Trumpets and Cornets
If you are thinking about investing in a professional trumpet, you’ll want to first think about what you want to accomplish, what are your goals? …
What questions you should ask when buying a trumpet?
What is the best professional trumpet brand? What is the best professional trumpet for you?
At the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, there was one song where dancers held trumpets and trombones. They weren’t playing, but the distinctive …
Is it a Piccolo or is it a Trumpet? Can I become a screamer overnight? Sorry to say these were …
Accessories
It’s just oil right? Can’t I just use any oil around the house? What’s important to know before squirting oil into my horn? …
Looking for a special gift for your favorite trumpet, cornet, or flugelhorn player in your life? We’ve pulled together gift ideas that we as …
All I need is my trumpet, and my mouthpiece, and my mute, and my….wait. Why do I need all this stuff? Am I …
We’ve collected various sources of trumpet sheet music and trumpet songs that you can use to see, hear, and play along to. You can …
What do you put on the end of a trumpet? Easy. A mute. Mutes are called for during different parts of music …
What the heck is a “Water Key”? I’m pretty sure that’s not plain water that’s coming out. “Spit Valve” makes more sense, but …
Trumpet Mouthpieces
Mouthpiece Guide. The info on the sizes, cups, specifications, etc. will apply to Cornet and Flugelhorn mouthpieces.
How to choose a flugelhorn mouthpiece A trumpet mouthpiece and a flugelhorn mouthpiece are different beyond the depth and shape of the cup. The biggest difference …
Just starting out with the cornet? If you or your child is just starting out you can often use a school’s instrument. That’s a goodness. The …
Trumpet Mouthpiece Guide Are you playing the perfect trumpet mouthpiece? Can you play pedal tones to triple whatevers way up high? Are you one …
Flugelhorn
Frugal what? Flugel bugle? What a funny name for a jazz horn. What is it and why is it called something so …
Tips
How to change your trumpet embouchure. What is the correct trumpet embouchure? How do you improve your trumpet embouchure? Learn how to change your embouchure
Okay, how about “The 5 things that I’ve found that actually work to help me play the trumpet better”? TL;DR? Maybe, but …
Trumpet Fingerings Chart. Every finger position for playing the trumpet with examples.
Trumpet Music Online Trumpet Scales. Lip Slurs. Arpeggios. Pedal Tones. Arban. Clarke. Schlossberg. Exercises, drills, studies. Yawn. Don’t those sound like fun? Don’t you just love …
It’s no secret that the upper register is a requirement in modern trumpet playing. But what is the “upper register of a trumpet” you …
As a kid, I remember watching the TV show “The Green Hornet” and the wailing, fast hitting trumpet sound of the theme song. I …
These life skills will make us happier, healthier, and more successful. These are the real benefits of learning to play an instrument.
This is a step by step guide with helpful tips for learning how to clean a trumpet. To keep your trumpet performing at …
Blog
How To Play Trumpet The “King”. His presence will make sense in a bit. Promise. Down the bunny trail. Hippity hoppity. The “fix trumpet embouchure” bunny trail. …
Also known as “How to play trumpet at home – Episode 5” How To Play Trumpet Everyone is doing it and it sounds so easy. Learn a …
How To Play Trumpet Well, here we are, end of the third week. Practiced everyday. Positives? By resting as much as the horn is on …
How To Play Trumpet Comeback or Beginner Trumpet Player? 14 days in. Total practice time: 351 minutes. That’s about 25 minutes per day. I tried to break …
How To Play Trumpet They say the first step in anything is the hardest. Like the old saying: “It’s not that you had the strength to finish the …
How To Play Trumpet Hi, my name is Mark. Welcome to my blog on “How to play trumpet”. Episode 1. Have you ever thought “if I ever …