Practice

Today I tried something new. Or rather really old. I took just my mouthpiece and practiced long tones as well as changing from a high to low pitch. Next I played a few scales from our purple book working on them in half notes as well as the thirds and arpeggio. I followed this with some work on the trumpet solo of Pirates of the Caribbean which I find sometimes I have the range to play and others I don't. I chose to work on Second Suite even though we're done with it just because I think it's a good piece to practice rhythm and speed. I finished off just by playing through some fun pieces we played in grade 10 music. I practiced for a total of about 30 min and was pleased afterwords.

Practice

Today I practiced for 25 min on scales and Rumble on the High Plains. I am improving on my ability to read notes slightly faster. I played through a few of these in our purple study book for about 15 min. After that I played through Rumble on the High Plains and worked on my dynamics and timing. I hope to improve my scales and hopefully memorize a few.

Practice

Last night I practiced for 30 minutes working on improving my range and clarity. I started with my concert Bb scale and did some variations on it to warm-up. I then pulled out Rumble On the High Plains because I thought this song in particular would help with my clarity. After 10-15 min, I moved on to Pirates of the Caribbean where the whole song is basically in the upper register and simply worked on hitting the notes as clear as possible.
I finished up by going through old band music and just playing for fun.