| Remember that range, stamina, and power all come from efficient playing. You build this up with what I consider as the "great trinity" of trumpet books: Arban Complete Conservatory Method, Schlossberg Daily Drills and Technical Studies, and Clarke Technical Studies.
Do not try to force or rush your development. Practice those studies and skills at a soft dynamic level, in a range that you play comfortably and relaxed. You need to first establish that relaxed open playing approach as a foundation for efficiency.
Find a good teacher...the best you can find to guide you through those books. Fundamentls, fundamentals, fundamentals.
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-Glenn
"Roses have thorns; shining waters mud. Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun; and history reeks of the wrongs we have done. After today, after today, consider me gone."- Sting |