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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

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

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

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

My Visit To Stomvi

27th September 2016 Rich 2 Comments

In the first week of September I took a trip to the Stomvi factory in Valencia, Spain. I was long…

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Posted in: Instruments, Multimedia Filed under: Instruments, Stomvi, Stomvi Master

What is a Spanish Corneta?

20th January 2016 Rich 8 Comments

Introduction I’m always on the lookout for weird and wonderful brass instruments. Because of the way that a brass instrument…

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Posted in: Instruments Filed under: Bugle, Corneta, Corneta Carmen, Honsuy, Honsuy 1 boquilla, Instruments, Spanish Bugle, World Music

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