Free Trumpet Lessons & Video Library
Explore free trumpet lessons with Greg Spence, founder of Mystery to Mastery and WindWorks Trumpet Academy. Discover practical explanations and demonstrations covering sound, range, endurance, efficient playing and the learning process. Choose a lesson and discover a different way to approach your playing.
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PRACTICE & LEARNING · 5 MINUTES
Why Your Trumpet Practice Is Outdated
Explore playing efficiency, familiar habits and a different approach to learning with Greg Spence, alongside footage from Eastman ITG 2026.
Greg Spence contrasts results driven playing with process driven learning. He explains why looking closely at the mechanics and sensations of playing can help you identify habits that simply repeating music may not change.
Greg Spence discusses mouthpiece buzzing as a warm up, musical tool and source of possible unnecessary effort. He demonstrates the contrast between forcing a buzz and the sympathetic oscillation he teaches.
Greg Spence introduces the Zip Lock exercise and distinguishes lip strength from coordination and endurance. The demonstration explores how the Air Lock and Lip Zip concepts fit together.
Greg Spence calls it Inkitis: the moment a chart appears and the efficient habits you have been practising disappear. This short lesson explores keeping the playing process steady under the demands of written music.
Want faster progress without skipping the important steps? Greg Spence contrasts urgency with impatience and discusses why rushing towards the result can reinforce the same playing problems.
Greg Spence uses the Custard Foundation analogy to explain why a clear understanding of the playing process matters. Before adding more demanding exercises, he encourages players to examine the habits supporting their sound.
Greg Spence introduces the aperture corners and explains why smiling, stretching and forcing can make playing feel harder. This short video focuses on what happens inside the mouthpiece cup.
Stillness in WindWorks is more than sitting quietly. Greg Spence explains how a calm mind and attention to physical sensation can help you notice unnecessary muscle activation.
Greg Spence explains his idea of a shortcut: recognising inefficient habits and repeating a more useful process. This lesson looks at the journey from your current playing to the player you want to become.
Greg Spence discusses the throat clicking or closing sensation he calls throaticulation. This short lesson considers unnecessary resistance and the instinct to force the sound.
Greg Spence explains why the feeling of playing matters alongside exercises and method books. This short lesson introduces sensation as a way to recognise unnecessary effort and build a more efficient foundation.
Does your throat tighten as you move into the upper register? Greg Spence explores the “collar” sensation and how unnecessary effort can interfere with an open, resonant sound.
