Description
M.Baron
Written by renowned teacher Max Schlossberg, this book demonstrates his well-regarded methods on mastering the trumpet. It is especially useful for developing the upper register, from G2 to C5. Used by schools, universities, and conservatories the world over.
Excerpted from the book: The daily drills constitute an outline from which it is hoped the basic principle running throughout will be grasped by the student. Judgment must be exercised in the selection of drills. The player should always choose only those drills which he has the capacity to play. They should be played approximately twenty minutes with short rest periods after which the student should be ready for more concentrated work.
The player should select a few drills from each group daily.
The book has 156 exercises and is subdivided into eight parts:
I. Long Note Drills……….Exercise No. 1 – 37
II. Intervals……………..Exercise No. 38 – 48
III. Octave Drills………….Exercise No. 49 – 58
IV. Lip Drills…………….Exercise No. 59 – 69
V. Chord Drills…………..Exercise No. 70 – 88
VI. Scale Drills…………..Exercise No. 89 – 115
VII. Chromatic Scale Drills….Exercise No. 116 – 128
VIII. Etudes………………..Exercise No. 129 – 156
[An item in Art’s Music Shop’s suggested “Essentials for the Advancing Player(s) List“]
