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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:00 am    Post subject: Rex Richardson: 100 Days of Practice Reply with quote

I finally received my copy of Rex Richardson's excellent new book -- 100 Days of Trumpet Practice -- and wanted to provide an overview for those who might be interested.

It is a thoughtful, well-organized book that is at least as useful for the text/concepts as it is for the exercises within.

Richardson organizes the book around 10 topics, including deliberate practice, focused listening, stamina, etc. For each of those topics there are 10 daily "skill categories," including sound production, flexibility, fingers, etc.

He borrows or adapts material from a number of standards, like Arban, Clarke, Colin, Hummel, Stamp...and from books that you might be less familiar with, including those by Daniel, Lewark, Mase, Plog, Quinque and Arturo Sandoval. He also offers some original material.

Richardson is a big believer in the "how" being at least as important as the "what," so the daily skill category studies are clearly explained.

As the book progresses, the daily skill category exercises develop into a proposed routine, though they can also serve as supplemental material for your routine, or a point of departure for you to develop your own routine.

Highly recommended!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dayton, from where did you order your copy?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Dayton, from where did you order your copy?


I ordered it directly from Editions Bim.

https://www.editions-bim.com/sheet-music/brass/trumpet/trumpet-methods-studies/rex-richardson-100-days-of-trumpet-practice-for-trumpet
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the review! I've been eyeing this for a while
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:46 am    Post subject: Re: Rex Richardson: 100 Days of Practice Reply with quote

Dayton wrote:
I finally received my copy of Rex Richardson's excellent new book -- 100 Days of Trumpet Practice -- and wanted to provide an overview for those who might be interested.

It is a thoughtful, well-organized book that is at least as useful for the text/concepts as it is for the exercises within.

Richardson organizes the book around 10 topics, including deliberate practice, focused listening, stamina, etc. For each of those topics there are 10 daily "skill categories," including sound production, flexibility, fingers, etc.

He borrows or adapts material from a number of standards, like Arban, Clarke, Colin, Hummel, Stamp...and from books that you might be less familiar with, including those by Daniel, Lewark, Mase, Plog, Quinque and Arturo Sandoval. He also offers some original material.

Richardson is a big believer in the "how" being at least as important as the "what," so the daily skill category studies are clearly explained.

As the book progresses, the daily skill category exercises develop into a proposed routine, though they can also serve as supplemental material for your routine, or a point of departure for you to develop your own routine.

Highly recommended!


Quite a lot of the material is taken directly from Arban, Clarke and Stamp along with Thomas Stevens 'After Schlossberg' as well as others https://www.editions-bim.com/sheet-music/brass/trumpet/trumpet-methods-studies/rex-richardson-100-days-of-trumpet-practice-for-trumpet
In some cases the material is incorporated in the text but in other cases it seems you are simply directed to find it in the original- is that right? So is this book mainly a valuable commentary on sources that we mostly already have (rather like Gekker's 'Slow Practice')?

Apart from Stamp and Stevens, Editions BIM is the publisher (but not the sole publisher) for Mase, Quinque, Plog and Sandoval, which you mention as being referenced in Mr Richardson's book.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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In some cases the material is incorporated in the text but in other cases it seems you are simply directed to find it in the original- is that right? So is this book mainly a valuable commentary on sources that we mostly already have (rather like Gekker's 'Slow Practice')?


You cannot make effective use of this book by just playing the exercises printed within. Some "days" include all of the material, but many do not. For example, some days include excerpts of the material and direct you to the original source -- like Scott Belck's Progressive Lip Flexibilities and John Daniel's Special Studies -- for the full exercises. Others simply reference a book, such as directing you to the 150 Melodies included in some versions of Arban's method.

Richardson suggests some substitutes, but the magic is often not in the exercise itself,; rather in how to approach it and similar exercises. That's where Richardson's commentary is so useful, and why it is fairly easy to find substitutes if you don't have the referenced material.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dayton wrote:
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In some cases the material is incorporated in the text but in other cases it seems you are simply directed to find it in the original- is that right? So is this book mainly a valuable commentary on sources that we mostly already have (rather like Gekker's 'Slow Practice')?


You cannot make effective use of this book by just playing the exercises printed within. Some "days" include all of the material, but many do not. For example, some days include excerpts of the material and direct you to the original source -- like Scott Belck's Progressive Lip Flexibilities and John Daniel's Special Studies -- for the full exercises. Others simply reference a book, such as directing you to the 150 Melodies included in some versions of Arban's method.

Richardson suggests some substitutes, but the magic is often not in the exercise itself,; rather in how to approach it and similar exercises. That's where Richardson's commentary is so useful, and why it is fairly easy to find substitutes if you don't have the referenced material.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Apart from Stamp and Stevens, Editions BIM is the publisher (but not the sole publisher) for Mase, Quinque, Plog and Sandoval, which you mention as being referenced in Mr Richardson's book.


Right. There are around 25 published works referenced in Richardson's book, of which 5 are published by Editions Bim and 2 are published by Editions Bim and others (Haydn and Hummel).
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