The Comeback Trumpet Player

The Comeback Trumpet Player SAMPLE COPY A complete step-by-step system that includes everything you need to build your embouchure tone technique flexibility tonguing endurance range and musicianship Whether you ve laid-off 2 eeks 2 months 2 years and especially 20 years or more... this book ill get you in shape and keep you in shape too by Mark Hendricks.MPHmusic.com

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For More Great Music Visit:.MPHmusic.com Forty-Nine Long Lost Arban Duets For Trumpet ( that Arban never rote!) The original studies ritten by J.B. Arban that are the basis for these forty-nine duets are among the most assigned practiced played and revieed by all trumpet players - beginner intermediate advanced and pro alike. But there ere never duets based on them... until no! Give It The 3 rd Finger - Studies Etudes and Duets 101 Trumpet Studies plus 12 matching etudes and duets to make your 3 rd finger ork right - and your tongue and chops too. ALL THE NOTES AND MORE! for Trumpet 70 Studies In Each Of The 12 Tonalities To Develop And Maintain Tone Tonguing Technique Flexibility Endurance Range And More For All Trumpet Players No Matter What Styles You Play Plus even more great study books and music for various ensembles featuring music by Mark Hendricks. And be sure to sign-up for our email updates at:.mphmusic.com

Contents Ho To se This Book For Best Results (next page) Warm-up Routine 1 Tonality Studies 9 Full Range Studies 57 52 Lessons - The Step-By-Step System 79 IMPORTANT NOTE: You ill need an Arban s Complete Method for Trumpet book for a part of the 52 Lessons. If you have a copy please check it to make sure that the page numbers that I have used in The Comeback Trumpet Player book matches ith your Arban s book. If you need to purchase a copy here is a link to the edition that I used for this book -.MPHmusic.com/go/arbans If your page 125 in your Arban s book is the beginning of the interval studies and page 285 begins the Characteristic Studies then you re fine.

Read This First Ho To se This Book For Best Results The Comeback Trumpet Player book can be used by all trumpet players - hether you ve laid-off 2 eeks 2 months 2 years and especially 20 years or more this book ill get you in shape and keep you in shape too. The CTP system consists of four sessions per day: arm-up tonality study Arban s book studies and endurance/range/musicianship studies. This ill take approximately to hours per day divided into four sessions ith breaks in beteen. Don t try to play all of the assignments in one session you really do need the rest to keep your embouchure fresh all day and ready again for the next day. If you cannot commit to to hours per day then go ith one hour per day and play every other exercise in the lessons on day one then on day to play the ones you skipped on day three alternate back to the ones you played on day one and so on back and forth throughout the eek. And spend to eeks on each lesson instead of one eek or longer if needed hen using this pattern. You ill need an Arban s book for trumpet that correlates to the page numbers I have used. If you already have a copy check a fe of the lessons to see if your Arban s book page numbers match up to the lessons in this book. The edition that I used for the Comeback Trumpet Player book is a reasonably priced good edition if you need a copy you can get one here:.mphmusic.com/go/arbans It s important that you get involved in playing ith other people in various ensembles that you enjoy. These could be duets ith friends playing in your church ensembles community groups (bands orchestras jazz ensembles brass bands) or college ensembles too. Here s a ebpage ith a directory to playing opportunities contact them and get going at making music don t ait:.mphmusic.com/play If you d like to have some help in orking through this book or other types of music lessons consider studying ith me via Skype lessons over the internet. You can get more information at this ebpage:.mphmusic.com/skype

A Fe Things To Remember: Be diligent in your practice you ill be rearded for your discipline by folloing the routines in the 52 Lessons - use these lesson plans this step-by-step system is designed to get you playing better and much quicker than a haphazard approach to practicing Rest as much as you play Rest as much as you play ithin each practice session you should still feel good at the end of each practice session Alays strive for a great sound on every note Alays play musically - don t just play make music Slo and good is better than fast and bad - you ill learn faster by practicing sloly then speed up in small increments to improve your coordination to play faster and still sound good Practice all of the articulations hen indicated (S=Slur T=Tongue etc.) se a metronome to help you improve your coordination as you speed things up If you can t reach some notes give it three tries and then move on - they ill come in time It s okay to play one line at a time and then rest for the same time in the exercises in the Arban s book - remember alays rest before you need to rest! Play ith other people hether it be duets trios quartets quintets band orchestra jazz ensemble church services - get out there and rehearse perform and make music ith others Each lesson can last one eek or to eeks or hatever time period you are comfortable ith - just keep progressing step-by-step through the lessons - and start ith Lesson 1 When you get to the end of the 52 lessons start at Lesson 1 then do Lesson 52 then 2 and 51 then 3 and 50 and so on until you ve done 52 and 1 criss-crossing in the middle. After that use the arm-up and tonality sections daily to keep in shape and progress to other practice materials. You can alays return to the CTP system for a revie to ork on specific areas of your playing or if you take some time off and need to be a comeback trumpet player all over again Listen to great trumpet players in all styles of music - this ill help you kno hat a trumpet is supposed to sound like so you can model your sound by emulating the best players around Have fun!! If you have any questions feel comfortable in contacting me at my email address that is on the bottom of each ebpage at our ebsite. Go for it and have a great time! Mark Hendricks MPHmusic.com

