Italian L’Esercizio della Matita (The Pencil Exercise)

The Cut Builder is a 10-week trumpet game; practice the procedure designed to increase the range and endurance of the trumpet.

The Pencil Exercise
By Clint ‘Pops’ McLaughlin
Italian Translation: Andrea Tofanelli

The builder of the Embouchure is at (page 14) 10 week isometric exercise course that will give him more range than the trumpet and tons of endurance. It has no music.

The first subject is the basic and advanced pencil drill.
It has pictures showing exactly how to do it.
The advanced drill while using for over 40 years has never been written about in a book. It will seriously develop your range.

The next topic is how to reduce mouthpiece pressure.
I have discovered a very unique way to hold the horn that allows you to play normally but prevents you from being able to use excessive mouthpiece pressure.
This includes several pictures to show exactly how and why it works.

The last topic is about how some people get an open vent from how they take a breath.
Thousands of players breathe in a way that forces them to reset the embouchure after each breath. This hinders consistency.
Well in this case several pictures are worth 10,000 words.
Most people never notice this has happened until I show them. But the results from knowing how to stop it are priceless.

Pops