Description
“How to Play Any Brass Instrument” is suitable for students and teachers of all brass instruments including trumpet, cornet, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tenor horn, baritone and tuba.
Have you bought a brass instrument, looked for the instruction manual only to find they didn’t include one in the box? What were they thinking?? Do they think it is obvious how to make music with your shiny new piece of metal tubing? It may be obvious which end to blow into, but beyond that, it’s all guesswork. I wrote “How to Play Any Brass Instrument” to address that oversight.
I have packed “How to Play Any Brass Instrument” vital information gathered over my lifetime.
This book covers the basics of how to play through to advanced topics.
How to Play any Brass Instrument is an excellent reference for teachers, parents and students. Topics are concisely explained in single A4 pages that teachers can deliver as lessons or for students to use as reference material. The book is tightly packed into 20 pages with the all essential techniques needed to play any brass instrument well.
What’s so special about brass instruments?
Brass instruments differ from other instruments because the player must create each note with their breath and lips, however, with other instruments, it is obvious which note is being playing simply by looking at the instrument. With brass instruments, this isn’t the case. The brass player can produce several different notes without adjusting their instrument at all. A player must have the skills to ‘hear’ and know how to create each note before they can play confidently.
Every person is built differently, physically and mentally, and will face different challenges when mastering a musical instrument. A good teacher will tailor lessons to address a student’s individual needs. It is essential to find a good teacher early to avoid developing bad playing habits. Poor playing habits can be time-consuming and frustrating to fix, but more importantly, they can severely limit a player’s potential.
This manual won’t replace the need for a good teacher, however, I have noticed that most students only absorb a portion of what the teacher explains during a lesson. This book covers all the fundamentals of how to play a brass instrument and serves as a reference should students wish to improve their playing ability.
The content of this book focuses on technical aspects of playing.
Like any skilled activity, mastering the technical aspects allows the player to execute those tasks unconsciously – so they are free to concentrate on making great music during a performance.
This book is suitable for trumpet, cornet, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tenor horn, baritone and tuba. The principles in this book apply to any brass instrument.
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