Spend time practicing fundamentals like attack, sound production, and breathing to improve efficiency by 10%. Clean your trumpet and mouthpiece weekly. Take lessons from a good teacher to improve your playing quickly. Set both long-term and short-term goals for your trumpet playing. Make one goal to perform for others.

1. 5 T IPS TO TAKE YOUR TRUMPET
PLAYING TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN
2015
JOE L IOT INE

2. 1. Back to Fundamentals.
SPEND SOME T IME GOING BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS.
I ’ M N O T R E F E R R I N G T O D A I L Y M A I N T E N A N C E . I ’ M
SPEAKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO DAY 1 . SPEND T IME
WORKING ON YOUR AT TACK, SOUND PRODUCT ION,
AND BREATHING. IMAGINE I F YOU ARE ABLE TO
BECOME 1 0% MORE EF F ICIENT ? THESE
IMPROVEMENTS CAN ONLY BE DEVELOPED BY
PLAYING THE FUNDAMENTALS.

3. 2. Clean Your Trumpet & Mouthpiece.
TAKE SOME T IME EACH WEEK TO CLEAN YOUR HORN.
I F Y O U C A N ’ T D O I T T A K E I T T O A R E P A I R S H O P .

4. 3. Take a Lesson.
CONSIDER STUDYING WI TH A GOOD TEACHER
BECAUSE THEY CAN IMPROVE YOUR PLAYING IN LESS
T IME.

5. 4. Set Goals
YOU SHOULD HAVE GOALS FOR YOUR TRUMPET
PLAYING, . THEY MAY BE EI THER LONG- TERM OR
SHORT - TERM. I RECOMMEND A COMBINAT ION OF
BOTH.

6. 5. Perform!
MAKE ONE OF YOUR GOALS TO GET OUT AND
PERFORM FOR PEOPLE.