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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:33 pm    Post subject: Favorite book? Reply with quote

What's your favorite trumpet/music book? Which book do you own that's most satisfying to work from? What book have you found most useful? Which book surprised you in a good way? Which book missed the mark?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Concone Lyrical Studies for Trumpet
ALL of the pieces are worth playing - always striving to make them sound as beautiful as possible. And all the pieces are playable - some seem quite easy, but the 'make them beautiful' is what takes work, and is worth the effort.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.wwjdo.com/concone/
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Q) Which book do you own that's most satisfying to work from?
A) Amsden's Celebrated Duets

Q) What book have you found most useful?
A) Arban's Complete

Q) Which book surprised you in a good way?
A) Iron's 27 Groups

Q) Which book missed the mark?
A) Callet's "Trumpet Yoga"

"Honorable mention" to Clarke Technical Studies, too ...
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jay Lichtmann wrote:
http://www.wwjdo.com/concone/


THIS!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flexus by Laurie Frink and John McNeil has done more for my playing than any other book. My second choice would be “Charlier 36 Plus” because it has so many etudes and constantly provides challenges. Honorable mention goes to the Charlie Parker OmniBook.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Favorite book? Charlier

Most satisfying? Arban

Most useful? Clarke's Technical Studies

Biggest surprise? Caruso
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got a ton of great books but the most useful to me is my Vizzutti-updated Arban’s.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's your favorite trumpet/music book? Snedecor Lyrical Studies

Which book do you own that's most satisfying to work from? Vizutti Method (especially book 1)

What book have you found most useful? Goldman Practical Studies

Which book surprised you in a good way? Hering 40 Progressive Etudes (for an experienced player, to get in the habit of playing something close to perfect all the way through)

Which book missed the mark? Schlossberg. Needs clearer and more structured instructions. See Tom Stevens' magnificent 1 hour workshop on this on YouTube.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's your favorite trumpet/music book? Schlossberg

Which book do you own that's most satisfying to work from? Arban

What book have you found most useful? Thibaud

Which book surprised you in a good way? Charlier

Which book missed the mark? Clarke TS
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blazhevich

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jay Lichtmann wrote:
Blazhevich

http://bit.ly/2K1V90N


Excellent etudes and beautifully edited and presented by Jay.

Thank you, Jay, for these!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jay Lichtmann wrote:
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This...is...AWESOME!! Thanks so much, great work.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's your favorite trumpet/music book? Norman D'Ath Cornet Playing

Which book do you own that's most satisfying to work from? Arban's (I had a great trumpet player who was my first teacher named Richard Zunkiewicz and he could demonstrate/play everything in Arban's, it was something that really impressed me.)

What book have you found most useful? Norman D'Ath Cornet Playing and Mac Gollehon An Embouchure Update

Which book surprised you in a good way? John Daniels Special Studies for Trumpet and Earl Iron's 27 Exercises-the Iron's Exercises are seemingly simple yet extremely effective.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the literature of the Jazz Age, especially the Great Gatsby. The music of those times and novels are awesome. When I need to write a college paper on my favorite book, I write about this novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Moreover, there is a lot of materials on it, such as https://studymoose.com/the-great-gatsby and many others. It really helps to save time and provide good interesting facts.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JayKosta wrote:
Concone Lyrical Studies for Trumpet
ALL of the pieces are worth playing - always striving to make them sound as beautiful as possible. And all the pieces are playable - some seem quite easy, but the 'make them beautiful' is what takes work, and is worth the effort.

That's what I was going to say.

My teacher in HS got me into this book and it's been a staple of mine ever since.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There’s a ton of wisdom in Paul Berliner’s “Thinking in Jazz.”

Here’s a review from Goodreads:

A landmark in jazz studies, Thinking in Jazz reveals as never before how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner documents the lifetime of preparation that lies behind the skilled improviser's every idea.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:25 am    Post subject: Re: Favorite book? Reply with quote

kevin_soda wrote:
What's your favorite trumpet/music book? Which book do you own that's most satisfying to work from? What book have you found most useful? Which book surprised you in a good way? Which book missed the mark?


The Saint-Jacome Manual by Eric Bolvin. A common sense guide to a Grand Method has become a favorite.

The Thibaud Series By Pierre Thibaud. It gets into everything. It's easy to measure progress.

The Rene Laurent Enseignement de la Trompette by Rene Laurent. A welcome surprised I enjoyed how well I was prepared to play music rather than run patterns.

There've been many books I wasn't prepared for. Back to practice.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lots of good books out there. And lots of great stories about how we use them.

For me, the most important book (or series of books) is the Rubank Series. Primarily the Intermediate Book and the Advanced Volumes 1 and 2. But also the Supplemental Studies, Selected Studies, and Selected Duets Volumes 1 and 2. These were the first method books I used with a teacher, and thus were the most influential in my playing. I still use the books to this day. I'm currently going through the Supplemental Studies again, which is a great collection of lyrical/melodic studies.

A sentimental favorite is Clarke Technical Studies, which in one form or another, have been part of my daily routine on-and-off for 40+ years. Honorable mention to Colin Lip Flexibilities.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It changes hour to hour. I just finished rehearsal of some John Williams and other big parts for a pops concert, so right now I am most grateful for Purtle guiding me through Gordon's "Systematic Approach"
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