This book is a must-have for any trumpet player, either as a teacher or performer. The book contains a complete discussion of all aspects of trumpet performance, plus related musical areas. Hardbound. 147 pages.
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Category: Trumpet Textbooks Item: 014900 Grade: Price: $29.50 Availability: Usually Ships in 24 Hours
A comprehensive textbook covering practice, embouchure, breathing, buzzing, tone production, lip slurs, breath control, attacks, double tonguing, scales and other important issues. Includes CD. Book is in German, but a complete English translation is included. -cdp
Category: Brass Textbooks Item: 044685 Grade: Price: $38.95 Availability: Ships in 6 to 9 Days
Teaching Brass: A Guide for Students and Teachers is an innovative multimedia tutorial designed to teach you how to teach the brass instruments. It embeds playing activites within the text so the explanations are meaningful to you. It uses videos, PDF downloads, sound files, large color images and PowerPoint slides to help you learn. This book comes with a printed book and an access code printed inside the front cover for use on the Teaching Brass web site. There you will find videos, sound files...
In the first major book devoted to the trumpet in more than two decades, John Wallace and Alexander McGrattan trace the surprising evolution and colorful performance history of one of the world's oldest instruments. They chart the introduction of the trumpet and its family into art music, and its rise to prominence as a solo instrument, from the Baroque "golden age," through the advent of valved brass instruments in the nineteenth century, and the trumpet's renaissance in the jazz age. The author...
"PPP" stands for "Preparation, Practice, Performance." Subtitled "A Concise Approach Based on the Physiology, Methodology and Psychology of Brass Playing." This is the 'must have' book for all serious brass players. As well as 33 fantastic musical studies, with techincal notes, the book also prepares the player in both body and mind to ensure top notch concert performances. This item comes with a demo cd featuring Roger Webster performing the studies from the book. 138 pages. Spiral Bound. Incl...
Illustrated by Lennie Peterson. Modern low brass instruments- trombone, tuba, and euphonium have legions of ancestors, cousins, and descendants in over five-hundred years of history. Prominent scholar and performer Douglas Yeo provides a unique, accessible reference guide that addresses a broad range of relevant topics and brings these instruments to life with clear explanations and the most up-to-date research. Brief biographies of many path-changing individuals highlight their influence on in...