Master the Art of Trumpet Playing – Advanced Techniques, High Note Control, and Pro-Level Exercises at TrumpetStudio.com

🎺 MASTER TRUMPET CURRICULUM (12 Weeks – Advanced Level)

For Conservatory, Professional, or Performance-Track Trumpet Players


📅 WEEK 1 – FOUNDATIONS OF ADVANCED CONTROL
• Warm-Up & Tone Focus:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – p.1–5: Full Tone Airflow, Slur Expansion
• Cichowicz Flow Studies Vol. 2 – No. 1 & 2 (slow, in all keys)
• Flexibility & Endurance:
• Clarke Characteristic Studies – No. 1–2
• Smith: Top Tones – Exercises 1–2
• Technical Mastery:
• Petit: 15 Etudes techniques – Etude 1 (focus on tone variation)
• Ultimate Technical Studies – First 2 Flexibility Studies (double and triple tongue flow)
• Baroque Interpretation:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Rondeau Theme (Mouret) on C trumpet & piccolo
• Broiles: Trumpet Baroque – Vol. 1, Selection 1


📅 WEEK 2 – CLARITY, ATTACK, AND PHRASING
• Warm-Up:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – Tonguing and Articulation Section
• Charlier: Etudes transcendantes – No. 2 (light articulation at various dynamics)
• Etude Practice:
• Gallay: 12 Grand Caprices – No. 1 (slow tempo, romantic phrasing)
• Balay: 15 Etudes – No. 3
• Advanced Flexibility:
• Colin: Lip Flexibilities – Set 3, p. 9
• Glantz: Complete Method – Page 15–18
• Repertoire Prep:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke) w/ dynamic shaping
• Webster: Piccolo Method – C Major Articulation Study


📅 WEEK 3 – TECHNICAL INTENSITY AND PICCOLO CONTROL
• Warm-Up:
• Stamp: Warm-ups Plus Studies – Daily Routine 2
• Cichowicz Flow Studies Vol. 2 – No. 4 (breath pacing)
• Etudes:
• Duhem: 24 Etudes – Etude 3 (lyrical tension/release)
• Andre: 12 Etudes Caprices – Caprice 1 (piccolo phrasing)
• Technique Intensive:
• Ultimate Technical Studies – Velocity Etude 1
• Clarke Characteristic Studies – No. 3 & 4
• Wedding Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Purcell: Trumpet Tune (phrase endings + cadences)


📅 WEEK 4 – TRANSPOSITION & VIRTUOSITY
• Warm-Up:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – Advanced Lip Slur Ladder
• Hickman: Piccolo Trumpet – Chapter 2 exercises
• Transposition:
• Sachse: 100 Etudes – Etude 1 in C, D, E-flat
• Broiles: Have Trumpet…Will Transpose – p. 8–10
• Etudes:
• Petit: Grandes Etudes – No. 2
• Balasanyan: 20 Studies – Etude 4
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Wagner Bridal Chorus in B-flat trumpet, full dynamic sweep


📅 WEEK 5 – STYLE CONTRAST & RANGE DEVELOPMENT
• Warm-Up:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – High Note Stretching Routine
• Smith: Lip Flexibility – Ex. 6
• Virtuosic Etudes:
• Bizet: 12 Grandes Etudes – No. 1
• Charlier: Etude 4 – Double-tongue & triplet phrasing
• Range Builder:
• Ultimate Technical Studies – Top Register Control page
• Wurm: Progressive Studies – No. 7
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Mendelssohn Wedding March (with echo phrasing)


📅 WEEK 6 – FLOW, PHRASE, & FORM
• Warm-Up:
• Cichowicz Flow Vol. 2 – Nos. 5, 6
• Stamp: Routine 4 – Start with C then transpose to D and E-flat
• Etudes:
• Gallay: 39 Preludes – Nos. 2–3
• Longinotti: Classical Style – Etude 1 (clean phrasing and baroque articulation)
• Technique:
• Clarke Characteristic Studies – Nos. 5–6
• Top Tones – Slotting drill and slur/attack speed
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Review full medley for continuity


📅 WEEK 7 – HIGH-END TECHNICAL EXECUTION
• Warm-Up:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – Triple Tongue Builder
• Sachse: Etude 4 – Transpose to F, G
• Etudes:
• Charlier – Etude 6 (dynamic control)
• Bodet: Etudes de Virtuosité – No. 2
• Technical Focus:
• Clarke: Characteristic Studies – No. 7
• Ultimate Technical Studies – High-speed slur page
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Clarke Trumpet Voluntary (fast tempo, full breath control)


