Play Like Your Jazz Trumpet  Heroes

Introduction
• Welcome to Fundamentals for the Creative Improviser

How To Use The Book
• Inspiration & Intent
• Layout & Structure
• How to Use the Play-Alongs
• Utilizing "Mantras"
• Studying with a Private Teacher

Sound
• Introduction: Hearing & Playing With A Beautiful Sound
• Find The Center for Maximum Resonance
• Play With Warm, Relaxed Air to Eliminate Tension
• Accelerate the Air, Vowel Placement, and Letting The Embouchure Form Naturally
• Lead Pipe vs. Buzzing
• Long Tones, Part 1: Enter The Creative (Judgment-Free) Headspace
• Long Tones, Part 2: Dial In Each Part of the Note + Getting In Rhythm

Flow
• Introduction: Developing Seamless Connection Between Notes
• Keep The Same Playing Motion & Blow Through The Notes
• Sing Through The Sound & Bang The Valves Down
• Keep The Sound In All Registers
• RECAP: 3 Things To Remember for Flow

Flexibility
• Introduction: Connecting All Registers of the Horn
• The #1 Mistake Most Trumpet Players Make
• Play Notes Between the Interval
• Listen For The "Click"
• The Wider The Interval, The More You Accelerate
• Nothing Is Up or Down...Only Straight Through
• RECAP: 3 Things To Remember for Flexibility

Pronunciation
• Introduction: Relying on the Air (NOT the Tongue!) for Effortless Articulation
• Becoming Familiar With Basic Jazz Scales & Triads
• 3 Steps To Clarity: Slurred, Legato, then Detached
• The Tongue Rides on the Air
• Playing With Direction & Forward Motion
• Slow Down to Smooth It Out
• RECAP: 3 Things To Remember for Pronunciation

Lyricism
• Introduction: Playing Softly with Expressivity & Finesse
• Soft = Dark / Loud = Bright
• Adjust the Volume, Not the EQ
• Spin The Air With Intensity
• Always Be Musical & Expressive!
• RECAP: 3 Things to Remember for Lyricism

Building A Routine
• Sample Fundamentals Routine
• FAQ
• Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

Practice Tips
• Memorize Everything!
• When To Change Tempo & Dynamics
• Developing the Upper Register
• Eliminating Distractions

Conquering The Mind
• Surrender the Need to Sound Good
• Nothing Is Hard (Just Unfamiliar)
• The Ideal Mental Approach
• Dealing With Failures & Frustration
• Fundamentals Change Us From The Inside Out

Introduction
• Welcome to "How To Play The Blues"
• What The Blues Is (And Isn't)

Foundations in Phrasing
• Call / Call / Response
• Balancing Playing & Resting
• Listen for the Echo
• Anticipating the Phrase
• Phrasing Over The Barline

Melodic Approaches
• Blues
• Gospel Blues
• Bebop Blues
• Outlining Changes
• Bebop Scales
• Triads
• Intervallic Approach
• Chromatic Approach

Harmonic Strategies
• I-IV-V
• ii-V-I
• Secondary Dominants (and ii-Vs)
• Passing Chords
• The Long ii-V
• Chromatic ii-Vs
• Tritone Subs
• Planing/Modulation
• Free Approach
• Bird Blues
• Trane Blues

Rhythmic DNA
• Core Blues Heads (and their Rhythmic ID)
• Using the DNA
• Quarter Note Pulse
• Push & Pull The Time

How To Practice
• The Target Method
• Changing Keys & Tempo
• Listening To (And Playing With) Records
• Play-Alongs & Jam Sessions
• Improvising Without Overthinking
• Repetition, Repetition, Repetition