| Not much you can do except take your time and work it up slowly. Trumpet takes a much different approach from French Horn (my daughter is a music teacher/hornist and tries my trumpet from time to time). The amount of physical work involved can be much higher on trumpet (which I've read can be the most "physical" of all instruments to play). Don't worry about an immediate "lack of range"... that's normal.
You know, why not try jazz on the horn? It CAN be done and could be really interesting. Just take the trombone part; all you'll have trouble with is the gliss. |