📅 WEEK 8 – BRILLIANCE, BAROQUE, AND STYLE
• Warm-Up:
• Stamp – Routine 5
• Glantz: Articulation Variations – Page 21
• Baroque Studies:
• Broiles: Trumpet Baroque Vol. 2 – Any solo piece
• Webster: Method – Chapter on Bach-style interpretation
• Etudes:
• Duhem – Etude 7
• Petit – No. 6
• Wedding Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Full medley practice with transitions


📅 WEEK 9 – COLOR, CONTROL, AND CONTRAST
• Warm-Up:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – Dynamic Gradient Control
• Clarke Characteristic – No. 9
• Etudes:
• Balay – Etude 8
• Gallay – Grand Caprice 3
• Flex & Endurance:
• Glantz Complete Method – p. 26
• Sachse – Etude 5 in three keys
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Run full recital version in sequence


📅 WEEK 10 – FOCUS ON PICCOLO AND UPPER RANGE
• Warm-Up:
• Hickman: Piccolo Trumpet – Embouchure Zone Training
• Ultimate Technical Studies – Lip Flex pages 4–6
• Etudes:
• Andre: Etude 6 (piccolo)
• Bizet: Etude 7
• Articulation:
• Smith Top Tones – Staccato series
• Wurm: Study 10
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Review all pieces at concert volume, varied articulation


📅 WEEK 11 – REFINEMENT & MUSICAL NARRATIVE
• Warm-Up:
• Ultimate Warm-Up Book – Dynamic & Phrase Arc Control
• Colin: Advanced Lip Flexibilities – Set 4
• Etudes:
• Charlier – No. 11
• Gallay – Caprice 5
• Control Study:
• Ultimate Technical Studies – Embouchure Isolation Exercises
• Petit Grandes Etudes – No. 4
• Repertoire:
• Ultimate Wedding Book – Practice with live accompanist or backing tracks


📅 WEEK 12 – PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING WEEK
• Warm-Up:
• Stamp – Full routine
• Cichowicz Flow 2 – Nos. 10–12
• Etudes:
• Choose one etude from:
• Charlier, Andre, Petit, or Bizet — Record for critique
• Capstone Performance:
• Perform full medley from Ultimate Wedding Book
• Record one etude and one technical passage from Ultimate Technical Studies


This curriculum is intense, performance-driven, and crafted to prepare a trumpet player for the professional world—from baroque to modern, lyrical to dazzling, practice room to wedding gig.

My Three Books:
Droste: The Ultimate Warm Up For Trumpet (Windy Town)
Droste: The Ultimate Wedding Book For Trumpet (Windy Town)
Droste: The Ultimate Technical Study Trumpet (Windy Town)

DIFFICULT METHOD BOOKS

Andre: 12 Etudes caprices dans le style baroque (piccolo trumpet) (Editions Billaudot)

Balasanyan: 20 Studies, ed. Foveau (International)

Balay: 15 Etudes (A. Leduc)

N. Bizet: 12 Grandes etudes de perfectionnement (A. Leduc)

Bodet: 16 Etudes de virtuosite d'apres J.S. Bach (A. Leduc)

Broiles: Trumpet Baroque, 2 vols. (piccolo trpt.) (Queen City)

Charlier: Etudes transcendantes GET THIS FOR FREE NOW!

Cichowicz: Flow Studies Volume 2

Clarke: Characteristic Studies (C. Fischer)

Duhem: 24 Etudes (C. Fischer)

Gallay: 12 Grand caprices, ed. Maire (A. Leduc)

Gallay: 39 Preludes, ed. Maire (A. Leduc)

Harris: Advanced Studies (C. Colin)

Hickman: The Piccolo Trumpet (Tromba Publications)

Longinotti: Studies in Classical and Modern Style (International)

Petit: 15 Etudes techniques et melodiques (A. Leduc)

Petit: Grandes etudes (A. Leduc)

Sachse: 100 Etudes (transposition) (International)

Smith: Top Tones (C. Fischer)

Webster: Method for Piccolo Trumpet (Brass Press)

Wurm: 40 Progressive Studies for Trumpet