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Does a better trumpet make you play trumpet better?

19th July 2020 Rich 6 Comments

This is a topic that I’ve found myself discussing with people a few times recently. I think that instinctively people…

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Posted in: Instruments, Pedagogy, Reviews Filed under: Callet, Instruments, Jerome Callet, Mouthpiece, Pedagogy, Trumpet

How Copyright Spoils Music Education

3rd June 2020 Rich Leave a comment

My relationship with music education is fairly long. I first began volunteering in a training band when I was a…

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Posted in: Pedagogy Filed under: Copyright, Music Education, Piracy, Teaching

An argument for GNU Lilypond and the openArbanProject

28th May 2020 Rich 2 Comments

What is the openArbanProject? I recently began working a new project that I have named the openArbanProject. Strange name, right?…

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Posted in: General

TCE and Superchops, same or different?

21st December 2019 Rich 1 Comment

I was recently involved in a discussion on Facebook with a trumpeter called Chuck Par-Due. Chuck knew Harry James when…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Bahb Civiletti, Harry James, History, Jerome Callet, Superchops, Tongue Controlled Embouchure

Which Books Should You Read About Brass Embouchure?

15th December 2019 Rich Leave a comment

Recently I saw a post on Reddit’s r/trumpet group in which someone asked which books they should read about embouchure.…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Books, Embouchure, Learning, Pedagogy

Is There Actually A Trumpet Method By Jerome Callet?

23rd August 2019 Rich 2 Comments

Is There Actually A Trumpet Method By Jerome Callet? A short discussion by Richard Colquhoun Jerome Callet was a truly…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Reviews, Technique Filed under: Bahb Civiletti, Beyond Arban, Callet, HÃ¥kan Hardenberger, Jerome Callet, Pedagogy, Superchops, TCE, Teaching, Tongue Controlled Embouchure

Legacy Superchops – A Piece Of Trumpet History

23rd May 2019 Rich 2 Comments

In recent years the name Jerome Callet is most closely associated with way of playing the trumpet commonly known as…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Technique Filed under: Embouchure, Jerome Callet, Pedagogy, Superchops

Experiments in Einsetzen

11th April 2019 Rich Leave a comment

The first time I ever saw a brass player using an einsetzen embouchure was in a brass band in the…

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