原文：
ALL trumpet students ask the question: "What and how should I practice?"
1. You should practice what you can NOT play. After all practice is for improvement.
2. Legato songs. Everybody can play a march style. The song style is what makes the trumpet an instrument.
3. Light, soft, smooth and tonguing. If we work on the hard stuff then the easy things take care of themselves.
4. Sightreading. Nobody likes it but you can't play without that skill.
p.s., remember
As some of the greatest trumpet players in the world advise --- DON'T PRACTICE LONG BUT PRACTICE OFTEN. Every time you have 20 minutes of your own, reach for the horn. It's amazing how much can be accomplished in that time. It may well be the best 20 minutes you ever spent.
Quit playing and practicing all the things you can play at an ungodly tempo to prove to yourself that you're a pretty good player. Review some of these things and then go on to the important part of your practice, the things you can't play.
译文：
所有练习小号的学生都会问这样的问题：“我应该练习什么？怎么练？
1.你应该练习你不能演奏的，毕竟练习使你获得进步和提高；
2.多练连线式的、歌唱性的旋律。几乎每个人都可以演奏雄壮有力的曲调，但是演奏歌唱性的这种风格可以使小号成为真正的乐器；
3.要练习温柔的，光滑的弱奏和吐音。如果你完成了较难的谱子，那么简单的立刻会迎刃而解；
4.要练习视奏。虽然没有人喜欢视奏，但是它是我们演奏必不可少的技能之一。
另外：还要记住
就像那些伟大的小号演奏家所建议的那样：不要练习太长时间，但要保持经常练习（少量多次），每次练习你有20分钟属于你自己。但是在这20分钟的练习里你会惊讶你可以完成的练习。这也会使你有理由相信这20分钟时你最棒的20分钟。
而且千万不要为了证明你的实力而不按严格的节奏来演奏或练习。一定要想着这一点，那些事儿不能做，之后再进入到你重要的练习当中。
