Trumpet

Exercises

1. Circle of Fourths

  
     
The Basic Circle (Tonics)

     

Major Cycle (Tonics and thirds)

         

C F B E A D

 
2

       
    
8 F B E A D G

 
Dominant Chords Cycle (Tonic, Third, Fifth, and at Seventh)

              

14 C7 F7 B 7 E7 A 7 D 7

 

  

           
20 F 7 B7 E7 A7 D7 G7

C Major (M)

       
/A minor (m)


FM/Dm BbM/Gm EbM/Cm
26

     

        
AbM/Fm DbM/Bbm GbM/Ebm F#M/D#m
30

         

 
BM/G#m EM/C#m AM/F#m DM/B#m GM/Em
34
 2. Lip Slurs

       
  
            

   
                
  
3

    
     
         
     
7
 3. Scales

                        
C Major

           
       
F Major

   
4

      
         
Bb Major

   
7

  

     
                 
10
Eb Major

          
Ab Major

   
13

        

     
            
Db Major

    
16

             
         
19
Gb Major

F# Major

          
22

   
        

          
B Major

    
25

       
4 Scales

             
E Major

         
28

           
           
31
A Major

    
           
D Major

     
34

           
           
37
G Major
 Scales 5

               
C Minor

      
40

           
       
F Minor

   
43

      
         
Bb Minor

   
46

  

     
             
Eb Minor

   
49

      
G# Minor

    
52

           

                       
55
C# Minor

             
    
F# Minor

    
58

          
B Minor

    
61

       

             
E Minor

         
64

        
A Minor

   
67

          
6 Scales

    
           
D Minor

     
70

           
        
G Minor

  
73
 4. General Warm-Up

   








     
9

  
Rules:
1) Tap the foot throughout (slow and steady)
2) Set-up good habits early - think of your hand position, your ebouchure nice and relaxed
3) Keep yourself accountable.
 5. Added warm-up (choose one)

                  
1 - Tonguing



        
           
4

   

     
            
11

   
2 - Fourths (Counts as range building and Lip Slurs if slurred)
L1

         
16

        

      
19

     

     
L2

    
21

          

 
         
24

  

   
       
L3

     
26

   

     
     
29

  
 Added warm-up (choose one) 9

        
       
L4

 
31

     

         
             
34

  
 6. Target Practice

 
              
1.


Do these with all valve combinations (2, 12, 23, 13, 123)

    

                     
    
2.

             
4

                           
cont. slur
3.

      
9

       
slurred

     
       
13