Andrea Giuffredi has some excellent playalong videos to incorporate into your practice routine. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgcsv3cyyOeLkBABlBZ-EPorA6XfsD50 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgcsv3cyyOfbyQ0uQ35xXfPth3tPtwjO https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgcsv3cyyOebP7ieIPA2bMnLCfiiUrWu https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgcsv3cyyOdaWBXsMg9eTi8zWx5Z1q0n https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgcsv3cyyOerhoGYkkNLhXs61vTQ7erV I have so far made three videos for ultra-beginners to playalong with using their first 5 notes.
Category: Trumpet Resources
What happens in your brain when you practice a physical skill
Here’s an interesting Ted-Ed video with some insights into what happens in your brain when you practice. Effective Practice [2:25] “Effective practice is consistent, intensely focused, and targets content or weaknesses that lie at the edge of one’s current abilities.” READ MORE
Bebop Scale
The bebop scale is a very handy scale to be familiar with for improvising and also it’s great to have under your fingers for big band and jazz charts that make use of this scale in their melodies. The bebop READ MORE
Musescore for your music diary or for other notation needs
There’s a free application for Windows or Mac called Musescore which is similar to Sibelius and Finale (somewhat co$tly music notation programs). You can download Musescore for free from MuseScore.org Here’s a handy tutorial to get you started or you READ MORE
AMEB Exam Schedule and resources
Exam Dates For the up-to-date schedule please visit the AMEB Adelaide site here Scale Resources Here’s a handy table to print out listing scales and speeds for grades 1 to 4. Tick them off as you achieve fluency at each READ MORE
Practice Tips
Effective Practice TedEd – How to practice effectively…for just about anything Use reference recordings Most arrangements you’ll play in school bands have a demo on the publisher’s website or on Youtube. “Transcribe!” (available here) is a software program available for Mac READ MORE
Staff Wars Leaderboard
Do you have the note reading skills to top the leaderboard? Can you beat the record? This is where I post the highest scores for Staff Wars and Staff Wars Live by all of my students Get Staff Wars to READ MORE
Free Resources for Brass
There are a lot of great Method books for trumpet but they are very heavy to lug around and quite costly if you buy them all. Some of them are public domain as they’ve been around for hundreds of years. READ MORE
Bebop Scale Practice
Concert Bb Bebop Scale 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 maj7 8 Bb C D Eb F G Ab A Bb For trumpet that’s C Bebop Scale 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 maj7 8 C D E READ MORE
Just A Closer Walk With Thee – Traditional Dixieland Jazz lesson and backing track
Just A Closer Walk With Thee (110bpm, Concert Bb)