Clean breaks between notes require fast and coordinated valve action and for that reason you should practice finger or valve exercises daily. I have included a few exercises which will help increase this area of your performance. Playing fast material will hide many fingering faults where slow material will quickly expose weaknesses. For that reason I have included two slow song I Wonder As I Wander€ and the lesser known Humoreske€. A musician may have the best tone in the world and still be rated poorly for sloppy valve work and for that reason it is a good idea to…