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"Every new trumpet should be sold with this book."         -JR Torres: RI, USA
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"This book will be useful to both the beginner and the more ​experienced player, is an excellent value, and I give it my highest recommendation, but do so wish that it had been in print 30 years ago!     -David Hutchins: Kent, UK

About the Book

​Packed with information no trumpet player should be without. The style is always friendly and often funny. Lessons are short, well-paced and enjoyable. Over 25 useful lessons for beginners through intermediate players. Includes advanced techniques like transposing, double-tonguing, and fun trumpet sound effects.

You'll also get copious bonus material along with the book:  video lessons, backing tracks, and printable material. The book is just a starting point. You'll find TONS of web links inside to further your understanding. Clickable in the eBook.

Whether you’re new to the world of trumpet or are an experienced player who needs to bone up on your rusty skills, or whether you need a fun way to teach trumpet, you’ll find this book valuable. Music educators have found this book to be very helpful in their college methods classes and as a practicing teachers.

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The book is broken up into four sections, each of which is packed with information, from basic to advanced skills. 

Master Basic Skills:
  • getting your first sounds
  • buzzing
  • breathing
  • lip slurs
  • mutes and their use
  • how to practice
  • cleaning the horn
  • useful gear
Learn More Advanced Skills:
  • range
  • endurance
  • double- and triple-tonguing
  • circular breathing
  • transposing (C, D, Eb, etc.)
  • pedal tones
  • cool sound effects (growls, flutter tongue, half-valve, doits, falls, horse whinny, etc.)
Get the Extra Tools:
  • hyperlinked list of trumpet recordings in jazz, classical, rock, world, etc.
  • extensive list of sheet music for trumpet (divided by difficulty)
  • practice tools: scales, patterns, tracking, etc.
  • many of these tools are freely available in PDF form, on the extras page.
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Table of Contents

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jonathan Harnum has played trumpet for over 35 years in various genres, has taught music and trumpet at all levels, from beginners through collegiate players, and especially loves to help out comeback players. Harnum earned a PhD in music education from Northwestern University and is the author of several music-related books, including his other Amazon #1 best-sellers, The Practice of Practice and Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music.