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High notes and my first trumpet song

Learn A, B and high C with fast air, then play the song ‘Morning Call’, first note by note and then in tempo.

Instrument
Trumpet
Suggested grade
Grades 3–4 (age 8–10)
Level
Advanced
Duration
about 10 min
Lesson type
Song
Notes
C4–C5
Tempo
76 BPM

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Learning goal

Plays A (1+2), B (2) and high C with fast air, and performs an original song from C to high C with the right notes and in tempo.

Topic

High notes are the brightest sounds of the trumpet. Today you’ll play a song with them!

Prior knowledge

Can play C to G and read quarter and half notes.

Teacher note

A, B and high C are played with fast air. On a real trumpet, high notes need faster, narrower air rather than more air; don’t push students too hard. ‘Morning Call’ is an original 12-note song. The last step is scored in tempo.

Lesson steps

  1. Hold valves 1 and 2 and use FAST air: A.
  2. Only valve 2, FAST air: B.
  3. The high staircase: G, A, B, C.
  4. Play the note whose name you see.
  5. Morning Call
  6. Morning Call · in tempo

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