The Trumpet Technical Course

PRACTISE ASSISTANT

CONTENTS:
- Fingering is brainwork
- How to hold the trumpet
- Fast valve movement
- Use of the pinky hook
- Dry fingering practice
- Clicking valve practice
- Using a metronome

TO DO:
- Practice the special exercises for this lesson.
- Start in a controlled tempo and speed up gradually
- Check the position of your right hand
- Practice in the clicking valve system
- Practice using all suggested rhythmical variations
- Don’t play loud.
- Strike the valves down firmly
Recommended method books:
Technical Studies by Herbert Clarke. Carl Fischer edition
Speed studies by Robert Nagel. Mentor Music Inc.
Fingering Exercises and Etudes by Anthony Plog. Balquhidder Music