![]() ![]() The practicing is split up into chunks that are a maximum of ten minutes in length. I replied, ‘between an hour and a half to two hours a day.’ He responded excitedly, ‘and you want to be a professional trumpet player?!?!’ Hahaha. *When I first moved to Los Angeles and called up Charley Davis to schedule a trumpet lesson, he asked me how much I practiced. All-in-all, it’s not that much time, but I do feel the progress I’m making is pretty good*. These days, I am practicing between one hour and one hour and thirty minutes per day. Here’s “ RoutineTracker: Spring 2019.” Practice Strategies (How I’m Practicing) Total Daily Practice Time ![]() Still, you may enjoy cross-referencing your own routine against another trumpet players. Of course, I’m just some guy, and what I practice is not particularly important. Since people seem interested, BTB’s “RoutineTracker” is where you’ll find what I’m working on and how I’m working on it. You know, what to work on, length of practice sessions, how many sessions…that kind of thing. Have fun with them! They are worth your time.From time to time I receive emails from trumpet players wanting to know what a typical practice day looks like. Peters and Systemic Approach to Daily Practice by Claude Gordon include pedals in the initial lessons. Pedals are a great way to warm up (read Carmine Caruso books) and the learning books Total Range by Charles S. Pedals will likely never sound crisp and clear like the other notes on the horn and, like everything else, they take practice. My lowest range (which took a while) is the double pedal C and feels like it is almost all lower lip. You will find you'll be using more lower lip as you go lower. You'll find pedals take a lot of air! For the beginning, you can use the same fingerings as you would for the notes in the octave above. This will involve relaxation of your embouchure, jaw and lips as you want the lips to flop at a lower frequency that needed at the higher registers. Then, once you have the tone, bend it flat. The easiest way I know of to learn a pedal is to start by playing the F# at the bottom of the trumpet range. Learning to play them will enhance your breathing ability and control of your embouchure both are items you will need for the upper register. You are correct, the pedal tones are those that are not fundamentally on the horn. Mark, I would say you are approaching a topic that is worth learning even in the beginning. ![]()
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