trumpet help

[Spitten and drummen]

I have been practicing with my trumpets daily since last june. I have gotten pretty decent and feel without a doubt I can call birds. I am wanting to improve of course. My problem is that my yelp seems too choppy. I need help and suggestions on extending the front end of my yelp. Any advise is appreciated.

[savduck]

Draw the air longer

[Spitten and drummen]

Yeah , I try that but it rolls over too quick. I get a good 2 note yelp but it just seems I can't get the front end to drag before falling off if that makes sense

[M Sharpe]

I draw the air all the way back to the back of my throat.

[Rapscallion Vermilion]

Have you been practicing kee kees?   When you can do good kee kees, you can hold that high front end as long as you need.

[crow]

one exercise I do to increase muscle control (drawing air) is to hold the low note as long as I can, then do the same for the high note of the yelp.

this helped with getting good sounding yelps, putting together a string of good yelps, and kee kees

[Spitten and drummen]

Thanks everyone. I will try these excersizes. It's a learning curve and man have I progressed. I will kill a bird with a trumpet this year. I keekeefair , cluck really well and my yelp is good. I just know it can be better. I hunt on a lease where no one uses a trumpet. Putting my time in learning it and will not dare tell anyone around. Hopefully it's going to be my secret weapon.

[KPcalls]

 You've been giving several good suggestions.....imagine yourself breathing through the calls to lengthen your yelps.