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Introducing my first ebook!

3rd January 2018 Rich Leave a comment

Regular followers of my blog will be aware that over the last few years it has really changed from its…

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Posted in: General, Reviews Filed under: ebook, Embouchure, Jerome Callet, Tongue Controlled Embouchure, Trumpet Yoga

Do you know why?

13th November 2017 Rich 4 Comments

Introduction In recent months I have been teaching pupils about the Tongue Controlled Embouchure over Skype. This has been a…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Practice and Performance, Technique Filed under: Mouthpiece Buzzing, Pedagogy, Pedal Tones, Pitch Bending, Technique

A Follow-up on Tone, Cornets and Mouthpieces

10th November 2017 Rich Leave a comment

The purpose of this post is a brief follow-up on some previous articles. It’s a bit of a rant, but…

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Posted in: General, Instruments, Practice and Performance

The State of the Trumpet Address

25th August 2017 Rich 2 Comments

I’ve always been blessed and/or cursed with a desire to do things in the simplest way. In my life there…

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Posted in: General Filed under: confirmation bias, Globalisation, Learning, Mixed Mental Arts, naïve realism, Pedagogy, Trumpet Methods

Franquin, transposing trumpets, Bahb Civiletti & the TCE

24th March 2017 Rich 1 Comment

Recently I’ve been reading a little about the old French trumpet player and pedagogue Merri Franquin. In 1912 he invented…

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Posted in: General, Instruments, Multimedia, Technique Filed under: Bahb Civiletti, History, Instruments, Media, Merri Franquin, Recording, Tongue Controlled Embouchure, Video

Trumpet Mouthpieces: One or More, Big or Small, Should do it?

22nd February 2017 Rich 5 Comments

One or More, Big or Small, Should do it? A discussion by Richard Colquhoun about the differing attitudes towards choices…

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Posted in: Instruments, Pedagogy, Practice and Performance Filed under: Bahb Civiletti, Bobby Shew, Claude Gordon, Jerome Callet, Lynn Nicholson, Mouthpiece, Roger Ingram, Trumpet Mouthpiece, Trumpet Mouthpiece Comparison

Trumpet vs Cornet, and why it’s important

22nd January 2017 Rich 20 Comments

Introduction – My Story Being a professional high-brass specialist and growing up in England with our brass band tradition I…

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Posted in: Instruments, Practice and Performance, Technique Filed under: Cornet, Denis Wick, Design, Instruments, Mouthpiece, Sound Concept, Tradition, Trumpet, Vincent Bach

Why Write A Book?

1st December 2016 Rich 1 Comment

In recent months I have been considering writing a few books to aid my students, and anybody in the brass-playing…

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Posted in: General, Pedagogy Filed under: ABRSM, Exams, Pedagogy, Trinity

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