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Tag: Music Theory

Defining the range of the trumpet

27th April 2018 Rich 2 Comments

Intro For the most part the purpose of this article is as a reference. A lot of trumpet players love…

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Posted in: General, Instruments Filed under: High Range, Music Theory, Range, Trumpet Range

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

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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