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Category: Pedagogy

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

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

Trumpet Guru Conspiracies Part 1: The Failing Student

6th April 2019 Rich 1 Comment

Intro This is the first of a short series of articles that are written partly tongue-in-cheek but also completely based…

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Posted in: Pedagogy Filed under: Claude Gordon, Donald S. Reinhardt, Jerome Callet, Stevens Costello, William Costello

How effective is my practise?

8th February 2019 Rich 1 Comment

As an instrumental music teacher the subject of practise is one that I discuss almost on a daily basis with…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Practice and Performance, Technique Filed under: Learning, Practice, Practise, Scales, Teaching, Technique

Two exercises from Trumpet Yoga

8th January 2018 Rich 3 Comments

Trumpet Yoga was one of Jerome Callet’s first books, the first edition was released in 1971. Outlined in the book…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Technique Filed under: Breathing, Callet, Isometrics, Jerome Callet, Superchops, 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

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