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Here is an interesting way to increase your high range using the first Etude from Etudes for Trumpet: Orchestra Etudes and Last Etudes by Vassily Brandt Learn it once and keep practicing it higher. Thanks Pops Brandt 1
Here is an interesting trumpet trio you might enjoy….. My Country Tis’ of Thee- Trio
One of the more difficult requirements of trumpet players is coming in on a note with very little reference points. To become more accurate, I have found that isolating notes and playing them short tends to make the player more conscious of where the note must be played. In this recording you are expected to listen to the passage the first time through and then on the repeat, play the same notes as you heard. When a note is centered properly, it has a very distinctive sound which can be describes as “fat” and when the player is a little…
If you think you know your scales, you might want to reconsider! Enjoy…. IMSLP187790-WIMA.90ef-JazzModes
Transposition sometimes is required for trumpet players. It most often occurs while playing in an orchestral setting but can surface in other venues such as reading out of a Fake Book, transposing from a hymnal or working with bad singers. To a younger player this can be a shock and for that reason I have included this study which uses a melody everyone should be familiar with and in a range most players will feel comfortable. Remember to use your eyes first and if your melody goes astray, your ears will guide you. Eyes first! Ears second! Patriotic Transposition Study
Music composition is a wonderful art form in that a composer starts with only a thought and eventually completes that thought with musical elements. The composer begins with nothing and as the piece evolves, its direction and growth seems to change not by the ability of the composer but more from the guidance from the piece itself. Just as a new born begins to develop through guidance from its parent, so does a musical composition grow to fruition through help from its composer. The composer’s only responsibility is record this evolution in musical term. Each time I complete a new…