Here are some exercises I've documented in which you might be interested. First four are warm-ups I got from Bernie Nero while taking lessons from him. He said he did these first every day. "They cover the entire range of the instrument, and after I do these I go on to whatever else."
| Scales Down | Chromatics | Diatonic Scales | Intervals |
Next are some I've documented that are borrowed from former teachers, and they admittedly borrowed from various books. I call them my "come back exercises" because I use them to build chops after a sustained absence. Playing trumpet to me is a lot like playing golf. You can't be perfect at it. And now and then you just plain get pissed off and leave it alone for a while.
So the first one comes from the late Sidney Mear with whom I studied at Eastman, borrowed from Schlossberg. The second is pure Jimmy Stamp, which was kept in high regard by Lyman Brodie. And the third is a take on lip slurs that was given to me by Robert Nagel. Certainly they are useful for more than just bringing back chop strength.
| Sid's Schlossberg | Lyman's Stamp | Nagel's Lip Slurs |
Have at them. Let me know if anything is useful to you.
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