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Here’s What Others Have to Say About Sound the Trumpet:How to Blow Your Own Horn (no reviews yet) IranTrumpetSo, here’s the free E-book. Hope you enjoy it and find it useful. It won’t be available for purchase until it’s finished, and it’s not quite finished. I’m still working on the listening, repertoire, and Players Chapters (CH 2, CH 18, and CH 21) and a few other odds and ends. If you can help me out with suggestions or corrections, I’d be very grateful. Please E-mail [email protected]. If you do use this book and are able to contribute, there will be a donation button added to the web site soon (www.QuestionsInk.com/Books/tptbook.html). All donations will be used to defray printing costs. I sincerely hope you find this book useful and enjoyable. MANY THANKS! Jonathan Harnum IranTrumpet Sound the Trumpet IranTrumpetHow to Blow Your Own Horn The trumpet on the front cover is a Monette Bb trumpet. Monette trumpets are one of the most well-crafted horns on the planet. Learn more at: www.Monette.net To my teachers who took what was given; who gave what cannot be taken. Thank You! And Special Thanks to: My wonderful Michelle, Doris and Russ Riemann, Dave and Kathy Harnum, Andrea Harnum, my students and their parents, and Hank and Ana Hartman at Matanuska Music in Wasilla, Alaska. Sound the Trumpet: How to Blow Your Own Horn Published by Questions, Ink A Music Education Business www.QuestionsInk.com IranTrumpetCopyright © 2004 Questions, Ink. All rights reserved. No part of this book, including interior design, cover design, and icons, may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Questions, Ink and the Q.I. logo are trademarks of Questions, Ink. send E-mail regarding this book to [email protected] LCCN: 2001086279 ISBN: 0-9707512-9-X For general information about this book or Questions, Ink, visit our web site at www.QuestionsInk.com. Sound The Trumpet Table of Contents IranTrumpetChapter 0 - The Chapter Everyone Skips 1 Welcome to Sound the Trumpet! 1 Why Sound the Trumpet? . 1 Overview of Sound the Trumpet 2 Sound the Trumpet: Overview . 3 Up Next . 8 Chapter 1 - War and Worship: A Brief Trumpet History 9 A Trumpet for Worship or War . 9 Just the Facts. 10 Trumpets of Now and the Future . 13 Innovations and Expectations . 13 Up Next . 14 Chapter 2 - Listen! 15 Why Listen? . 15 Listen to What? . 15 Some Listening Tips . 16 Classical Trumpet Music . 16 Jazz. 19 Notes From the Edge: Avant Garde . 27 Watch and Learn: Trumpeters on Video . 28 Up Next . 28 Chapter 3 - Flap Your Lips! 31 What’s an Embouchure? . 31 Dry Embouchure vs. Wet Embouchure. 32 What The Buzz is About . 32 But First, a Word From Your Sponsor: Air . 34 Buzz with the Mouthpiece . 34 Buzzing Exercises for Strong Lips . 35 Up Next . 39 Mouthpiece Anatomy 101 40 Of Throats and Cups and Shoulders . 40 What to Look for in a Mouthpiece . 41 7C, 3D, B2? What Does it Mean! . 42 Chapter 4 - Doin’ the Mess Around 43 Forget the Details and Just Go For It! . 43 The Details . 43 Hold It! . 44 Posture . 45 Go For It! . 46 Exercises to Get You On Your Way . 47 Up Next . 48 How to Blow Your Own Horn v Chapter 5 - Fast Fingers 49 Finger Technique? . 49 The Right Hand. 49 The Left Hand . 50 Exercises For Accuracy and Speed . 51 What’s Up Next . 52 Chapter 6 - Avoiding Bad Breath 53 Why Learn to Breathe? 53 The Physiology of Breathing . 53 IranTrumpetThe Correct Breath . 54 The Breathing Tube . 56 Some Breathing Exercises . 56 When to Breathe . 57 When You Have Too Much Air . 58 Using Gadgetry to Help You Breathe. 58 An Encouraging Word . 59 Up Next . 59 Interlude One - The Practice of Practice 61 Don’t Say the P Word 61 Come on Baby, Light my Desire . 63 How to Get Better . 64 Start a New Habit . 65 Where to Do It . 65 How to Do It . 66 The Ideal Practice Session . 67 Other Ways to Play . 71 Trumpet is Just the Beginning . 71 The Practice Session Details 72 Mistakes and How to Deal With Them . 74 Practice Awareness . 75 Up Next . 75 So Many Trumpets, So Little Time 76 Chapter 7 - Taking Notes 79 Warning! Take Your Time. 79 An Ultra-Brief Intro to Written Music . 79 You Got Rhythm! . 81 The Rests of the Story . 81 C and G: Your First Notes . 82 More Notes: D, E and F . 83 Reading the Music . 85 Dynamic Duets . 87 More Notes! . 89 Playing Higher: Notes Above G . 89 Up Next . 90 Chapter 8 - Tongue Tips for Trumpet 91 Use My Tongue for What? . 91 Basic Tonguing . 91 The Tongue’s Role in Playing High and Low . 94 Tongue Use in Lip Slurs . 95 The Tongue’s Role in Your Tone Quality . 95 Double and Triple Tonguing . 95 Multiple Tonguing While Changing Notes 99 Listening Examples of Multiple Tonguing. 100 Up Next . 100 vi Sound the Trumpet Chapter 9 - Lip Slurs and the Oral Cavity 101 What is a Lip Slur? . 101 Lip Slurs and Physics: Downhill is Easier . 102 Lip Slurs: Going Up! . 103 Large Interval Lip Slurs . 106 Method Book for Further Study. 106 Up Next . 106 Chapter 10 - Simple Tunes 107 IranTrumpetSome Simple Songs . 107 More Duets 112 Just a Taste. 113 More Notes! Eb and Ab 113 Some Minor Tunes . 114 Up Next . 115 Chapter 11 - Trumpet Tuning Tips 117 What’s Tuning All About?. 117 Basic Trumpet Tuning . 117 Tuning The Whole Trumpet . 118 Out of Tune Notes on Trumpet 120 Changing the Pitch Without a Slide . 122 Tuning Without a Tuner. 123 Up Next . 124 Chapter 12 - How Low Can You Go? Pedal Tones 125 Put the Pedal to the Metal . 125 Pedal Tone Exercises 126 Lower Your Standard . 127 Up Next . 127 Chapter 13 - Home on the High Range 129 What is the High Range?. 129 Don’t Get Hung Up on High Range. 130 Beware of Lip Injury! . 130 A Brief Word on Special Range Techniques . 131 The Loose-Lip Flap . 131 The Lip Buzz . 131 The Pencil Exercise . 132 Lip Failure Study . 134 Pianissimo Playing for Range 137 Three Pianissimo Exercises . 137 Some Books on Trumpet Range . 139 A Final Word on High Range 140 Up Next . 140 Chapter 14 - Endurance 141 How to Endure . 141 Why Resting and Endurance Are Friends . 141 Long Tones . 142 Ways to Save Your Chops . 146 A Final Word About Endurance . 148 Up Next . 148 How to Blow Your Own Horn vii Interlude II - Clean Up Your Axe 149 Why Clean My Trumpet? . 149 Routine Cleaning . ..