As an instrumental music teacher the subject of practise is one that I discuss almost on a daily basis with…
Introduction In recent months I have been teaching pupils about the Tongue Controlled Embouchure over Skype. This has been a…
The purpose of this post is a brief follow-up on some previous articles. It’s a bit of a rant, but…
One or More, Big or Small, Should do it? A discussion by Richard Colquhoun about the differing attitudes towards choices…
Introduction – My Story Being a professional high-brass specialist and growing up in England with our brass band tradition I…
One of the first posts on Trumpet Planet was an explanation of how I teach people to play major scales. It…
The concept of being perfect can be an admirable goal for a brass musician. We all dream of concert performances…
After a gig this week I was asked how and where I learned jazz improvisation. It certainly wasn’t in school…