Tips for Improv on trumpet?

Im just beginning improv on my trumpet and I really need some help. I know about blue's scales but Im still a little hazy on chords. When I do improv I find that my riff's start to get repetitive. I need some new ideas to make it sound more interesting and with a little dab of color.

Tips for Improv on trumpet?
Chords do not just mean arpeggios to trumpets first of all. Chords are chords! as for improv....riffs are great things. you can change them slightly everytime you play them...rhythmically, melodically. You can growl, bend, smear....add yourself to the riff! as for 2-5-1 phrases....listen to the greats. clifford brown, booker little....if you just search online you'll find a list somewhere! the main thing i focus on in my playing is emotion. I can play the same thing 100 times and it wont ever sound the same....due to emotion. every note is played differently every time. Focus on emotion and riffs can have endless variety! good luck.
Reply:You need to know more riffs.more than, the all of the ones you know.





You'd been sticking the same riff all the time....





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Reply:It just takes time, patience and practice to become a good jazz improvisor. You have to listen to a lot of jazz, practice all your scales and arpeggios, get books about what to practice, get some Jamey Aebersold play-a-longs and start going to jam sessions, if possible. You will develop more vocabulary over time.
Reply:The term "Chords" just means arpeggios for trumpet players. Do not worry about being repetitive because that happens to everybody who has lots of experience. That is why some people have a personal style that can be recognized almost instantly like Sachmo repeating high c over and over again.
Reply:You need to learn patterns that can get you from one chord to the next. Usually you try to find a note in one scale that is a half step up or down to the next note of the other chord.





The most popular chord progression is II V I.





For example here is a II V I = E-, A7, D





Here is a pattern with all eight notes with the last note being a quarter note. The chord changes happens every after every 4 eighth notes:





E,G,B,D, C#,A,G,E, F#





Notice when I move from the E- to the A7 the change is a half step from D down to a C#. Likewise when I move from the A7 to the D it is a half step up from E to F#.





there are other patterns like using the pentatonic scale or tri-tone substitutions that can add spice to your solos. My teacher tells me to never forget to throw in the chromatic scale. You just need to pick a note in the arpeggio to start and end on a note in the arpeggio.





Don't be afraid to use your imagination when you think of different patterns and note combinations to add umph to your solos.





Good luck!!!!