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Methods and Mouthpieces – are you a hacker?

21st January 2015 Rich 1 Comment

Here I present to you what may be the two most loaded topics in trumpet playing and pedagogy. It is…

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Posted in: Practice and Performance, Technique Filed under: Embouchure, Instruments, Mouthpiece, Pedagogy, Practice, Practise, Quote, Technique, Trumpet

Trumpet Fantasy

20th January 2015 Rich 1 Comment

Last year a friend and colleague of mine wrote this piece of music and we made a recording. Seeing as…

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Posted in: Multimedia Filed under: Classical, Recording, Soundcloud

An analysis of tone

10th December 2014 Rich 8 Comments

Playing the trumpet with an appropriate tone is something that has arisen more than other topics in my trumpet-playing life.…

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Posted in: Technique Filed under: Callet, Jerome Callet, Quote, Technique, Tone, Trumpet

My Twitter feed

18th August 2014 Rich Leave a comment

Just a quick post to let my readers know that there is a twitter account linked to this website. I…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Social Media

A quote about our practice

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A great quote from the writings of Herbert L. Clarke. It is amazing how much of what he says applies…

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Posted in: Practice and Performance, Quotes Filed under: Herbert L. Clarke, Musicians, Pedagogy, Practice, Practise, Quote

Understanding modes is all about perspective

21st March 2014 Rich Leave a comment

As a music theory teacher I rarely come across a pupil who understands modes. Usually they have been vaguely introduced…

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Posted in: Pedagogy Filed under: Modes, Music Theory, Pedagogy, Scales, Teaching

Major Scales – How I teach them and why I use this method

14th March 2014 Rich 3 Comments

At the age of twenty four I had been playing the cornet/trumpet for thirteen years. I had achieved my A-level…

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Posted in: Pedagogy Filed under: Download, Modes, Music Theory, pdf, Pedagogy, Scales, Teaching, Tonality

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