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I'm a comeback jazz trumpet player.  For more than 12 years I've wood- shedded within arm's reach of my computer. As everyone knows, trumpet players need to pause often during practice or their chops would be mush.  During those breaks, I scour the Internet for the best trumpet sites.  Over the years I've discovered hundreds of really helpful links. And I continue to add them as I find them. They're here and on the following pages. My links point  to the 'best of the best'  teaching sites where you'll find free lessons, free sheet music downloads and a goldmine of exciting videos. Whether you're a beginner, an intermediate, or a top professional, this site is designed for you. Enjoy!                               

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Best of The Best...

http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1536&context=oa_dissertations (Arguably the most erudite explanation of how to develop a trumpet high range;  in fact, it's a doctoral essay)  

http://bestdrumtrainer.com/st/     (Excellent metronome site for improving your time)

http://jazzadvice.com   (great free site for improv tips incl use of  triads)  

http://www.hearandplay.com/main/diminished-scale-in-2-second  (easy way to memorize diminished scales)

http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/jazz/transcriptions.html   (transcription site plus good analysis of improv)
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http://www.jazzadvice.com  (Excellent site for learning all facets of improvising)

http://hsutrumpets.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:us-army-field-band-trumpet-lessons&catid=40:guild-news&Itemid=57   (U.S. Army Field Band video series of trumpet lessons)

http://www.erikveldkamp.com   (a veritable cornucopia of free transcriptions) 

http://www.saxopedia.com/transcriptions-trumpet/   (a myriad of jazz trumpet transcriptions)

http://www.iwasdoingallright.com/tools/v2_24/ear_training.aspx  (a great online ear training tool)

http://www.apassion4jazz.net/tritone.html   (tritones study)

http://joy2learn.org/jazz/   (Wynton Marsalis gives online basic trumpet teaching presentation)

http://www.trumpet-world.com/     (classical trumpet master classes)

http://imslp.org    (free international classical music sheet music download site)

http://la.trompette.free.fr  (an amazing source for downloading free PDF trumpet concertos)
 
http://www.trumpetexercises.net/exercisegroup:ii‐v-exercises    (basic chord progressions)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IB4omxzqOg&NR=1  (how to play high notes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrmDtkQghIA (Roger Ingram demonstrates wedge method of breathing) 

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/maynard%2Bferguson/video/x2doi_maynard‐ferguson‐clinic/1  (Maynard Ferguson clinic)

http://www.trumpetplayeronline.com/MFTribute.html   (Maynard Ferguson tribute site)

http://abel.hive.no/oj/musikk/trompet/ntf/nr2–99/Clinic.html    (Bobby Shew clinic)

http://abel.hive.no/trompet/ntf/shew‐eng.html   (another Bobby Shew clinic)

http://www.bobbyshew.com/clinics/Lead.htm   (tips on lead playing)

http://sites.google.com/site/mattanklan/Home/the-science-of-breath  (download yoga breathing book that inspired Maynard and Shew)
                           
http://www.joeypero.com/       (high note jazz & classical soloist)    

http://youtu.be/tIM40ntxh1c (Joey Pero gives us a glimpse of what's in  high note tool box)

http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-4th-whole-tone-pattern-to-learn/     (whole tone patterns)

http://www.musiclearningworkshop.com  (fundamentals of scales)

http://www.piano‐lessons‐info.com/chart‐of‐piano‐chords.html   (all the main chords in all keys) 

http://clarkterry.com/      (Clark Terry's home site)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsb0V83miRQ     (Clark Terry trumpet lessons for beginners & intermediates)

http://www.shout.net/~jmh/terry/transcriptions.htm  (Clark Terry transcription page)

http://pubcs.free.fr/jg/jazz_trumpet_transcriptions_jacques_gilbert_english.html    (free solo transcriptions)

http://sites.google.com/site/pianomaddness/jazztranscriptions     (free solo transcriptions)

http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/solosalphabetical.asp    (free solo transcriptions)

http://www.shout.net/~jmh/     (free solo transcriptions)

http://www.lorenweisbrod.com/transcriptions.htm    (more transcriptions)

http://www.stagepass.com/cart/smd/smdcenter.php   (sheet music download)

http://region.hive.no/ntf/sem/vizzutti/     (John Vizzutti clinic)

