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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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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
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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.
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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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What do you put on the end of a trumpet? Easy. A mute. Mutes are called for during different parts of music scores by the arranger when they want to change the timbre (tone quality) and/or lower the volume. They soften the brightness of the trumpet and some mutes warm the sound. Funny thing, mutes are named for their shape and not how they sound.
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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 ask. The real question you may be asking is, “How high can I play the trumpet?”.
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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 it’s not a valve. What gives? What are all these parts and why are they important to the sound? Trumpets, Flugelhorns, and Cornets have a surprising number of parts. Would you like to know all their names to amaze your friends and bore your not-so-friends? Here is the anatomy of a trumpet for your dissection fun.
These life skills will make us happier, healthier, and more successful. These are the real benefits of learning to play an instrument.
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