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 trumpet players would love to get (hint, hint) and love to give. We’ve arranged the trumpet gift ideas by budget to help you quickly find what you are looking for. Trumpet …
Okay, how about “The 5 things that I’ve found that actually work to help me play the trumpet better”? TL;DR? Maybe, but bear with me. These are 5 things that all the research, all the YouTubes, all the research papers seem to hint at, mention, but didn’t just say, “Do this, and your trumpet playing …
Trumpet Fingerings Chart. Every finger position for playing the trumpet with examples.
Mouthpiece Guide. The info on the sizes, cups, specifications, etc. will apply to Cornet and Flugelhorn mouthpieces.
All I need is my trumpet, and my mouthpiece, and my mute, and my….wait. Why do I need all this stuff? Am I going to spend a fortune on stuff I don’t need? Every trumpet player will need a few things to support their playing. Yes, a place to practice where you aren’t disturbing people is great. More important, is keeping your horn performing it’s best and accessories that help you perform your best.
Frugal what? Flugel bugle? What a funny name for a jazz horn. What is it and why is it called something so funny? The flugelhorn is part of the brass family of instruments. These musical instruments were traditionally made from and continue to be mostly made from the metal brass. The name is thought to come from the German word “wing” which makes the name flugelhorn “wing horn”. The flugelhorn is closely related to the trumpet and cornet.
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 is that trumpet mouthpieces from every manufacturer will fit most any trumpet. Nice. Not so for flugelhorn mouthpieces. That would be too easy. The shank or taper is the narrow …
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 only thing that’s needed is a cornet mouthpiece. If that’s where you are, congratulations and welcome to the band ! If you’ve been playing for a while and looking …
Trumpet Mouthpiece Guide Are you playing the perfect trumpet mouthpiece? Can you play pedal tones to triple whatevers way up high? Are you one of those talented musicians that can play on a soup can mouthpiece? Lucky you. I’m not so lucky. Finding the right trumpet mouthpiece has been a journey. Or as some call …
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 to practice those? Don’t get me wrong, if we want to get better, develop our range and endurance; we have to practice our trumpet with exercises like these. We …
At the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, there was one song where dancers held trumpets and trombones. They weren’t playing, but the distinctive trumpet sound was clearly heard coming from the band. This probably wasn’t the reason, but your child has decided they want to play the Trumpet. Great. But when you show up at school, the band teacher puts a Cornet in their hands. What gives? Why?
How To Play Trumpet Down the bunny trail. Hippity hoppity. The “fix trumpet embouchure” bunny trail. Or is it the “how to make a trumpet embouchure” bunny trail? Does it feel like I’m stuck here? Well, yea. I had such high hopes of a “comeback”. To be able to play the trumpet at least as …
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 play these with your cornet and flugelhorn too as some of these trumpet songs have softer melodies that sound better with a cornet or flugelhorn.
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 new language, like Latin. Learn to prepare gourmet meals with a can of beans and Spam. Rebuild your car’s engine. Learn to play an instrument. I took that …
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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? Are you upgrading from your first trumpet? Are you looking for a trumpet that will enable you to play your best? Are you a professional trumpet player looking for a different sound? Are you looking for the best way to take your sound to the next level? Are you a “come back” player that used to play, and want to take advantage of a better trumpet than you used to have? Are you playing a type of music that doesn’t fit your current trumpet? All great questions.
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 my face seems to let me practice longer. Sucky things? Found I have bigger problems than just relaxing my face. Something with my embouchure that is hard. Like never did …
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 up my practice time into two sessions because I get tired so easily. But the afternoon sessions isn’t really worth talking about. That sounds like a total beginner player. …
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 race. It’s that you had the courage to start”. Someone that said this that one time. Why learn the trumpet? I’m taking the first steps to learn how …
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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 had the time, I want to learn a new skill like playing an instrument?” Well, I’ve thought about this a lot during this “time” of staying at home. …
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