http://www.playpiano.com/Tips/31–12BarBluesChordProg.htm    (study of 12 bar blues)

http://www.scorser.com/SearchResult.aspx?q=Grand%20Russian%20Fantasia&il=en&tl=en&ic=20&ft=-1&s=-1&pn=1 (an amazing site - vast array of classical orchestral parts can be downloaded for free)

http://sjlibrary.org/    (Part of the free interloan sytem, this California library catalogues every American standard  tune ever written.  Request tunes & pick them up at your local library)

http://www.jazzstandards.com   (Great site for detailed analysis of individual standard tunes)

http://www.bflatmusic.com/tongue.html      (Clyde Hunt's popular online trumpet learning school) 

http://bolvinmusic.com/TongueLevel‐video1.htm        (demonstrates 'modified K' tonguing) 

http://www.bolvinmusic.com (Great site for learning Coltrane's Giant Steps)

http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07122006–102849/unrestricted/Richardson_thesis.pdf   (comparison of Hubbard & Shaw)

http://faculty.msmary.edu/long/KD_BluesinBebop.pdf    (study of Kenny Dorham solos)

http://library.thinkquest.org/10693/tuning.html     (trumpet intonation)

http://www.markusstockhausen.de/the_basic_caruso.pdf       (Caruso breathing method)

http://www.nakariakov.com/   (The Great Russian trumpet/flugelhorn virtuoso)  

http://www.phillfestmusic.com/susblues.pdf    (discussion of 12 bar blues)

http://www.scoredchanges.com/how‐to/basics.pdf     (fundamentals of music history)

http://www.trumpetstudio.com/scales.html      (free sheet music)

http://www.jazclass.aust.com/scales/scablu.htm#01   (blues scale lesson)

http://www.jazzcenter.org/index.htm?      (extensive studies of jazz scales)

http://www.jazzcenter.org/cw‐jrc/scales.htm   (download scales for free)

http://tamingthesaxophone.com/jazz‐cycle‐of-5ths.html    (cycle of 5ths)

http://wn.com/John_Coltrane_On_Green_Dolphin_Street    (analysis of Coltrane Green Dolphin Street) 
 
http://www.latinsheetmusic.com/charts.html      (latin resource centre)

http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/conservatory/studio/trumpet/practice.shtml   (practice tips)

http://www.allthingstrumpet.com/            (informative articles on all aspects of trpt playing)  

http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/citadel/scotcit.mvc?room_desc=1&room_id=1074922788&hall_id=1074921458  (blues patterns)

http://www.bobbyshew.com/clinics/Mutes.htm (discussion of mutes)

http://abel.hive.no/oj/musikk/trompet/tpin/liptrill.html        (discussion of tongue trills)

http://www.malletjazz.com/lessons/index.html     (music theory)

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Spanish_gypsy_scale     (gypsy scale)

http://miguelbengoa.com/scales‐theory/#andalusian         (analysis of Andalusian music)  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_dominant_scale       (Phrygian Spanish sounding scale)

http://www.mouthpieceexpress.com/specshub/specs_brass.html      (choosing a mouthpiece)

http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazz_chord_progressions.html       (study of chord progressions)

http://www.chordmaps.com/          (a very useful site dedicated to teaching jazz music theory)

http://thesystematicapproach.com/2010/04/08/regret‐minimization‐framework/#more-1192    (A better way to practice??) 

http://mendezlibrary.asu.edu/        (catalogue of music from the great Raphael Mendez)

http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/        (top jazz journalism blog)

http://www.dallasmusic.org/schilke/Master%20Class.html      (Renold schilke masterclass)

http://www.google.com/search?q=sheet+music+chet+baker+solos&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005–05,GGLD:en&&sa=N  (Chet Baker solo transcriptions)

http://www.songtrellis.com/changesPage   (comprehensive study of chord progressions)

http://www.chipboaz.com/blog/    (latin training)

http://www.ralphpatt.com/Song.html        (Vanilla Book  - click on a song title - get the chord changes)  

 http://www.lastudiomusicians.net/studiolegends.htm       (legendary studio trumpet players)

http://www.lastudiomusicians.org/chuckfindleytributepage.htm    (Big Band soloist Chuck Findley)     

http://www.bbtrumpet.com/arch.html      (arching tongue to improve high note playing) 

http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/lichtmann/downloadsindex.html (free downloads classical trumpet music) 

http://abel.hive.no/oj/musikk/trompet/tpin/     (educational site)

http://www.jacmuse.com/improv/harmonicapps/tritone.htm        (study of tritones)     

http://www.amismusicalcircle.com/scores/brass-players-cookbook.pdf  (exhaustive study of breathing for brass players)

http://www.whc.net/rjones/trumpage.htm     (take you to the official sites of many jazz trumpeter)

