Daily Exercises, Opus 25: Trumpet Book

Johanson's 116 exercises span the full technical landscape trumpet players encounter, which means you're not hunting through multiple collections to build a coherent practice sequence. The breadth here lets students work systematically through challenges in one focused book, making it an efficient anchor for daily trumpet development.

Straightforward and purposeful. These exercises strip away musical flourish to focus on the mechanics of playing trumpet well. They're rhythmically varied enough to hold your attention while remaining disciplined enough that you can hear your own improvement.

Intermediate trumpet students who need systematic technical work across articulation, range, flexibility, and intonation. Teachers use this collection to assign focused exercises that target specific weaknesses without overwhelming students with choices.

• Work through exercises in order rather than skipping around. Each addresses a specific technical foundation that builds on earlier work.
• Set a steady tempo and increase it only when you can execute cleanly at the current speed. Precision matters more than fast repetition.
• Isolate passages that give you trouble and cycle back to them throughout your practice week rather than moving forward before they're solid.
• Use these as warm-up material before tackling repertoire. A well-executed exercise prepares your embouchure and coordination better than generic buzzing.

Assign exercises as part of your weekly practice requirements, rotating through different sections to keep students fresh. Select individual exercises that target the technical demands of pieces your ensemble is preparing.

• Tonguing and articulation control
• Range extension and flexibility
• Intonation across the full register
• Breath control and support consistency
• Technical facility in various note patterns
• Embouchure strength and endurance