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Category: Technique

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

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

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 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

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

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