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89 Lesson #11 Session 1 Warm-up Session 2 Tonality Study Rest as much as you play (optional: play 1-7 rest at least 30 minutes then play 8-16) Choose Track: 1 = F Tonality 2 = F Tonality Pick one track and stick ith it for the first 12 lessons. Track 1 is for gradually building range from bottom up G Ab A Bb B C Db D Eb E F F# Track 2 is for gradually building range from middle to loer and higher C B Db Bb D A Eb Ab E G F F# Set A - Arban Set B - Arban Set C - Arban Set D - Arban Set E - Arban Set F - Arban Sesson 4 Arban and Full Range Studies Warm-don Articulation Abbreviations p16-17 - #27-28 : T SA p42-43 - #19 : find the tone center of each note move from one note to another ithout bending the pitch play ith full sound p180 - #103-104 : Double tonguing make the T and K articulation sound ith the same tone quality practice sloly at first and then speed up p132 - #15-16 : play to times use the ritten articulations and also tongue all p63 - #21-22 : use the ritten articulations p80 - #11 SA T Day 1: Arban pp242-243 : play 4 measures rest the same. Play next 4 measures rest the same. Continue to the end of the song. Sing the full song. Do the next song the same ay play 4 rest 4 etc. Day 2:243-244 Day 3:Full Range Study #1 Day 4:244-245 Day 5:245-191 Day 6:Full Range Study #2 Day 7:191-192 Play the last exercise of the arm-up routine as the last thing each day T=Tongue SD2=Slur Don 2 Notes S2=Slur p 2 Notes SA=Slur All

99 Lesson #21 Session 1 Warm-up Session 2 Tonality Study Set A - Arban Set B - Arban Set C - Arban Set D - Arban Set E - Arban Set F - Arban Sesson 4 Arban and Full Range Studies Warm-don Articulation Abbreviations Rest as much as you play (optional: play 1-7 rest at least 30 minutes then play 8-16) Play one tonality each day in this rotation: C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G. Practice the to that are the most challenging for you to times a eek. It ill take you to eeks to go through all of the tonalities one each day. p22 - #48 : T SA p47 - #29 : find the tone center of each note move from one note to another ithout bending the pitch play ith full sound p185 - #124-125 : Double tonguing make the T and K articulation sound ith the same tone quality practice sloly at first and then speed up p139 - #36-37 : play to times use the ritten articulations and also tongue all p67-68 - #41-42 : use the ritten articulations p83 - #21 SA T Day 1: Arban pp237-238 : play 8 measures rest the same. Play next 8 measures rest the same. Continue to the end of the song. Sing the full song. Do the next song the same ay play 8 rest 8 etc. Day 2:238-239 Day 3:Full Range Study #1 Day 4:239-240 Day 5:240-241 Day 6:Full Range Study #2 Day 7:241-242 Play the last exercise of the arm-up routine as the last thing each day T=Tongue SD2=Slur Don 2 Notes S2=Slur p 2 Notes SA=Slur All

