Moto Perpetuo

Here some different versions of this piece which was originally written by Nicholas Paganini for violin but also played by some great trumpet players. For me, Rafael Mendez’s version (in C for Bb-trumpet) is the most impressive:

MotoPerpetuo-Mendez

 

Wynton Marsalis & Sergei Nakariakov also recorded this work but in G (for Bb-trumpet):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34jnYqxNJNU

MotoPerpetuo-Wynton

 

Here the first part in various keys:

MotoPerpetuo_invariouskeys

 

You can find more exercises on my Exercises page.

Here a great performance on the violin by Jascha Heifetz: