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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 All About Trumpet. I'll be adding more vids over time, so check back to catch the new ones.

If you check out my YouTube Channel, you'll see these vids and a whole bunch of others showing great trumpet players and other music videos. Also be sure to check out personally selected videos of tunes from All About Trumpet, other video lessons, vids of jazz, classical, pop/world trumpeters and trumpeter interviews.

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If there is a specific topic you'd like to see in these vids, send a request to:
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The blog includes sample chapters as well as thoughts and practical advice about how to practice better.

Basic

 

 

Beginner Advice How the Trumpet Works The Lip Buzz
Buzzing w/ Mouthpiece Buzzing High to Low First Notes:
C and G
Louder/Softer Trumpet Tuning  

Breath

Part 1: Breathing 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:
Small Leap
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

Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley) Clocks (Coldplay) Yellow Sub (Beatles) Dark Eyes (Django Reingardt)

Practice Patterns

Simple 2-note slur variation Thirds Rolling Thirds Chromatics 1
 

Audacity Tutorials