Product Description
Trumpet Player?
Trumpet Player is an intermediate skill level. Students of this level
of trumpet playing can do most things necessary to play any given piece
of music, but their skills are still somewhat limited. They have a
basic understanding of the trumpet, but lack the experience to learn
difficult songs quickly.
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Fully Diminished Arpeggios
Trumpet Player Level
Aside from the chromatic scale, fully diminished etudes are typically
a trumpeters first opportunity to explore symmetric sounds.
What does the word "symmetric" mean in music?
Most scales and arpeggios are built using different sized intervals.
For example, a major arpeggio is built by using a major third on the
bottom and a minor third on the top. A minor arpeggio uses a minor third
on the bottom and major third on the top.
In the context of music, the word "symmetric" is used to describe
scales and arpeggios that use the same interval (or pattern of
intervals) throughout.
In this case, the fully diminished arpeggios are built using only minor thirds throughout.
A Touch of Symmetric Flavor
In most traditional music, the diminished chords (arpeggios) are used
sparingly. They do not occur in every piece of music. When they do
occur as a full arpeggio, it is typically only a few times per song.
That presents a problem for us as trumpet players. By the time we are
presented with a piece of music that requires this as a skill, it is
already too late to learn it. For that reason, fully diminished
arpeggios should be practiced as soon as possible. Do not wait until you
need it for a song or trumpet solo.
Prerequisites
Before you practice these arpeggio exercises, you should have already
graduated from the Trumpet Tyro level. These exercises are for students
with a reliable range up to G above the staff.
You should also have already practiced the Trumpet Player Major
Arpeggios, Trumpet Player Minor Arpeggios, and Trumpet Player Diminished
Arpeggios.
Instructions
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The best results come from practicing these exercises slowly and deliberately.
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Practice only one arpeggio per day.
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At first, only practice the new arpeggio that is assigned to you for
that week. Later, after you've learned all of them, begin cycling
through all of the arpeggios, doing one per day.
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Be sure to slur all of the notes in these exercises.
Afterwards
You should practice these arpeggios daily until you graduate from the
Trumpet Player level to the Trumpet Apprentice level. When you get to
the Trumpet Apprentice level, you will learn new arpeggios to add to
your collection. Learning new arpeggios should be a life long pursuit.
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