Getchell Books 1&2

spencerkotulski · Regular Member Joined: 02 Dec 2018 Posts: 19

Any tips or comments about these books?

bworth · Regular Member Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 35

I have been using the first book. Helpful with phrasing and dynamics. I plan to get the second book.

david johnson · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:18 am Post subject:

Use them both. Great for transposition practice as well as playing 'musically'.

Dave CCM/SSO · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:09 pm Post subject:

Hello,

I love these books. The first book is probably of more use to me as a teacher than any other book. I use it in 3 different ways.

1 - teaching the basics of how to play simple melodies with correct technique and musical phrasing
2 - teaching transposition
3 - teaching piccolo trumpet

I come back to this book time and time again.

Have fun!

Dave
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bworth · Regular Member Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 35

I just got the second book by Getchell. On the first page, #65, I don't understand what the four 16th notes are for under the staff at measure two and four.

Dayton · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:48 pm Post subject:

bworth · Regular Member Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 35

Thanks, that makes sense.

Carpenter · Regular Member Joined: 04 Aug 2013 Posts: 20

When I was a freshman in high school, these 2 books are what put me from lousy player to above average. I used a metronome on each exercise and didn't move on until I thought it was solid.

These days I just use them to brush up on my cut time sight reading. If you have a hard sight reading gig coming up, attempt to read as many pages as you can in cut time.
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chuck in ny · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:53 am Post subject:

thanks guys #1 is now on its way. it is amazing how much fine literature there is for our small niche instrument.
musicianship in a box. i had never even heard of getchell. i can use the help.

gstump · Heavyweight Member Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 934

Great books pound for pound. Trumpet players really need to lead by example regarding dotted eights and 16ths. The author likes to offer a mix of triplets and dotted eighth and sixteenths for contrast.

Those 16th notes under the notes are to reinforce the 3 to 1 ratio. The 16th should be long and slightly emphasized.

I am 2 teachers removed from Scholssberg and I believe I was taught some Vachianno Rules regarding dotted eigth-16ths. That 16th is a short little note and needs help.

If you want to hear great examples of properly played dotted 8th-16ths listen to our military bands. Daaa-TA da.

Merry Christmas,

Gordon Stump

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SterlingBell · Regular Member Joined: 28 Dec 2018 Posts: 65

The Getchell alto saxophone books are quite good for piccolo trumpet etudes if you think of them in C and D transposition.