How to Get Started Learning Jazz Improvisation. One of the questions we’ve been getting a lot lately is where to start learning jazz improvisation. There’s so much information out there, that knowing where to start is a complete nightmare. If I could start again today, I’d ignore nearly all the information out there in terms of method books and do my best to learn this music the same way that the greats learned. They didn’t have books filled with transcriptions of their favorite players. They didn’t have real-books or fake-books packed with sheet music of tunes.
And they certainly didn’t have play-along records that they could pop in and jam with. They learned from the recordings of their heroes, coupled with playing with others. Now don’t get me wrong. In other words, people were learning how to play jazz long before any of this material existed and they certainly sounded just fine Where to start Here’s a checklist to get you started learning jazz improvisation.
There are two groups of topics that you want to start focusing on today. How to Form a Trumpet Embouchure - Trumpet Tips & Tricks with Charlie Porter. How to Clean Your Trumpet - Mark Flegg, Trumpet. Cleaning your trumpet is a basic part of routine maintenance. If you want your instrument to sound its best and last a long time, you need to clean it regularly. I generally recommend that my students clean their horns out once every 6-8 weeks. You should plan to spend around 30 minutes or more the first few times you clean your trumpet.
As you get used to the routine, it will take you less time. Although I don’t give instructions for it here, you should also clean your mouthpiece out with a Mouthpiece Brush. You should do this more often than cleaning out the entire horn. Before you begin, it’s a good idea to prepare your workspace and assemble all the tools you’ll need for the job: Sink or tub filled with moderately warm water — not too hot to touch, not too cold to be uncomfortable (I use a kitchen sink, but a bathtub or laundry tub works too… basically you need a space large enough to fit your entire trumpet and get it mostly under water). Next, remove all the slides. Trumpet Discussion.
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