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Category: General

Defining the range of the trumpet

27th April 2018 Rich 2 Comments

Intro For the most part the purpose of this article is as a reference. A lot of trumpet players love…

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Posted in: General, Instruments Filed under: High Range, Music Theory, Range, Trumpet Range

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

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

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

Addenda, Edits, Updates…

19th April 2016 Rich Leave a comment

After a recent trip to meet and talk with Bahb Civiletti I have had a refinement to my understanding of…

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Posted in: General

Mnozil Brass, Jason Harrelson, my month…

16th June 2015 Rich 2 Comments

It’s been another crazy and enlightening month at Trumpet Planet towers. I’ve played a varied list of gigs; moved house;…

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Posted in: General, Instruments, Reviews Filed under: Design, Efficiency, Flugelhorn, Gigs, Harrelson Trumpets, Hugh Masekela, Instruments, Jazz, Live Music, Mnozil Brass, Musicians, Piano, Roberto Fonseca

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