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1 Name: Classroom Teacher: Starter Packet for Trumpet

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3 Note Values h q e A hole note gets four counts in A half note gets to counts in A quarter note gets one count in time time time An eighth note gets a half of a count in time h h q q q q q q q q q q q q

4 Volume I (Revised 7/08) Œ Œ Œ Œ c Œ 5 6 Œ Œ 7 8 Rhythms in Unison Œ

5 The Embouchure Buzzing and the Mouthpiece Make a Good Embouchure (Video available on bandroxcom) The embouchure is the shape your lips need to make in order to play a brass instrument and it is not easy to describe in riting You ill learn much better in class and by atching the online videos Your teeth should be just slightly apart about as ide as the tip of your finger Then bring your lips together so they touch a little bit but don t make them too tight Hold the shape of your lips as if you ere about to pronounce the M in Mother Making a Good Buzz Sound (Video available on bandroxcom) Act like you are trying to bend the flame of a candle ithout bloing it out Don t puff your cheeks as you blo keep them tight as you push the air out your lips Keep your teeth slightly apart and your throat relaxed (open) so the air can flo freely Then as you continue to blo air start to press your lips together but leave a small space in the very middle of your lips so the air can escape Don t orry if you only hear air at first it takes a little bit of time to get it right If that happens press your lips closer together but keep that small space in the center of your lips Another simpler thing to try is making your lips sound like a buzzing mosquito Do it all ith your lips don t hum Other people find it helpful to make a good embouchure and then think of spitting a tiny piece of paper off the tip of the tongue to get the buzz started Whatever you do make sure to keep the air going strong so the buzz doesn t stop Buzzing on Your Mouthpiece (Video available on bandroxcom) Once you can make a good buzz it s time to place your mouthpiece on your lips Hold the mouthpiece by the shank (the long skinny part) using the thumb and first to fingers of your left hand When you place the mouthpiece on your lips try to place it as close to the center of your lips as possible ith half the mouthpiece on your top lip and half on your bottom lip The top and bottom of your mouthpiece should not rest on the red part of your lips Try buzzing ith the mouthpiece just aay from your lips and then place the mouthpiece in position hile continuing to buzz Keep the buzz sound strong and steady ith lots of air Tonguing (Video available on bandroxcom) As soon as you can get a good sustained sound by buzzing on your mouthpiece it becomes very important to begin using your tongue to start the sound Try this: hisper the ord Tah four times No do it again ith your lips closed in the proper embouchure Finally try it ith your mouthpiece in place Put your tongue behind your top teeth and start your buzz sound ith your tongue moving ith a strong Tah Remember to keep your air bloing after you start ith the Tah 5

6 Mouthpiece Buzzing Exercises (Warmup ith these exercises every day and you ill develop good brass muscles) Exercise # (The Siren Buzz high and lo ithout stopping and make it sound like a siren) ~~~~~~~~~~ Stretch lips to go higher ~~~~~~~~~~~ Relax lips to go loer ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Exercise # (Clap and count the hole exercise then buzz it on your mouthpiece) Exercise # (Clap and count the hole exercise then buzz it on your mouthpiece) Exercise # (Clap and count the hole exercise then buzz it on your mouthpiece) Exercise #5 (Clap and count the hole exercise then buzz it on your mouthpiece) 6

7 Parts of the Trumpet 7

8 Parts of the Trumpet (Worksheet) Label all the parts of your trumpet 8

9 Trumpet Time Ho to Assemble Your Trumpet (Video available on bandroxcom) There is very little to assemble on a trumpet Place the mouthpiece into the lead pipe using a gently tisting motion to the right Do not hit or pop the mouthpiece into place or it can get stuck Pull the main tuning slide out about / inch Ho to Hold Your Trumpet (Video available on bandroxcom): Your left hand holds the trumpet and you right hand plays the trumpet Wrap your left hand around the valve casing making sure your thumb goes around and doesn t point up Put your middle finger or ring finger in the ring on the third valve slide Put your herever it is comfortable Mine rests under the third valve slide against the casing Form a relaxed C shape ith your right hand Put your right thumb beteen the nd and rd valves underneath the lead pipe Keep it 90º out from the lead pipe not parallel or pointing to your face Your first three fingers rest on the valves and your pinky sits lightly on top of the ring Do not put your pinky IN the pinky ring Ho to Oil Your Valves (Video available on bandroxcom) Only take one valve out at a time or you might get them mixed up Completely coat the outer silver part of the valve ith valve oil Do not squirt the oil into the holes on the sides of the valves It on t hurt anything if oil gets in the holes but that s not the part that needs to be lubricated Replace the valve into the valve casing Slot it into place so that the valve guide (that s the little metal or hite plastic notch on the side of the valve) lines up ith the small groove inside the valve casing If you turn the valve slightly to the right after you put it into the casing you should hear a faint click hen the valve guide meets the groove If the valve is in the rong position you can blo into the trumpet but no air ill go through It ill feel as if something is stuffed inside Blo into your trumpet and test it after you change each valve Don t ait until you ve done all three test them one at a time after you oil each one If air doesn t go through easily unscre the valve cap and adjust the valve in the casing you probably put it in backards or sideays The Water Key: When I as younger e called this the Spit Valve The inside of your trumpet gathers moisture hen you play It isn t proven ho much of that moisture is condensation (ater) and ho much is spit (gross) In either case it needs to come out because it makes an unpleasant gurgling sound hen you play Hold the ater key open and blo air (ithout buzzing) into the trumpet Empty the ater key onto the floor not on your chair or your neighbor s shoe At home lay an old rag on the floor and put it in the laundry after a fe practice sessions I don t recommend emptying the ater key on your home floor or carpet Someho parents don t like that too much My Mouthpiece Got Stuck What Should I Do?: If your mouthpiece gets stuck do not try to remove it yourself or have anyone yank it out for you Parents ith pliers are a no-no Forcibly removing a stuck mouthpiece can break the braces on a trumpet Carry the trumpet to school (it probably on t fit in your case) and I ill remove the mouthpiece ith a tool specially made for pulling mouthpieces 9

