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Category: Practice and Performance

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

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

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

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

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

Perfect!

7th July 2015 Rich 1 Comment

The concept of being perfect can be an admirable goal for a brass musician. We all dream of concert performances…

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Posted in: Practice and Performance, Reviews

The Double Sharps

21st March 2015 Rich Leave a comment

After a gig this week I was asked how and where I learned jazz improvisation. It certainly wasn’t in school…

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Posted in: Multimedia, Practice and Performance Filed under: Improvisation, Jazz, Practice, Practise, Recording, Soundcloud, The Double Sharps

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