Trumpet for Beginners

1 · First notes

01First Sound 02Meet D 03Meet E 04Meet F 05Meet G 06All First Notes Together 07C and D 08Three Steps 09F Joins In 10Up and Down the Five Notes 11Little Jumps

2 · Rhythm

12Half and Whole Notes 13Play and Rest 14First Eighths 15Long-Short 16First Waltz Beat

3 · Higher notes

17G, A, B 18Up to High C 19C Scale Up 20C Scale Down 21Scale in Thirds

4 · Flats and sharps

22Meet B♭23Meet F♯24F Major, Five Notes 25G Major, Five Notes

5 · Listen and answer

26Echo 1 27Echo 2 28Echo 3 29Down Low

6 · Short studies

30March Study 31Waltz Study 32Study in F 33Study in G 34Eighth-Note Study 35Final Study

Songs

01Mary Had a Little Lamb 02Jingle Bells 03Ode to Joy 04When the Saints Go Marching In 05Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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2 · Rhythm

First Waltz Beat

Three beats in a bar: ONE-two-three. Lean a little on the first beat.

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Notation

Valves

C · Open

Beat by beat

50bpm

40120

Trumpet sound: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios

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