French 30 minutes par jour pour un meilleur jeu de trompette (30 minutes a day)

0 Minutes a Day to Better Trumpet Playing eBook

By Clint ‘Pops’ McLaughlin

Translated by Joel Eymard

Available as an e-book only (no print book).
Over the years, thousands of people have asked me how and what to practice when I only have about 30 minutes a day.

Is there a way to maintain your skills or even improve some of them?
Well now there is

It’s about working both hard and smart. Not wasting a single second of precious practice time. And most importantly, working every muscle and skill we need to play well.

This book does that.
30 minutes A day to better playing is all about working hard and smart.
9 unique trumpet music exercises that will work the mind, fingers, tongue skills, breathing, breath support, tongue arch, tongue whistling, flexibility, range…. In short, everything.

30 Minutes a Day to Better Trumpet Playing Ebook $12 (no shipping)

Just a quick note to review Clint McLaughlin’s (Pops) recent book, “30 Minutes a Day to Better Trumpet Playing.” It’s necessarily a fairly slim volume (30 minutes isn’t long!), but it covers a lot of ground in a short time. There’s a very compact warm-up, a tongue exercise, major/minor scales, lip flexibility, wide interval studies, compression/arching/whistling exercises, and the atonal study designed for target practice. There’s also specific instruction on how to approach the exercises, technically and physically. It’s a pretty grueling workout, even with rests inserted. I opted to use it every other day, and I feel like it covers a lot of bases I wouldn’t necessarily cover in a regular practice session.
(Anecdotally, my practice session sometimes consists of picking up the horn, warming up, and reading material or working through improv material… not very focused, in any sense. I’m just covering a lot of basics in an organized way.) There are “options” that extend beyond my comfortable range, and obvious flexibility to increase speed on various exercises, so I feel there’s room to grow.
There are also some good diagrams that talk about tongue vaulting and tongue whistling that I hadn’t seen before.
Anyway, you thought people might be interested.

Jeff Helgesen, Trumpet Jeff’s website. Lots of trumpet music and transcriptions.
Jeff played in the Ray Charles Orchestra (1987-1990) with much more and several recordings.

This book put it all together for me. I became a better, stronger player in a matter of days. I had really misunderstood the concept of the tongue arch, and now I know why I struggled for so long. I only get to go to the horn every other day (if I’m lucky – work for a living), but honestly, I’ve become so much more efficient that my range and endurance are VERY increased.
I went from a low G above high C in the practice room to a centered double high C, and an A that I can wail at the end of a gig. Everyone in the band hears the difference, and I get encouraging looks from each and every one of them. Easily the best thing I’ve ever done for my playing. Buy the book, if you need range or endurance. It’s cheap but worth more than you can afford.
BTW, Pops doesn’t even know me. I don’t work for him. Peace.

Gary Comingore

Clint… hello!
I received your book “30 Minutes…” and I have to tell you that at first I thought I had bought a bottle of snake oil! But, after reading the material, opening the mouthpiece in the horn and starting the routine, this book was good… very good! At the 20+ minute mark, I felt like I had a real workout on my hands. Your book will become part of my daily routine (concert day or not). Many of the examples can easily be modified or tweaked to make it all more interesting. Great work! Thanks.

Don