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trumpetfart123
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Hi,
I bought myself a bunch of Claude Gordon books, and I am wondering which order I should work through them, i.e. which book first, which book second and so on.
The first four books are:
Tongue Level Exercises
Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing
Systematic Approach to Daily Practice
St Jacome Grand Method
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acritzer
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If you really want to do it the "right way" you should get a CG teacher.
I think Physical Approach is kind of the first book to use?
But, each of the method books picks parts out of different things along the way. |
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EricV
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Agree with previous post, some lessons with a CG teacher will show you the correct way to do the books, Jeff Purtle, Bruce Haag and John Mohan have all studied with Claude Gordon for many years, and can be contacted through here .
If you have a solid, playable range up to including high C you can start on Systematic Approach otherwise start on Physical Approach, either way, you MUST do the breathing exercise's on P12 and P23 of the Physical Approach book, they are vital in your development.
Good Luck
Eric
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solo soprano
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Don't miss Claude's "Brass Playing Is No Harder Than Deep Breathing."
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John Mohan
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| trumpetfart123 wrote: | Hi,
I bought myself a bunch of Claude Gordon books, and I am wondering which order I should work through them, i.e. which book first, which book second and so on.
The first four books are:
Tongue Level Exercises
Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing
Systematic Approach to Daily Practice
St Jacome Grand Method
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You remind me of me back in 1977 when I first bought "Systematic Approach to Daily Practice" and "Daily Trumpet Routines", Claude's first two books. Using those books (and the others) and eventually having the privilege to study with Claude privately led to a fantastic career as a player.
Though the instructions in the books seem fairly clear, I find that people often still don't understand it and misapply the info. I'd be happy to help you and make sure you're pointed in the right direction.
Best wishes,
John Mohan
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Jeff_Purtle
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Here are a couple things to look at:
https://www.purtle.com/claude-gordon-practice-routines-the-brass-herald
https://www.purtle.com/jeff-what-to-practice
The first one shows an actual practice routine with some explanation of the structure. The second article is basically a list of various books that falls into categories related to the Seven Items.
Read Claude Gordon's "Brass Playing Is No Harder Than Deep Breathing" a couple times, then think through how to apply it with the various exercises in different books.
The ideal situation is to get an experienced teacher that can make the routines personal. It's not about just assigning a bunch of material in a cookie cutter fashion. If it were that simple, then everyone could go down a check list of things to do and play great. However, the value of the teacher is in knowing how to take you down the path easily without getting bogged-down in all the common confusion that exists. Fear goes away when you understand and have experienced it.
The genius of all the CG teachings is that it makes logical sense and really works. Then, if you know how to play and have experienced playing easily the results are a joy. That's some of the reason why us CG students get so passionate. We want people to experience how easy and fun it can be.
Jeff
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John Mohan
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| Jeff_Purtle wrote: | The genius of all the CG teachings is that it makes logical sense and really works. Then, if you know how to play and have experienced playing easily the results are a joy. That's some of the reason why us CG students get so passionate. We want people to experience how easy and fun it can be.
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Jeff just nailed it there!!! |
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