Trumpet Heroes Blog
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The purpose of Trumpet Heroes Blog is to help you learn to play the trumpet, or perhaps just to learn more about the Trumpet. Whether you're learning a band instrument for the first time or returning to an old hobby, the content on this site is here to help you. This site is published by Jim, an orchestral trumpet player and retired high school band teacher.
Trumpet Heroes Blog
1y ago
This warm-up is intended for use by players working to develop their upper register. Our goals include extending that range towards Bb an octave above the staff. Warm up every day and get comfortable with all of these notes. When this warm-up seems too easy extend some of the higher exercises upward. If you’re really serious about playing in the high range you should move beyond these exercises by purchasing some of the books that inspired them. Those books and a few more are mentioned on the Baritone BC warmups main post, but you should seek out books by and for Euphonium and Baritone players ..read more
Trumpet Heroes Blog
1y ago
This warm-up is intended for use by players working to develop their range above the staff. Our goals include extending that range towards F at the top of the staff. Warm up every day and get comfortable with all of these notes. When this warm-up seems too easy go back to the Baritone BC Warm-ups main post or straight to Baritone BC Warm-up #5. If you want to play along with me doing this Warm-up on Trumpet (which will be in Trumpet range, so higher) click here to head over to my YouTube Channel and look for Trumpet Warm-up #4.
Printable Baritone BC Warm-Up #4
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Trumpet Heroes Blog
1y ago
This Warm-up is intended for use by players working to develop their range above the staff. Our goals include extending that range towards D above the staff. Warm up every day and get comfortable with all of these notes. When this warm-up seems too easy go back to the Baritone BC Warm-ups main post or go straight to Baritone BC Warm-up #4. If you want to play along with me doing this Warm-up on Trumpet (which will be in Trumpet range, so higher) click here to head over to my YouTube Channel and look for Trumpet Warm-up #3.
Printable Baritone BC Warm-Up #3
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Trumpet Heroes Blog
1y ago
Whether you’re a beginning Trumpet player or a seasoned professional you could be anywhere on the spectrum from sanitizing your Trumpet mouthpiece every day to never really bothering with it. If there’s a goal to this post (nope, that’s not a sports pun) it would be to encourage you to be better than I am at keeping your mouthpiece clean.
Clean your trumpet mouthpiece every day by rinsing it with clean chlorinated water. Scrub the inside with a mouthpiece brush and a sanitizing solution at least twice a week to decrease the amount of bacteria on the surfaces. A clean mouthpiece will also sound ..read more