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How Copyright Spoils Music Education

3rd June 2020 Rich Leave a comment

My relationship with music education is fairly long. I first began volunteering in a training band when I was a…

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Posted in: Pedagogy Filed under: Copyright, Music Education, Piracy, Teaching

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, Håkan Hardenberger, Jerome Callet, Pedagogy, Superchops, TCE, Teaching, Tongue Controlled Embouchure

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

A Testament to Somerset Music’s Past

27th April 2018 Rich 1 Comment

Last week I had the pleasure of being hired by Glastonbury and Street Musical Comedy Society to play in the…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Teaching

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

Arban on Tonguing – Part 1 – The Solid Foundation

12th March 2016 Rich 2 Comments

A Trumpeter’s Tale It is not unfair to say that at times I obsess over trumpet playing technique. Sometimes I’ll…

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Posted in: Technique Filed under: Arban, Superchops, Teaching, Technique, Tongue Controlled Embouchure

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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