Selected Excercises for Trumpet, John Hutchinson

SELECTED EXERCISES FOR TRUMPET

Item No.: 19267
Instrumentation: Solo
Composer: John Hutchinson
Genre: Original Composition
Level: medium - difficult
Publisher: Obrasso Verlag

Note to teachers

Strong fundamental technique is the cornerstone of a successful musical experience but cannot come at the expense of a students enjoyment of music and their motivation to improve. 
These Selected Exercises for Trumpet are a concise tool to help your students develop good routines and practice habits. Each page is a stand-alone activity, but all require you to be thinking constantly about a relaxed and controlled airstream. 
Complexity of the patterns has generally been avoided to allow students to focus on what really matters: a beautiful sound with a natural and relaxed musical flow.
You may notice that even with many of the articulation style exercises, the focus is mainly on articulated air. 
This is a concept that is good to reiterate with students, making sure that the air always drives the tongue and never vice-versa. Some of these exercises are based around common patterns by Arban, Clarke, and Schlossberg, followed by variations of approach or articulation.  These variations are a starting point for students to come up with their own versions of these exercises that suit what they are trying to accomplish. Independent thought and self-appraisal are crucial aspects of the learning process.
You may notice that there is little mention of embouchure within these pages. This is deliberate. So often, a student may blame their chops for a problem that can be easily solved by breathing and supporting correctly. That is not to say that care over mouthpiece placement etc should not be taken, but more that this is something that needs to be looked at individually with each student.

The following list is by no means exhaustive but represents a selection of materials from which I have taken inspiration for this collection of exercises.  Conversely, you may like to develop these exercises further by referencing these books for alternatives, keeping you, your students, and your teaching fresh and engaged.

• Arban Cornet Method
• Bai Lin Lip Flexibilities
• Caruso Musical Calisthenics for Brass
• Cichowicz Fundamental Studies
• Clarke Technical Studies
• Colin Advanced Lip Flexibilities
• Gordon Daily Routines
• Ridgeon How Brass Players Do It
• Sachs Daily Fundamentals
• Schlossberg Daily Drills and Technical Studies
• Stamp Warm-ups and Studies
• Vizzutti Trumpet Method, Vols. 1,2 & 3