Getting started -- Buying a trumpet -- The trumpet -- Getting ready to play the trumpet -- Reading music: the basics -- Holding the trumpet -- Blowing into the trumpet -- Playing the trumpet -- Let's play! -- The note D -- The note F -- The note E -- The note A -- The note B -- The note C above middle C -- The C major scale -- The key of G -- The note D -- The note E -- The note F# -- Embouchure hints -- Hints -- Things not to do -- Cleaning and caring for your trumpet.