Improve Your Game

Divided into 4 separate volumes or 1 complete book, you'll get 400 pages of exercises, studies, etudes, musical treats and lots of tips & tricks, that covers all areas of the different techniques that you need for being a confident and strong contemporary trumpet player. The object has all the way through this project been, to work music into all execises - even double & triple tounguing exercises. That way your practice always will have a musical purpose.

After years of just playing and performing without any practicing, Jan found that he lacked a lot of technique, and started in 2004 to work on improving his game. It worked for him - so it can also work for you. After 8 years of hard work, his method book is now available for all trumpet players who wants to improve - and have fun at the same time.

Volume I: (98 pages)

• 10 Inspiring Warm-Up Routines
• Interval Cadenza Exercises
• Open Your Sound - Studies
• Scale "Singing"
• Interval Studies
• Expanding Flexi-Slur Studies
• Interval Range Studies
• Octave Studies
• Musical Treats - Etudes & Studies

Volume II: (100 pages)

• Pedal - Tone Studies
• If You Want To Go High - First Go Low
• 10 Daily Routines - Week By Week
• Your Daily Hour Of Power
• Musical Treats
• Etudes
• Musical Studies

Volume III: (125 pages)

• Basic Major & Minor Scales
• Chromatic Scales
• 7 Modes Of The Diatonic Major Scale
• The 2 Octatonic Scales - All Keys
• The 12 Whole - Tone Scales
• Transposition
• Glaesels Brainboiler Exercises
• Dexterity - Level 1 - 3
• Musical Treats - Etudes & Studies

Volume IV: (121 pages)

• Single Tonguing
• Double Tonguing
• Triple Tonguing
• Targetpractice
• Performance Chapter - Jon Gorrie
• Precision & Endurance
• Tips & Tricks
• Musical Treats - Collection