TRUMPET Trumpet "Treats"
Tone, Range, the whole Enchilada, Aperture, Tonguing, Strength:
everything !
#1 Free Buzz - nd your HIGHEST comfortable free buzz note. It will be the 5th (Dominant) note of
the key you start in. EXAMPLE:
Start here: slur 2x's, legato tongue 2 times. Repeat throughout the day until smooth and easy.
If this is your highest Breathe whenever you need to. Make sure pitches are accurate.
free buzz pitch:
?
& w b w
1.
When #1 is easy and perfect:
&
Legato tongue only. Breathe whenever you need to. Make sure pitches and tempo are accurate.
?
2. b w
When #2 is easy and perfect:
Legato tongue only. Breathe whenever you need to. Make sure pitches and tempo are accurate.
&
?
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3. b w
When #3 is easy and perfect:
& b
Legato tongue only. Breathe whenever you need to. Make sure pitches and tempo are accurate.
?
4. w
What about the "?"? As you make the ? comfortable, that will become your next starting note.
& b bb
b
n bw
F
Follow the same pattern as 1-4. Transpose up whenever your comfortable with this note.
2
When you're comfortable
b
U
with C, add:
b
U
& b bb w
"Doxology"
U U
&b
Don't rush the process. Don't force. Let this be as relaxed and easy as possible.
As easy as whistling. Just being able to do the above will make everything you play easier
and sound better.
Continue up. When do you stop? When you quit playing trumpet.
PART 2:
Go back to the beginning and ne the highest note you can buzz on your mouthpiece
without and strain, stress or discomfort. It should feel like a big. easy "sigh." It will be higher
than your free-buzz pitch. (If not, that's ok!)
Start with that pitch and repeat patterns 1-4 with the mouthpiece. Change ONLY your airspeed
and tongue level. The only facial or embouchure movement you should feel is your jaw dropping
downward and forward VERY slightly as you descend. Feel a little extra mouthpiece pressure
on you bottom lip. Keep this feeling as you ascend.
On the "Doxology," as before, nd your highest comfortable note. That will be the Dominant
note (5th note of the scale) you will start in. When you can repeat it 3 times easily, without
feeling in anyway tired, transpose it up a half step. Continue this pattern ... forever. You can
change songs any time you like.
PART 3
This is the same as in theother range exercises:
With complete trumpet, start the "Doxology" in the key you're buzzing the mouthpiece in.When
you can repeat it 3 times easily, without feeling in anyway tired, transpose it up a half step.
Continue this pattern ... forever. You can change songs any time you like.
This is an EASY way to make everything better, every day, along with leadpipe buzzing.
