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Category: Pedagogy

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

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

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

23rd November 2016 Rich 3 Comments

One of the first posts on Trumpet Planet was an explanation of how I teach people to play major scales. It…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Practice and Performance Filed under: Modes, Music Theory, Pedagogy, Scale Book, Scales, Teaching, Tonality

Why do people think TCE is bad?

18th October 2016 Rich Leave a comment

There are a number of discussions you can find in forums on the web and blogs of players who religiously…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Technique Filed under: Bahb Civiletti, David Hickman, Embouchure, Jerome Callet, Superchops, TCE, Technique, Tongue Controlled Embouchure

Tongue On Lips (The Balanced Embouchure Way)

8th March 2016 Rich 2 Comments

This is a short post to explain the Tongue On Lips exercises from Jeff Smiley’s The Balanced Embouchure. This is only one…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Technique Filed under: Balanced Embouchure, David Hickman, Jeff Smiley, Jerome Callet, Pedagogy, Technique

The Cycle of Pressure

27th February 2016 Rich Leave a comment

Here is a flow chart illustrating something that I refer to as The Cycle of Pressure. I have scribbled it…

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Posted in: Pedagogy, Technique Filed under: Breathing, Mouthpiece Pressure, Pedagogy, Technique, Tips

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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