One’s Physiological And Psychological Mechanism During Trumpet Performance

Trumpet is a kind of high brass-wind instrument, playing an important role in wind music. It is the key factor in symphony orchestra, brass band, jazz band, light music band and copper tube reprise.It is acknowledged that Trumpet is one of the most difficult instruments to play in brass-wind music world. As trumpet is always responsible for the core parts and the solo parts in a movement, trumpeters would bear intensive pressure during the whole performance. Moreover, since playing trumpet has a high requirement of respiration, mouth shape and the usage of facial muscles, trumpeters tend to come up with technical problems and psychological burden, resulting in disorders play.Recently, with the rapid development of scientific research and technology, cognitive psychology, physics, medical science, brain science and anatomia are introduced into psychology of music, helping people to gain a deeper insight into a man’s physiological and mental activities when playing music. Finally one’s performance skills will be brought into full play.This article will explore into a trumpeter’s physiological and mental mechanism from physiology and psychology, helping performer to improve somatic function, developing methodology of playing brass-wind instrument, providing reference for brass-wind instrument education, especially for trumpet.This article is divided into five chapters. Chapter one analyses the formation and development of trumpet. Chapter two elaborates on respirational principle and locomotory mechanism when playing trumpet. Chapter three discusses locomotory mechanism of facial muscles when playing trumpet. Chapter four expounds a player’s mental mechanism under tension state. Chapter five summarizes the scientific training of playing trumpet.