Practice Routine For Trumpet Players 

Hi Virgil! Yes, the metronome keeps us honest and is a source of measurement. We can actually improve by measuring! That’s pretty exciting!

Certainly! Thanks for the compliment and of course I’ll keep workings it for you all!

Glad it was helpful! That's what I'm here for.

Sure thing, Greg! I'm happy to do this for trumpet players!

Thanks Dease!

Thanks for taking the time to comment here. It means a lot to me that you would take the time and it also helps me to plan videos for the future!

You bet! I enjoy making these for you all.

Thanks a lot, Charles; I appreciate that! I'm hosting a free masterclass this week online about practice. You're welcome to attend if you like. Here are the details: christopherdavis.as.me/practicelive

@@ChrisDavisTrumpet Thank you Yes, I plan to attend this class.

Thank you, Fiona, for taking a moment to comment! I appreciate you! Why is important.

Hi Jeff! Thanks for commenting here; it's nice to hear from you! I enjoy your work as well and am happy to share the same desire to educate this community of trumpet players via RU-vid (and offline) as you do. I'd love to collaborate with you some time!

Awesome Chris! Let’s definitely collaborate.

Sure thing! It’s my pleasure Emmanuel!

DanCam!?! Is this who I think it is? Ah man! It’s my pleasure but THANK YOU for being an example to me!

@@ChrisDavisTrumpet Yes it is. Appreciate you.

Nice routine, Anthony! It’s my pleasure to make these videos for you.

Glad you think so!

Thank you!

You're welcome, Benjamin!

If you’re able, have 2 (or more) practice sessions a day. I believe that’s the best way to approach it, whether your session is 30/45/60 minutes. Having a rest period goes a long way. If you’re unable to walk away and return then simply split everything in half in order to fit in the time frame you have (though I find this not to be as effective).

@@ChrisDavisTrumpet Thank you for the advice. I am retired and spend 1 to 1.15 hours after breakfast and the same again after dinner at night as I hate TV and enjoy practicing. For a while I was also doing 1 hours after lunch but found I was not getting enough recovery time. I quite enjoy lip slurs and flexibility exercises and can easily spend 45 mins just on that. I have only been playing 18months after a 50yr break and the first 12 mnths was only 1 hour per day but rather disappointed with progress so stepped it up. If the chops would last I would spend more time. Based on your advice I will work at scheduling my time in each session to cover a greater variety.

You're very welcome!

Hi Stephen! Yes, like flossing or leg day! Leg day is my least favorite day but it gets me the best results!

Hey, thanks a lot! Do you have a steady routine!?

Right on! That's great news! Thank you!

Thanks for your question and congratulations on beginning your journey on the trumpet! First, if you haven't already, I will recommend to sign-up for the email list of TrumpetLessonsHQ. The link is in the description of this video. We meet once a month virtually to practice and communicate about the trumpet. The second recommendation is to find a Facebook Group called "Positive Trumpeters World Wide."

It all boils down to wind control, Flexibility, tongue level, and playing trumpet often.

Yeah, the music would sound pretty bad if we don’t do these things.

@@ChrisDavisTrumpet I heard stories of professional trumpet players who say they "ONLY PLAY MUSIC" not exercises , long tones ,slurs etc. But it sounds a little off or bravado to me...whats your opinion on that ?

Leroy Jackson yes, there is value there. The first study is only 6 notes (warm-up) but the second study goes as high as the player can play. Also, other methods use Caruso concepts but extend the range in either direction. Yes, there is certainly value in extending the range!

Great question! Thanks for asking!

​@ChrisDavisTrumpet That first exercise has two more parts that didn't wind up in the book. Continue up from C to G (two whole notes using the breath attack then tongue pattern). Part three is from High G to C. With part 1, I was taught to build toward 5 minutes using the repeats.

Have fun playing your horn!

It’s the same as B. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YtZZ6Vmo6iI.html

Sure, are you asking to take lessons or are you asking for a video?

It’s important to keep the eyes and fingers coordinated. So I mean, pull out sheet music and play it as you read it. That’s a skill that slowly fades without use.

@@ChrisDavisTrumpetOk. I took this for granted. My problem is more playing by ear or improvising. Thank you very much for answering.

Sure thing, Thomas!

There is a link in the comment section of this video labeled , “Join The Email List.” This is the way. Thank you!

Thanks, Edward! Yes! I needed to take a break to complete some other projects but I will continue to upload new content to the channel. Thanks for checking on me!

You could but I don’t recommend. Do it only when you need to. If you must practice with a mute then also use earplugs at the same time to help prevent overblowing.

Sure thing!