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I always said that I would never write an exercise book. After all there are
already hundreds of them.
After getting hundreds and hundreds of requests over the past 10 years;
I finally decided to write a practice book.
There is a great deal of material out there but it was all designed for
people with hours of practice time available every day. This is great when
we are in school.
But for those of us out of school this is just not possible.
I have condensed that 3-4 hour a day routine down into a 30 minute
routine.
This works every muscle we use to play and in every way we ever use
them.
It works the chops, tongue arch, tongue hiss, ab kick, mind, fingers,
tonguing…..
It is extreme and will get results.
There are a few ideas I want to make sure we are all using the same way
before you start this.
First every exercise should be played with a lip set point.
That means we should always start as if we were going to play a G on

top of the staff. This prevents us from doing any kind of embouchure
shifting and aids us in production of the higher notes. If G isn’t
comfortable play a C in the staff for a set point.
This means that it is only an octave to G over High C and so we end up
resting the face (to play lower notes) more than we work it (to play
higher ones).
Second we should always support high notes by pulling the stomach in.
We keep the stomach relaxed (Don’t tense up) just pull it in and up as
we go higher. This moves the stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, spleen…
all slightly. The pelvic bones keep them from going any lower so they go
up and displace some of the space that the lungs normally take. This
puts the air under pressure.
The faster and farther you pull the stomach in; the more compressed the
air is. The upward motion also helps.
Next comes the tongue arch.
Whistle the first exercise on group 8. This is the same movement that
your tongue should use as we play. It is like using Taw for low notes Too
in the mid range and Tee a little higher.
This is what it looks like, the tongue is arched forward and close to the
top teeth.
The arch stops helping when we get to the high register.
At A above the staff switch to a Hiss.
This is a forward arch of the tongue and it rolls forward and pushes up to
the top teeth and roof of the mouth in the double high register. It is like
saying Tissss.
For some the tongue anchors at the bottom teeth and others it anchors
at the edge of the top teeth.
This is what the hiss/tiss looks like.

1 Warm up
Pops
B @ Trumpet A T @T T T T @T
T
T
T Ç @Ç Ç
4 measures
@T Ç @Ç Ç Ç Ç
Ç Ç
@ K
4 measures
@Ç @ K @

@ @ @ @ @ K K
4 measures

@ K Ç
2 Attacks
Pops
Keep the air stream steady.
Say da da da da.
B @ Trumpet A @
@ T

@ @
@

@
T
3 Sensation Drill
Pops
Play 8va twice a week.
@ @ @
@
B @ Trumpet A
@ @

@ T
@
@ @ @ @
@ @ T
@ @ @ @

@ @ T
@
4 Major Scales
Pops
Single tongue one day and double
tongue it the next day.

B @ Trumpet
@ @ @ @ @
@
@
@ @ @
@ @

@ K

@ @ @ @ @ K
@ @ @ K

5 Minor Scales
Pops
Melodic / Pure

B @ Trumpet @ @ @ @ K @
K K K K

© @ @ @
K @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ @ @

@ @ @ @ @

@ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ @ K @ K K
@ @ @ @ K @ @ K
K K

6 Arpeggios
Pops

B @ Trumpet
@ @
@
@ @ @
@ @
@
@
@
@ K
@

@ @ @ @

@
@ K @

7 Air Kicks
Pops
Pull stomach in hard and fast to kick past the unwanted notes. Do the same with tongue arch and hiss
1-2 times a week. For tongue hiss say siss and flatten tongue against gums and roof of the mouth.
Ç
B @ Trumpet A Ç

Ç Ç
Ç

Ç Ç

Ç
@ @Ç
@
@Ç Ç

@ @ @ @
@Ç
Ç
@ @
Ç Ç

Ç

7b Air Kicks
Pops
Ç @Ç
B @ Trumpet A @ @
Ç Ç
@ @
Ç Ç

Ç Ç

Ç Ç

Ç Ç

8 Tongue Slurs
Pops
Use tongue arch aah-eee to play from low c to g on the staff and tongue hiss siss for higher notes.

B @ Trumpet Ç
@ @

Ç

@ @ @ @

Ç
@ @

@ @

Ç
9 Leaps
Pops
Use tongue arch to play these. Say Haa for the low G, Hoo in the staff, Hee at the top of the
staff and Siss for the high notes.
Ç Ç
B @ Trumpet A

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But for those of us out of school this is just not possible.

It is extreme and will get results.

First every exercise should be played with a lip set point.

That means we should always start as if we were going to play a G on

Next comes the tongue arch.

At A above the staff switch to a Hiss.

This is what the hiss/tiss looks like.

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