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chuck in ny
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had some issues with smoke in the house and many items that had the odor were binned.
i would like a few choice suggestions for some basic practice material. for sure bai lin flexibility will be one. possibly arbans but you know it rarely got opened.
you tooters must have some thoughts. less is more, i cleaned out and don't want to become a junk man again. |
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Nixer
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe this is an opportunity to go digital? One pad/tablet, no mess. |
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JayKosta
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:49 am Post subject: |
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I've recently been going thru these, and find them useful (available online free pdf download)
Concone Lyrical Studies for Trumpet
Charlier 36 Etudes
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chuck in ny
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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good suggestions lads.
what would you suggest as a tablet? i did go to a kindle to eliminate book clutter and enjoy it immensely. this must be the time to go digital. |
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12" iPad Pro with Forscore. The conversations starts and stops there, no need to go on.
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chuck in ny
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| pinstriper wrote: | | 12" iPad Pro with Forscore. The conversations starts and stops there, no need to go on. |
likely be something much more casual for chuck. |
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Rapier232
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Yep. 12.9 iPad Pro and ForScore. And it has a myriad of other uses too. Definitely worth the investment, I couldn’t be without one.
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| Quote: | | i would like a few choice suggestions for some basic practice material. |
Here are a few thoughts on a minimalists’ library:
-- Foundation: Caruso’s “Musical Calisthenics for Brass,” Gordon’s “Systematic Approach to Daily Practice” (which does require several other books), Stamp’s “Warm Ups and Studies” or Reinhardt/Willey’s “The Reinhardt Routines.”
-- Fundamental Technique: Arban, St. Jacome or Vizzutti’s method – each has their strengths and weaknesses, but they all have a lifetime’s worth of material to work from.
You could stop at this point and have a decent baseline of practice material as everything below (except for standards) is covered to some degree in the books above. But I'd recommend the following as well:
-- Flexibility: You mentioned Bai Lin’s “Lip Flexibilities” already, so you are good to go there. Scott Belck’s “Modern Flexibilities” and/or Eric Bolvin’s “Flex on the Move” would nicely complement Bai Lin if you wanted a second book.
-- Technical Studies: I’d suggest Clarke’s “Technical Studies.” If you could add a second book, Pat Harbison, Chris Kase, Eric Bolvin and Rich Willey have excellent books of technical studies that complement Clarke.
-- Etudes: I’d suggest adding a book of Concone or Bordogni vocalises at a minimum. If there is room for a second etude book on the stand, you might consider Brandt, Hering, Charlier, Smith’s “Top Tones” – one that meshes with your current abilities and offers a good contrast to the etudes in the method book you chose.
-- Standards: They take up a fair amount of space, but Hal Leonard's "Real Books" (vol 1-5) are well worth considering.
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chuck in ny
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| good stuff dayton thanks for taking the time. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: bookless |
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| chuck in ny wrote: | had some issues with smoke in the house and many items that had the odor were binned.
i would like a few choice suggestions for some basic practice material. for sure bai lin flexibility will be one. possibly arbans but you know it rarely got opened.
you tooters must have some thoughts. less is more, i cleaned out and don't want to become a junk man again. |
As we all know, there are a plethora of great materials out there, but you hit on great point - the Arbans rarely got opened. My advice is that if you're not really going to dive in and use it, don't bother having it. I think teachers need to maintain libraries of these things, but really, how many different methods can one actually practice regularly? So you're right, less CAN be more! 
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