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Sound the Trumpet: How to Blow Your Own Horn is packed with information no trumpet player should be without. The style is always friendly and often funny. Chapters are short, well-paced and enjoyable. Whether you’re new to the world of trumpet or an experienced player who needs to bone up on your rusty skills, or beef up your recording collection, or whether you need a fun way to teach trumpet, you’ll find this book valuable and will refer to it again and again. Lots of samples and more info at the Sol Ut Press web site, including free video trumpet lessons.
pages: 308
chapters: 25
Topics Covered:
history
getting your first sounds
listening discographies in many different genres
buzzing
breathing
lip slurs
how to clean your horn
how to practice
performing
The book will also help you understand and perform advanced skills like:
double- and triple-tonguing
transposing
cool sound effects (growls, flutter tongue, half-valve, doits, falls, horse whinny, etc.)
range and endurance
many more important skills.
Extra Tools to Help You Play Better
extensive lists of recordings in all genres (no Country trumpet recordings are included)
extensive lists of sheet music for trumpet (divided by difficulty)
practice tools
some of these tools are freely available in PDF form, too.
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Previews available in: English
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Sound the Trumpet: How to Blow Your Own Horn
2010-10-14, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Sound the Trumpet: How to Blow Your Own Horn
January 23, 2006, Sol Ut Press
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"In the mid 1300s in Krakow, Poland a young man climbs a high church tower, its stone steps cold from the chill morning."
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