The Trumpet Technical Course

PRACTISE ASSISTANT

CONTENTS:
- Combining high and low register
- Approach of the high register
- Importance of resting
- Use of the right dynamic
- Frequency of practicing high-register exercises
- Step by step improvement
- Approach of the low register
- Use of bending notes, fake fingering notes and pedal notes
- Finding the perfect balance

TO DO:
- Practice the special exercises for this lesson
- Take time before moving into the next step
- Rest frequently
- Avoid tension and a forced playing style. Don’t play too loud
- Play these exercises every other day to avoid extreme tiredness
Recommended method books:
Shape Up by Frits Damrow. AlupineMusic
The Original Louis Maggio Method. Charles Colon edition
Systematic approach to daily practice for trumpet by Claude Gordon. Carl Fischer Edition.