10 Brass Basics (Trumpet) Your first five notes # Easy E (Clap/count entire song say ALL the letter names one time through then play) # Fabulous F (Clap/count entire song say ALL the letter names one time through then play) Stretch lips for higher note # Great G (Clap/count entire song say ALL the letter names one time through then play) Stretch lips for higher note # Daring D (Clap/count entire song say ALL the letter names one time through then play) Œ Œ Ó Relax lips for loer note #5 Cool C (Clap/count entire song say ALL the letter names one time through then play) Œ Œ Relax lips for loer note 0

11 Daily Dose (Trumpet) Ascending Long Tones (Keep each note perfectly steady ith a good pure tone) Descending Long Tones (Keep each note perfectly steady ith a good pure tone) # Whole Note Lip Slurs (Firm lips and flat chin on upper notes relaxed lips on loer notes) Half Note Lip Slurs (For an extra challenge try to use your tongue once every four notes) # # 5 Acending Tonguing Warm-up (One long stream of air your tongue just flicks in the ay) b b b 6 Descending Tonguing Warm-up (One long stream of air your tongue just flicks in the ay) 7 Half Note Finger Warm-up (Make sure tongue and fingers change at the same time) 8 Quarter Note Finger Warm-up (Can you do it in one breath?) * Challenge Finger Warm-up (Try it ith different combinations of slurring and tonguing)

12 Simple Songs (Trumpet) Old Man There Florida Folk Song Old man there sit-tin on a log ast-in' his time ast-in' his time Hot Cross Buns English Folk Song Hot cross buns Hot cross buns one a pen-ny to a pen-ny Hot cross buns Frog in the Meado ΠNorth Carolina Folk Song ΠFrog in the mea - do can't get him out take a lit-tle stick and stir him a - bout There She Goes Ne York Folk Song There she goes There she goes all dressed up in her sun - day clothes The Viper Magic Mountain Folk Song Are you a - fraid to fall from the sky? You say your not so here is your ride

13 Just For Fun (Trumpet) Merrily We Roll Along Au Claire De La Lune The Victors ΠUp On The Housetop

14 Challenge Songs (Trumpet) Merrily We Roll Along Œ Ó Lightly Ro - Duet A B Œ Œ U Ó U Ó Wanna Bet? Œ Œ Œ Ó This Old Man Solo Soli Solo Soli A The Conquering Hero - Duet A B C B C B B B B A U U Double or Nothin' (If you can play this ith no mistakes I'll buy you a frozen treat)

15 Trumpet Song b b b b Largo Sostenuto q = 8 c F c F c F c F Etienne Méhul (76-87) Arr Jack Bannon Œ Œ Œ Œ 5 b b b b ( ) b b b b Œ Œ Œ Œ 5

16 Trumpet Fanfare 5 Allegro q = 0- f-p f-p f-p f-p Fine Fine Fine Fine f-p f-p f-p f-p Daniel Speer (66-707) Arr Jack Bannon DS al Fine DS al Fine DS al Fine DS al Fine 6

17 c c c Allegro q = Song Lesson Luigi Cherubini (760-8) Arr Jack Bannon Trumpet 7

18 The Treble Clef Staff The musical alphabet uses only the letters ABCDEFG When you reach the letter G you start over ith A The diagrams belo sho the same thing in to different ays To read music you need to memorize the lines and spaces The first diagram shos the traditional method of learning the lines and spaces The four spaces ithin the staff spell the ord FACE It s easy if you think of SPACE- FACE The lines from bottom to top can make a phrase like Every Good Boy Does Fine Can you create another phrase using EGBDF? ==== F D E A C G Fine Does Boy Good Every The second diagram shos the same letter names for the lines and spaces as the first diagram When moving up the staff from line to space you ill notice that the letters are in alphabetical order When a note is too lo or too high to fit on the staff short lines are added to extend the staff These are called ledger lines ==== B C D A C D E F G B A G F E Ledger Line B Ledger Line 8

19 Fingering Chart (Trumpet) Lo Notes (Relaxed lips slo and steady air Think of the syllable "Toe" to start the note) A B C D Medium Notes (Slightly firm lips faster and steady air Think of the syllable "Too" to start the note) E F G A Challenge Notes (Firm lips chin flat fast and steady air Think of the syllable "Tee" to start the note) B C 9

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