Now that you’ve got your new trumpet and a few basics under your belt, it’s time to start thinking about maintenance. All instruments need occasional maintenance work, and you need to learn how to clean a trumpet to properly maintain yours. Fortunately, cleaning your trumpet isn’t difficult. It may be a little ...

When traveling with a musical instrument or putting it in storage, it’s important to make sure it’s in the right case. If not, the significant damage might occur, especially with brass instruments. Brass dents very easily and can be difficult or impossible to fix which could potentially ruin your trumpet forever. ...

If you’ve done your fair share of trumpet practice on a student trumpet and are ready to move on to the next step, then it’s time to invest in an intermediate trumpet. This step up takes you from a beginner trumpet to the medium level trumpet category working to increase and enhance your skill level. As such, you will ...

Our detailed guide on how to hold a trumpet properly. Pay closer attention to the right and left hand placement, and the correct posture.

Named after its founder, Yamaha is world renowned company that manufactures world class musical instruments. Their line of trumpets needs no introduction as Yamaha caters to all skill and playability levels and players of all skillsets are familiar with the brand. Every instrument created by the respected brand works ...

We cover the whole process of oiling trumpet valves, from picking the oil to mistakes you should avoid.

There are many types of trumpets. It’s an instrument that can be found in any marching band or orchestra and in many ways, it’s taken for granted. But, when you think about the ways that it can be played to produce many kinds of music from jazz to classical the versatility is surprising. The trumpet is a fascinating ...

Whether your child is just starting out or if you want to pick up your next hobby through an instrument, having the proper tools to learn can be just as important as the lessons themselves. If you’re looking to choose the right instrument fit for you or your child’s level or if you want to pick out the best student ...

The trumpet and cornet are two brass instruments that are very similar at first glance. They are used specifically in music because of their different sounds. Little known except to trumpeters, the cornet is an instrument in its own right which offers many advantages, especially for beginners. If it has many points ...

Welcome to the wonderful world of trumpets! You might think trumpets are a simple instrument, but there are actually a lot of variations and a lot to know about each variation. The trumpets covered in this guide include: The Bb trumpet The C trumpet The D/Eb trumpet The piccolo trumpet The pocket ...