There’s no better time of year to get a jump start on your playing than the holiday season. If you’re looking to get off to a flying start, then a diverse collection of study books will be your best friend.

Here we have two hand-picked collections of intermediate-level studies (check out Volume 2 right here). When picking intermediate etudes, we generally stick to music that stays below High-C and require similar levels of virtuosity to Arban’s Characteristic Studies.

Practicing through these collections will help you break through into truly advanced territory. These etudes will challenge your endurance, range, flexibility, and accuracy, thoroughly preparing you for the next step in your playing.

Click through the samples to the left, read through the write-ups provided below, and then click above for immediate PDF downloads of the entire bundle.

Books included in this bundle:

1. Arban, 12 Studies for the Cornet-Arban
2. Balasanian, 18 Intermediate Studies
3. Berdiev, 26 Studies for Trumpet
4. Bousquet, 36 Celebrated Studies
5. Broiles, Anthems, Arias, & Etudes
6. Clodomir, 20 Characteristic Studies
7. Colin, 40 Short Pieces for Intermediate Trumpet
8. Duhem, 20 Etudes for Trumpet in D
9. Freitag, 22 Modern Studies
10. Goldman, Practical Studies for Trumpet