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Beginning Lessons
Beginning Lessons
Lesson 1: Setting Up Our Instrument
Lesson 1: Setting Up Our Instrument
Only oil your valves when your valves will not budge.
Oil your valves through the air holes at the bottom of the valves so that you do not have to take them out.
Lesson 2: Making Our First Sound
Lesson 2: Making Our First Sound
Lesson 3: How to Hold the Trumpet
Lesson 3: How to Hold the Trumpet
Hold/support the trumpet with your left hand and play it with your right. Push the valves straight down (not at an angle).
** If you cannot practice because the trumpet is too loud, here is a link to a trumpet practice mute. You can find one at a local music store or follow the link above.
Our First Notes
Our First Notes
Trumpet.pdfBlank Note Name Cards and Fingering Charts
Blank Note Name Cards and Fingering Charts
Print these out and fill them in to help yourself memorize notes and how to play them!
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