SUGGESTED DAILY ROUTINE FOR TRUMPET
01/12/2009 20:50 Filed in: Scores
SUGGESTED DAILY ROUTINE FOR TRUMPET
This document is by no means a comprehensive prescription for practice. Rather, it provides a starting point for addressing a number of the most important “trumpet issues” which I feel need to be addressed every day. It is based on my own practice routine. I recommend practicing for short amounts of time several times a day. While the core of this routine shouldn’t take much more than an hour, several hours a day should be spent working on achieving mastery. These hours should include listening and “mental” practice as well as time actually playing the trumpet.
Students should feel free to add exercises in order to augment this routine, to change the exercises or their suggested ordering as needed, and even eventually to discard any materials which seem to offer no benefit. Creativity is as important as consistency. Have a goal in mind for each exercise, and enjoy the process!
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This document is by no means a comprehensive prescription for practice. Rather, it provides a starting point for addressing a number of the most important “trumpet issues” which I feel need to be addressed every day. It is based on my own practice routine. I recommend practicing for short amounts of time several times a day. While the core of this routine shouldn’t take much more than an hour, several hours a day should be spent working on achieving mastery. These hours should include listening and “mental” practice as well as time actually playing the trumpet.
Students should feel free to add exercises in order to augment this routine, to change the exercises or their suggested ordering as needed, and even eventually to discard any materials which seem to offer no benefit. Creativity is as important as consistency. Have a goal in mind for each exercise, and enjoy the process!
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