
Play a G, which is an open fingering (0). At this point you will be entering the staff lines. Again, consult with the tuner to find the correct pitch. This note also requires the third valve to utilized as it is typically sharp on most trumpets. Using the finger resting in the ring located near the bottom of the trumpet, slightly to the left of the tuning slide, push outward to extend the slide, flattening the tone. To remedy this, push out your third valve slide. This note is inherently sharp on most trumpets. This is a common tuning pitch for the trumpet, as well as most other brass instruments. This will be an open fingering (0), and will register as a Bb. The tuner will register this note as a G. Make sure to continue to buzz your lips faster as you move up the scale. Again, use your tuner to ensure you are playing the correct pitch.
Montserrat Caball and Rene Fleming, for instance, can both reach an F sharp 3. Concert Pitch: Violin, Flute, Oboe C C Db D D Eb E F F Gb G G Ab A A Bb B Bb Instruments: Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Baritone T.C.
Play the next note, Ab, by pressing the second and third valve (2 3), and buzzing your lips slightly faster and slightly tightening your embouchure. I was stuck at the first E above middle C.