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Trumpet Lesson Topic Outline

Breathing

• Body Use
• Respiration
• Inspiration
• Expiration

Embouchure

Sound

• Sound Concept Development
• Tone Quality Issues

What to Practice

• Choosing Material
• Developing a Routine

How to Practice

• Practice Flaws
• Practice Solutions

Physical Difficulties

• Endurance
• Range
• Tonguing
• Flexibility
• Lip Damage (prevention and cures)
• Excessive Vibrato
• Intonation
• Finger Flexibilities
• Rehabilitation (after accident/illness)
• Troubleshooting (tracking down difficulties)

Theory

• Note Names (speed/enharmonics)
• Key Signatures (order of #' s & b's)
• Musical Terms (dynamics/form)
• Notation (rests/syncopation/sub-div.)
• Scales/Modes
• Chords/Intervals

Misc. Concepts

• Cause and Effect
• Concentration
• Performance Anxiety
• Self Expression
• Musicality
• Improvisation
• Finding Your Musical Voice
• Unlocking Your Creativity
• Personal Expression
• Frustrations

Equipment

• Mouthpiece
• Horn
• Maintaince
• Modifications

Improvisation

• Chords
• Scales
• Free Playing
• Rhythmic Considerations
• Intervals
• Reharmonization
• Articulation
• Cliche Patterns
• Licks
• Cliche Progression (II-V)
• Tune Types
• 25 ways to work on a tune
• Keyboard
• Transcription
• Arranging Techniques
• Music Copying/Calligraphy
• Listening!

Orchestral Studies

• Technical Studies
• Melodic studies
• Etudes
• Exerpts
• Solos-Major Works