Why I Love H.L. Clarke's Technical Studies for Cornet / Trumpet 

Fantastic, an amateur French-hornist here. Since I recently switched to B single horn as my primary, I often look for cornet/trumpet instructions. Thanks for explanation on chromatic scales and a variants. Also, I like your lesson on tone and embouchure. (look at Joe Neisler, Developing a beautiful brass sound- Apr 21, 2019- phenomenal article about air, vowels and tone.)

This exercise is also great because different key variations present interesting lip slur to valve note change combinations.

I have just been given the assignment by my instructor to do the Clarke studies. So this is perfectly timed to see this video. As a beginning trumpet player I lack music theory or even a basic knowledge of intervals on a piano. I taught my self yesterday the circle of fifths and enharmonic equivalents. The knowledge of enharmonic equivalents is basic to reading the scales. No one has mentioned that term or the circle of fifths to me! I played for 2 years and did not know this. Bobby I would recommend you discuss some basic music theory. Thank you for helping us newbies.❤

Yeah, I just talked with a high school trumpeter about practicing the second study in different ways. I definitely emphasized using the slur two + tongue two, tongue two + slur two, and other combinations of slur and tongue patterns. I also recommended practicing them in minor keys.

I do Clarke’s #2 daily in both major and minor modes. I also do them in different keys… for example starting on G in the key of Eb or F or D… the possibilities are endless… doing this also exercises the biggest muscles… your brain! Thanks for another great video!

Excellent! Are you aware of Technical Studies for the Modern Trumpet by Pat Harbison? He applies these fundamental studies to different modes.

Nice Ax. I should never have sold my Martin.😥

I'm doing the 2nd also in chromatic and whole tone scale. But you can do it in minor or practice in every modus you like to improve. There are more great exercises in Clarks that i include in my daly routine for last decade. I wish i new earlier to incorporate it in my studies.

Another nice video. Thanks.

Awesome video, Bob. Thank you. I recently read H. L. Clarke's book "How I Became A Cornetist - An Autobiography of a Cornet Playing Pilgrim's Progress," and loved it. Clarke, aside from being the innovator and technical master that everyone knows him to be, was also an amazing story-teller, and communicates his journey to mastery (with all of the bumps along the way) better than almost anyone I've ever read. Reading his story gave me and even deeper appreciation for these beloved studies (and trumpet playing in general!).

Clarke is the part of my daily routine. Exercise 2 between 120-200bpm (with legato). Sometimes I try to delay with an eight note, but it is very difficult (I saw this practice trick in a Hungarian guitarist tutorial...)

Great stuff ..but you always have interesting way of looking at trumpet exercises.

While we're talking Clarke studies, be sure to check out some great pointers by Bryan Davis at his video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KA6pSGV-xNo.html

This video brought up some important questions for me. I played trumpet many years ago and have been really getting back into it. I play at MAYBE an average 7th grade level - MAYBE - and only find about 20 minutes every few days to practice due to having a newborn. How would you suggest practicing for such a situation? I think ideally I would do exercises like this regularly, but it is just far too boring to spend my limited trumpet time on them. Maybe I do this every once in a while with a good mix of fun little practice pieces? What do you think?