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Tag: Mouthpiece

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

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

What To Know About The Vincent Bach Mouthpiece

3rd October 2015 Rich 11 Comments

Please note: It will be helpful to obtain a copy of the Vincent Bach Mouthpiece Manual for reference before reading this…

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Posted in: Instruments Filed under: Bach, Design, Instruments, Mouthpiece, mouthpieces, Technology, Trumpet, Trumpet Mouthpiece, Trumpet Mouthpiece Comparison, Vincent Bach

Methods and Mouthpieces – are you a hacker?

21st January 2015 Rich 1 Comment

Here I present to you what may be the two most loaded topics in trumpet playing and pedagogy. It is…

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Posted in: Practice and Performance, Technique Filed under: Embouchure, Instruments, Mouthpiece, Pedagogy, Practice, Practise, Quote, Technique, Trumpet

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