109 Lesson #31 Session 1 Warm-up Session 2 Tonality Study Set A - Arban Set B - Arban Set C - Arban Set D - Arban Set E - Arban Set F - Arban Sesson 4 Arban and Full Range Studies Rest as much as you play (optional: play 1-7 rest at least 30 minutes then play 8-16) Play one tonality each day in this rotation: C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G. Practice the to that are the most challenging for you to times a eek. It ill take you to eeks to go through all of the tonalities one each day. p26-27 - #15-16 : articulate as ritten be sure to divide the beat into sixteenth notes rather than playing ith a triplet feel of 6/8 time p50 - #47-48 : articulate as ritten plus the variations at the bottom of the page and also tongue all p160 : Triple tonguing make the T and K articulation sound ith the same tone quality practice sloly at first and then speed up. Alternate each exercise daily beteen TTK and TKT versions of triple tonguing. On the first day first exercise use TTK on the first day second exercise use TKT then alternate the articulations on each exercise continuing don the page. On the second day reverse the order TKT on exercise one then TTK on exercise to and continue don the page alternating the articulations. p146 - #52 : articulate as ritten p72 - #61-62 : use the ritten articulations p86 - #31 articulate as ritten and tongue all Days 12457: p288 : Characteristic Study #4 the study into sections and practice each section then put them together. When putting the hole study together in the 2 nd lesson of practicing the study you may ant to start at the end and play 4 measures then the last 8 measures then the last 12 measures and so on until you have put together the hole study from the beginning to the end this ill assure that you finish strong. Day 3:Full Range Study #1 Day 6:Full Range Study #2 Warm-don Articulation Abbreviations Play the last exercise of the arm-up routine as the last thing each day T=Tongue SD2=Slur Don 2 Notes S2=Slur p 2 Notes SA=Slur All

119 Lesson #41 Session 1 Warm-up Session 2 Tonality Study Set A - Arban Set B - Arban Set C - Arban Set D - Arban Set E - Arban Set F - Arban Sesson 4 Arban and Full Range Studies Rest as much as you play (optional: play 1-7 rest at least 30 minutes then play 8-16) Play one tonality each day in this rotation: C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G. Practice the to that are the most challenging for you to times a eek. It ill take you to eeks to go through all of the tonalities one each day. p35 - #35-36 : articulate as ritten p55 - #67-68 : articulate as ritten p170 : Triple tonguing make the T and K articulation sound ith the same tone quality practice sloly at first and then speed up. Alternate each exercise daily beteen TTK and TKT versions of triple tonguing. On the first day first exercise use TTK on the first day second exercise use TKT then alternate the articulations on each exercise continuing don the page. On the second day reverse the order TKT on exercise one then TTK on exercise to and continue don the page alternating the articulations. p152 line 4 p112 - all p100 - #26-27 Days 12457: p293 : Characteristic Study #9 the study into sections and practice each section then put them together. When putting the hole study together in the 2 nd lesson of practicing the study you may ant to start at the end and play 4 measures then the last 8 measures then the last 12 measures and so on until you have put together the hole study from the beginning to the end this ill assure that you finish strong. Day 3:Full Range Study #1 Day 6:Full Range Study #2 Warm-don Articulation Abbreviations Play the last exercise of the arm-up routine as the last thing each day T=Tongue SD2=Slur Don 2 Notes S2=Slur p 2 Notes SA=Slur All

129 Lesson #51 Session 1 Warm-up Session 2 Tonality Study Set A - Arban Set B - Arban Set C - Arban Set D - Arban Set E - Arban Set F - Arban Sesson 4 Arban and Full Range Studies Rest as much as you play (optional: play 1-7 rest at least 30 minutes then play 8-16) Play one tonality each day in this rotation: C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G. Practice the to that are the most challenging for you to times a eek. It ill take you to eeks to go through all of the tonalities one each day. p35 - #35-36 p44 - #22 p190 : #145 : Multiple tonguing make the T and K articulation sound ith the same tone quality practice sloly at first and then speed up. p152 line 14 p122 - all p110 - #55-57 Days 12457: p298 : Characteristic Study #14 the study into sections and practice each section then put them together. When putting the hole study together in the 2 nd lesson of practicing the study you may ant to start at the end and play 4 measures then the last 8 measures then the last 12 measures and so on until you have put together the hole study from the beginning to the end this ill assure that you finish strong. Day 3:Full Range Study #1 Day 6:Full Range Study #2 Warm-don Articulation Abbreviations Play the last exercise of the arm-up routine as the last thing each day T=Tongue SD2=Slur Don 2 Notes S2=Slur p 2 Notes SA=Slur All

The Comeback Trumpet Player Order the complete book no at: MPHmusic.com A complete step-by-step system that includes everything you need to build your embouchure tone technique flexibility tonguing endurance range and musicianship Whether you ve laid-off 2 eeks 2 months 2 years and especially 20 years or more... this book ill get you in shape and keep you in shape too by Mark Hendricks.MPHmusic.com