The Magic Pill of Trumpet Exercises

As a Trumpet player and teacher I am often asked “If you only had time to practice 1 exercise, what would it be?”.

This is a good question because there are many different exercises out there and there are advantages to all of them. Sadly none of them totally cover everything we need to know to be a fantastic Trumpet player. On the upside there are exercises that we can use to improve many aspects of our playing at the same time.

My favourite exercise to cover as many aspects of my playing is the Clarke Technical Studies for Trumpet. Especially the 2nd studies. 

If we adjust our approach on this exercise we can improve many aspects of our playing in the shortest amount of practice time.

Check out this video and apply the skills to your practice and I’m sure your playing will reap the rewards.

#HappyPractising