How to Play Trumpet Videos
Instead of reading about it in a book, sometimes it's nice to have a person to show you how to do some of these techniques and demonstrate them. A private lesson is best, but video is a good way, too. Each of these videos is short and the material is covered more thoroughly in both Sound the Trumpet All About Trumpet
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Basic
Beginner Advice How the Trumpet Works The Lip Buzz
Buzzing w/ Mouthpiece Buzzing High to Low First Notes:
Louder/Softer Trumpet Tuning
Breath
Part 1: B reathing Tube
Part 2: Three-Stage Breath Part 3: Circular Breathing
Warm-up/Cool Down
Basic Warm-up Pedal Tones (1) Pedal Tones (2)
Tongue
Basic Tongue Use Double-Tongue Triple-Tongue Flutter Tongue
Slurs
Slurs Simple 2-note slur variation Lip Slurs:
Lip Slurs: Big Leap
Mutes
Practice Mute Straight, Cup, Bucket Harmon Mute
Plunger Mute 1 Plunger Mute 2 Plunger Mute 3 (with pixie mute)
Sound Effects
Vibrato Alternate Fingerings The Fall Half Valve
Mordent Scoop Pitch Bend Flutter Tongue
Rip Horse Whinny Doit The Growl
Trills (valve) Trills (lip) Turns, Flips Shake
Trumpet Maintenance
Trumpet Valves Greasing Slides Cleaning the Whole Horn
Tunes to Play
Ultra Beginner (mp3 only):
mp3s below for Chapter 10: Simple Tunes . (Free PDF w/ sheet music)
Mary Had a Little Lamb Go Tell Aunt Rhodie Lightly Row Chiapanecas
Frere Jacques Skip to My Lou Au Claire Twinkle, Twinkle
Beginner:
Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley)
Yellow Sub (Beatles)
Advanced Beginner:
Clocks (Coldplay)
Dark Eyes (Django Reingardt)
Major Scales (related modes/pentatonics/blues)
Flat Keys:
F Maj / D min (1b ) Bb Maj / G min (2b ) Eb Maj / C min (3b ) Ab Maj / F min (4b )
Db Maj / Bb min (5b )
Gb Maj / Eb min (6b )
Cb Maj / Ab min (7b )
Sharp Keys:
G Maj / E min (1# ) D Maj / B min (2# ) A Maj / F# min (3# ) E Maj / C# min (4# )
B Maj / G# min (5#)
F# Maj / D# min (6# )
C# Maj / A# min (7# )
Symmetrical Scales
Chromatic Scale Whole Tone Scales
Diminished Scales (aka whole-half/half-whole scale):
D, F, Ab, B Diminished C, Eb, F#, A Diminished C#, E, G, Bb Diminished
Scale Practice Patterns
Simple 2-note slur variation Thirds Rolling Thirds
Chromatics 1
Dom 7th pattern (Lynch)
