you actually play and not the "EEE" and keep in mind that your mouthpiece is centered, you should be good to go.