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Greg Hopkins

Practice Suggestions

Go to Greg's Web Site

A personal note from Pete to Greg

See Greg Hopkins' diatonic triad exercise

See Greg Hopkins' diatonic interval exercise

See Greg Hopkins' diatonic scale pattern exercise

Equipment:

• Bach 37 Bb Trumpet (lacquer stripped)

• German wooden mouthpiece with a gold shank (equivalent to a Bach 3C)

• see a list of bach users

Fundamentals:

• Carmine Caruso "6 note exercise"
• Arbans pgs. 12, 13
• Articulation exercise

Fundamental Suggestions:

• Use the Yoga complete Breath
• Inhale and expel air in one motion (don't hold)
• Use the "Pucker System"

Jazz:

• Tunes
• Licks in 12 Keys
• Clifford Brown Transcriptions

Jazz Practice Suggestions:

• Write a new melody to a tune
• Memorize the melody
• Embellish the melody
• Study the guide tones
• Embellish guide tones
• Play bass lines through a progression
• Play chords through a progression
• Play motives through a progression (1235, etc.)
• Practice scales and chords on 1/2 st, W st., min. 3rd, maj. 3rd, 4ths
• Play only what you hear
• Play simple phrases that swing
• Practice indirect resolution patterns
• Practice all possible II-V resolutions (and substitutions) slowly
• Begin simply and embellish later
• Think about where phrase is going (create a clear resolution)