Lynn Nicholson/Maynard Ferguson Protocol

[MStarke]

Out of curiosity - came across some of his YT videos - I purchased Lynn Nicholson's "Maynard Ferguson Protocol".

Obviously it's directed primarily towards (lead/scream?) trumpet players, but I thought why not look into it?

Who else has looked into it? What do you think? How much use is it for trombone?

My current/first impression is that it is not really revolutionary or rocket science - and it's probably important to say that it does NOT intent to change all your playing, but from my understanding to fine-tune mostly the approach to high notes.
My first impression is also that at least for me it might give some good hints and emphasis on making the very high register easier.

It's not a magic bullet, but interesting enough for me to try it.

[Richard3rd]

Playing trumpet makes playing larger brass easier. When I went from trumpet to euphonium/trombone and then to tuba, my range was never a problem. Nor was endurance.

I'm not familiar with the MF protocol though I've watched a bunch of LN videos.

[MStarke]

As expected not much interest here in a method promoted by a lead trumpeter mostly directed at lead trumpeters...

I have in the last +-2 weeks experimented with some of the ideas.
Actually this is not revolutionary to how I play, but it's nice to have some additional input and ideas.
And I feel simply doing some of it or paying attention to it may have given me just a little bit more security in the extreme high register.
Which will probably help me with some extreme playing I do at the coming weekend.

[MStarke]

Playing trumpet makes playing larger brass easier. When I went from trumpet to euphonium/trombone and then to tuba, my range was never a problem. Nor was endurance.

I'm not familiar with the MF protocol though I've watched a bunch of LN videos.

I bought a cornet just out of curiosity a year ago and I can kind of confirm that getting a bit used to playing these small mouthpieces can help getting a better focus and control on trombone.