Daily Trumpet Practice Routine

Practice Routine • 10-15 Minute Warm up- Lead pipe, Mouthpiece, Bending • 10-15 Finger Dexterity- Harbison, Clark (different Articulation, Accents, Slurs, Tonguing • 10-15 Control- Lip slurs, General Accuracy on the Horn (tuning) Arbans, Schlossberg • 10-15 Tounging- Single, Double, Triple. Arbans/Etudes • 15-30 Strength Building- Lip Flexibilities, Scales (multiple octaves) Shakes, Colin Studies • Rest of the Time Actual Music- Charts, Solos, Sight Reading, Etudes, Improvisation • Warming Down- Bending, Pedal tones (soft), Low Scales and Patterns

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How to Learn a Tune What degree the first chord is and the first notes degree Learn the Melody Learn the Root Melody Play Arpeggios for each chord Walk a Baseline