Modern Patterns & Warm-ups for Jazz: For Trumpet and All Instruments

By Richie Vitale

A fantastic book. Modern Patterns and Warmups for Jazz offers a window into the musical mind of master trumpeter, Richie Vitale, and how he approaches jazz improvisation. The material is well-organized and thoughtfully explained, covering a huge variety of harmonic situations with helpful hints about how to practice, memorize, and use the exercises in your own playing. It's sure to become an essential resource for all jazz musicians." – Jeb Patton

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781365353109

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Modern Patterns

& Warm-ups

for Jazz

for trumpet

and

all instruments

by

Richie Vitale

Copyright 2016, Richard Vitale Pub. Co.

Website: RichieVitale.com

Distributed by Lulu Publishing.

All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher.

Made in the U.S.A. 

How to use this book:

I’ve written out these exercises in their entirety, as they are for your mind as well as your endurance. They are specially designed to make you a more fluent and flexible player and help you to hear music differently.

Once you are familiar with the exercises that are eighth notes, you can take them at a faster tempo so they equal 16th notes. If your goal is to use them in jazz improvisation, when you feel comfortable with these patterns, you can close the book, relax, and transpose them.

If you feel like extending the range of the exercises, please do so. If they go too high for your range, feel free to start or end each exercise where you feel comfortable on your instrument.

These exercises were designed for execution on the trumpet but are practical on any instrument. On patterns that first descend and then ascend, such as 1 a/b and 2 a/b, on your particular instrument, start mid-range in the practical soloing range of your horn and descend until you reach your lowest note. Then start again where you began and ascend to the top of your practical soloing range.

Certain exercises will start at the lowest range of your horn and ascend only and conversely, some will start at the highest practical soloing range of your horn and descend only. Some,