Weiskopf‐Ramon‐Ricker‐The‐Augmented‐Scale‐in‐Jazz  (the whole tone scale)     

http://www.bbtrumpet.com/phone.html      (Home of online trumpet teacher "Pop" McLaughlin)

http://jazztimes.com/articles/17995-broadway-pit-orchestras-the-money-pit   (fascinating article on Broadway 'pit' musicians) 

http://www.danmillerjazz.com/leadhistory.html      (History of the Best lead trumpets)

www.imslp.org   (International Music Score Library Project) vast array of free classical downloads  

http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.mysterytomastery.com/&usg=AFQjCNHzHPaBnMMV- 

http://www.mysterytomastery.com     (free online video trumpet  lessons)

http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/extra/brit.trump.htm    (bios of jazz trumpeters in Britain)

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bgoff/tpt-tips/tips.html         (Bryan Goff's trumpet tips) 

http://www.trumpetexercises.net/exercisegroup:flexibility   (tongue trill flexibility exercises)

http://brassmusician.com (free online magazine) 

http:// www.gRawlin.com   (free tips and materials - clear focus on church music)

http://www.ronturner-trpt.biz/Trumpet_Talk.html  (excellent advice on high note and lead playing)

http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/lip-tongue-trill/  (some very good instruction on tongue trills)

http://www.craigtweddell.com/Transcriptions.html    (free solo transcriptions)

http://www.stevekhan.com/    (analysis of solo transcriptions) 

http://www.canadianmusician.com   (download free tips on a variety of subjects from top teachers)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJVGkSzO-nQ   (Wynton Marsalis warming up)

http://www.veengle.com/      (numerous videos of high note trumpeters demoing their prowess)

http://www.jazzprofessional.com/Main/welcome.html   (informative site that runs the gamut of stories0 from the jazz world including  interviews with individual jazz greats)

http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Lip-Trill.mp3  (very good tongue  trill explanation)

http://youtu.be/-IB4omxzqOg  (tips on high note trumpet playing from Barry Danielian, former lead trp with Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Lighthouse

http://www.pianochordfinder.org/   (excellent program for hands on learning of various chord inversions)

http://youtu.be/RID-AJSmYxU  (Trumpet legend Don Jacoby clinic on keeping throat open in playing wind instruments)

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Check out Jamey Aebersold Play-a-long books/CD sets.    Even the best trumpet players have some lying around.  Use them in your daily practice to keep up your jazz chops or learn new changes.  Look for them in your local music store.

Chet Baker

Bill Chase

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In the old days there were lots of jams where you could go to practice jazz licks.  Today, they are few and far between. And that's where Band in A Box comes in.
It's a software invention of a little company in Canada.
You simply download the software to  your computer, install it, and you've got instant band accompaniment for virtually every standard or jazz tune ever written.  The web is full of BIAB files. Go to http://www.pgmusic.com/
and have a look yourself.  A great tool. 

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I'd be remiss if I didn't single out Trumpet Herald - the trumpet player's home on the web. http://trumpetherald.com/. Some of the best trumpeters in the world take part in its forums. Expert advice is offered on how to overcome the many obstacles towards excellence, whether it be breathing, tonguing, endurance, range development - you name it, they've tackled it!  Another forum is
http://trumpetmaster.com

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Consider joining the International Trumpet Guild. The non-profit group boasts more than 6,000 members - professional and amateur performers, teachers and students - in 64 countries. Members receive ITG quarterly journals which are chock-a-bloc full of articles of interest to trumpeters at all levels of proficiency. Its annual conferences are 'must attend' events by top classical and jazz trumpeters.  http://www.trumpetguild.org/ 

Donald Byrd

Bix Beiderbeck

Wayne Bergeron solo with Steve Wright Big Band at ITG 2011 Conference