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Video tutorials covering minor trumpet repairs, adjustments, and preventative maintenance you can do at home. Learn to fix sticky valves, align slides, replace felts and corks, saving money on professional repair visits.

Thumbtack connects service providers with customers seeking local professionals. Create a musician profile, set your rates, respond to booking requests for weddings and events. Practical platform for building a steady stream of paid performances.

Overview of different mute types including straight, cup, harmon, and plunger mutes. Explains tonal characteristics, repertoire applications, and which mutes are essential for orchestral, jazz, and commercial playing situations.

Structured practice routine templates covering long tones, lip slurs, articulation exercises, and scale patterns. Learn how to design an effective daily warm-up and maintenance routine that addresses all aspects of trumpet technique systematically.

American Federation of Musicians provides contract templates, fair wage guidelines, and legal resources for freelance performers. Essential information about protecting yourself when negotiating gigs, understanding pay scales, and professional standards.

Reddit's trumpet community discusses various valve oils, maintenance products, and their experiences with different brands. Find recommendations for fast, medium, and heavy oils suited to different climates and playing styles.

Database of standard orchestral trumpet excerpts required for professional auditions. Includes repertoire from Mahler, Stravinsky, Brahms, and other composers, with practice tips and performance notes for mastering these challenging passages.

Professional organization dedicated to promoting trumpet performance, education, and research. Membership includes access to the ITG Journal, conference information, competition announcements, and networking opportunities with professionals worldwide.

Sweetwater's comprehensive guide to recording trumpet at home. Covers microphone selection, placement techniques, room acoustics, and audio interface recommendations for creating professional-quality recordings of your playing for auditions or demos.

Collection of transcribed solos from legendary jazz trumpeters including Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, and Lee Morgan. Study the masters' improvisational language, phrasing, and harmonic choices to develop your own jazz vocabulary.