Trumpet exercise database - new forum threads

Question for you...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:39:30 +0000

Hi everybody! I have one question for you. Do you think that the pedal tones are very important for the development of the high register? First of all, JAMES STAMP book? Is there some other way (easier than J.Stamp) to get the high register?
I currently exercise this ''system'' but I'm interested if there is something else which might be better than this? What you think?

Big salute!!!

Thank you for creating this site

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:24:10 +0000

I just got back into playing after laying the horn down for a few years. Finding this site is inspirational and is going to help me to keep making progress.

- Greg

Bb Trumpet

Sun, 08 May 2011 12:12:08 +0000

I just bought a used trumpet a week ago. I already play guitar quite well and I want to start playing a brass instrument. So I have been practicing about an hour or 2 a day and I have progressed quickly. So last night I went to jam with a keyboard player and I brought my trumpet along for kicks. On the pdf with all the note fingerings that is on this website it says that to play a C note, the position is open. I found that in-fact I was playing a Bb. Is this correct or am I doing something wrong?

Sound Emission

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:01:57 +0000

I have a problem in the issue of sound, after a while that I practice that happens to me I feel the vibrating upper lip but the note does not come out or go out like a small raspberry. May depend on what, there are specific exercises to prevent this from happening? Thanks to those who respond, Colonel

Grazie

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:10:58 +0000

Hello, I am a new member, my tongue is Italian but with the help of a translator I will follow you and follow the arguments that you have treated and dealt with subsequently.
I studied the trumpet from a clarinet teacher 47 years ago and I definitely got a lot of flaws. I played trumpet in the band also significant overlapping of roles I played lead trumpet in several orchestras and also Flügelhorn until the age of 30 years. Then I left for work missed anything from a few months I started to study assiduously, spurred by the fact that two of my grandchildren have started to study music, a trumpet and the other the piano, I play with them. I appreciate the effort and patience that you used to enter all this information in making your site public showings of your knowledge is truly a beautiful thing. We will discuss this forum then welcome and thanks for the time being affected. Sorry if you have trouble understanding me, but you have lots of patience, excuse me, Colonel

Few thoughts

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:30:56 +0000

Hi all!

It's been a while so I thought I'd share some of my thoughts with you (does anybody read these?).

As some of you may know, this site is my thesis, or a part of it, as mentioned in the about -page. Well, I have now finished the report part of the thesis so from now on this site is just a hobby of mine. I've had some very encouraging comments about the site in other trumpet discussion forums and I will definitely keep adding the exercises whenever I have the time for it. As also mentioned in the about -page, my goal was to create the world's largest online trumpet exercise database and it still is. There aren't many of those so this could well be achieved (but not by sacrificing quality to quantity).

Unfortunately my time is limited so I'd like you to tell what kind of exercises would you like to see here? A while ago I added some major scale mode exercises and I'm planning to do similar exercises for the melodic minor scale modes. Also, there are none of minor ii-V patterns, that's also next on my todo -list. Adding some more of the major II-V exercises wouldn't hurt either (btw, would you like to hear the chord progressions behind the II-V -patterns? There could be two audio examples, with and without the accompaniment). There are also still some empty categories (etudes, chord arpeggios, etc.) that need to be started.

We have a nice amount of members here (growing by few members a week). Still, very few of you have added any exercises here but that's ok. I'll take your membership as a support for this site so keep on joining! That way I know that people really use this site. There's one thing that you could help though: there are many (native) english speakers as members so if you see any grammar errors (I'm sure there are!), please correct them if you have the time.

Suomennos

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:00:29 +0000

Tietokannan koko tämänhetkinen sisältö on nyt suomennettu, jos löydätte rikkinäisiä linkkejä (tai suomentamatonta materiaalia), ilmoitattehan siitä minulle.

More languages

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:41:16 +0000

Started adding finnish language. There may be some temporary broken links during the process.

New features

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:31:21 +0000

Some new features added recently:

Updated the Welcome -page and moved the exercise -menu from there to its own page.
The metronome now comes along when scrolling down.
Added scales and chords sections. I'll add some exercises for beginners to get familiar with the basic scales. At the chords -section, I'm planning to do some leading tone -exercises for different chords etc.
Discrete ads at the bottom of the page to cover the costs of custom domain. These will not be shown to the site members.

Edit: ads removed

More sections?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:37:44 +0000

What sections you would like to be added to the exercises -menu? Scales, chords (leading-tone exercises) etc?

Improved adding of an exercise

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:41:28 +0000

The process of adding an exercise will be significantly simplified and improved during the next weeks. As a result, the "exercises" -structure will be redesigned.