Musical Jungle Gym
for Trumpet
A blast for the trumpeter. A pedagogical gold mine for the teacher.
So what sets this book apart?
1) Style based etudes
From Dixieland to Symphony Orchestra, Baroque to Broadway, Salsa to Ska, this collection serves up a musical buffet of styles studies at an intermediate level. Each etude offers a fresh, engaging challenge designed to build versatility, expand stylistic awareness, and strengthen real-world performance skills.
To support deeper learning and authentic interpretation, the book also includes real-world listening examples — encouraging players to imitate phrasing, articulation, tone color, and stylistic nuance as they explore each genre in context.
2) Gamified fundamental practice using a deck of cards.
Say goodbye to stale warm-ups. With 52 targeted exercises across several fundamental categories, this card-based system makes practicing the basics feel more like a game than a grind. Shuffle, draw, play — and no two practice sessions will ever be the same.
Video tutorials are linked on all relevant pages and can also be found here:
For the performer
The Musical Jungle Gym is an etude book like no other — a genre-hopping adventure that gives intermediate players a flavorful “taste” of the diverse styles the trumpet navigates in the real musical world.
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For the teacher
The Musical Jungle Gym is a GOLD MINE of pedagogical wealth. After checking every box in this book, (which, in my experience, takes anywhere from 6 months to a couple years for middle school/high school students) the student will come away having:
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🎯 listened to and played in almost every style of music the trumpet plays
🎯 an awareness of many prominent trumpeters, both current and past, from the listening examples
🎯 basic knowledge of the blues form and some jazz improvisation tools
🎯 basic knowledge of transposition in 6 keys
🎯 basic knowledge of some common bugle calls
🎯 knowledge about other tonalities beyond strickly major and minor (modes, whole tone, pentatonic, etc)
🎯 a system of maintaining the practice of fundamentals like scales, buzzing, flow studies, etc that will never get stale thanks to gamification using a standard deck of playing cards. ​​​​​​
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Most importantly, they will have had a blast learning about our great instrument.
$29
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The word on the street...
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"First off I am IN LOVE with your new etude book and the entire premise behind it. I was in the midst of compiling a similar thing for my own students and then you came out with this masterpiece!! ." - Matt
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"I just wanted to reach out and mention how brilliant this book is - I've been looking for new/fun ways to teach fundamentals/varying styles, and this is AWESOME." - Sam
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"I bought your new book at NTC and have been using it with students this past week--it is a HUGE hit!" - Paige
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"I absolutely love the new book. I've been practicing out of it since it arrived and the deck of cards idea is genius! (Especially for those of us who don't like warming up with the same stuff every day). I'll be using it with all of my students!!" - Ed
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"My students have been blown away with it." - Yaphet
Breathe
Tutorials
Buzz
Flow
Expressions
Style Studies
Scale Modifications
Other Cool Scales and Styles
Transposition
Jazz Improvisation
Bugle Calls
PDF Edition
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PDF of Checklist
Helpful to keep track of assignments if you are teaching virtually.
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MJG Supplemental
Checklist
Helpful (if you are teaching virtually) to keep track of some of the exercises that have too many checkboxes to fit on the main checklist.
MJG Prescription Sheets
Helpful for prescribing practice assignments.
(2 per sheet)
Supplemental Material
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Chords for "Expressions" studies
So you can provide some
harmony to the melodies.
(24/24)
Duet parts for "Expressions"
studies
So two can play!
(4/34)
Chords for "Style Studies"
So you can provide some
harmony to the melodies.
(6/34)
Duet parts for "Style Studies "
So two can play!(1/34)
October Tunes
A few just-for-fun tunes to jam out to during this awesome time of year!
