How to Practice Trumpet

Practicing Trumpet
Here's a check list of everything you need to know about what to practice if you are a trumpet player. In this video, we will break trumpet practice into three major components; routine, technique and literature.
Practicing trumpet is not as difficult when you know what to use your time working on.
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[@chuk76]

Thanks a lot! Just tried your method. It felt really well. I couldn't actually finish the list in one hour. Barely have finished Articulation. I was trying to dedicate 5-10 min per task and had a feeling of being in a rush a bit. So for me 1h 20-30 would be more realistic

[@eltigredo]

Yeah, it's a lot to do in one day. I don't remember if I mentioned this in the video, but it's okay to split it up over two or more days. I actually have a practice system that I'm working on to help people with that, because to do it right, you need to be very organized. Otherwise you end up neglecting certain things, and that's not good. But I'm still developing that system and it will be a while until I'm ready to release it. It will eventually be a book that I'm thinking about calling "The Art of Accumulative Practice". Well, congrats on following the stuff I outlined in the video. That's a huge step in the right direction! Please let me know if you ever have any questions about this stuff.

[@chuk76]

@@eltigredo Thank you for quick answer. I will be waiting for that book to come out. I've just received your "Daily routine" book and i noticed that in the book Scales section is placed in different order, not after long tones, like you described here in the video, but after articulation. I really liked working on scales right after long tones, i find it being much sooner connected to the music, rather than waiting till all the technical exercises are done.

[@eltigredo]

That is correct. The Daily Routines were written in 1990 I think? Over the years of using those routines myself, I started putting flow studies after the long tones. The scales were never part of the structure. I included them in the original routines only because they are so important. But I later realized that my scales work a lot like flow studies. So I got rid of the flow studies and moved the scales between the long tones and the lip slurs. Now they are officially part of the pyramid structure. Thanks for using my book. Please let me know if you have any questions.

[@raydatiz7537]

Exactly what I Need

[@eltigredo]

Good!

[@blammm100]

Best advice...ever. Awesome...thank you.

[@eltigredo]

Great. I’m glad you like it.

[@marcelboily]

Good review

[@eltigredo]

:-)

[@chaseryder]

Great explanation! Thank you sir

[@eltigredo]

Thank you. You're welcome!