Trendmarching : Situs Library Marching Band Indonesia

By : Bryan Goff
I strongly encourage anyone interested in the performance of trumpet music from the Baroque to seriously consider trying to somehow arrange to learn how to play the original instrument itself (a modern replica of the instrument, of course). The performance of Baroque repertoire blossomed with the evolution of high-quality piccolo trumpets in [...]

By : Bryan Goff
Lip trills differ from lip “shakes”, both in sound and in the technique of execution. When I speak of a shake, I am referring to that technique that is primarily used in jazz music, a slurred figure in the upper register similar to a trill but usually alternating between notes whose interval [...]

Ditulis Oleh: Marko S Hermawan (Jupiter Indonesia Endorser)

Oleh: Marko S Hermawan.
Jupiter Indonesia Endorser
Saat field commander atau komandan alat menyuruh, “Buat setengah lingkaran, dari trumpet sampai tuba…, rapikan barisan, jaga jarak! Kita mulai pemanasan…!”, apa yang kira-kira terlintas dalam benak para pemain tiup? Barangkali kebanyakan [...]

By : Bryan Goff
In another one of my Trumpet Topics, Slow vs. Fast, I addressed the advantages of increased efficiency when you practice short fragments up to tempo, rather than starting slowly and gradually increasing the tempo.
I would now like to offer the suggestion that tongued passages, both single-tongued and multiple-tongued passages, should be practiced [...]

By : Bryan Goff
I am certain that most of us have practiced technical passages using the standard old technique of repeating a particularly tricky phrase over and over, setting the metronome at a tempo one-third of the ultimate tempo, then gradually moving the metronome speed up notch by notch until we played the passage perfectly [...]

By : Bryan Goff
Several years ago I attended a master class at the National Trumpet Symposium, given by Gilbert Johnson, the Professor of Trumpet at the University of Miami. I vividly remember the improvement he made in one of the student’s playing by making a very simple suggestion. The student was playing the first movement [...]

By: Bryan Goff
High school solo contests will be coming up, auditions for entrance into a college music program may be coming up, and university “Jury Exams” could be just around the corner.  Perhaps now is an appropriate time to examine past performances to find clues which will help improve upcoming performances.

“What happened — nerves?”

1. Over-prepare. [...]

I have always had a special in my hearts for ratamacues. They are fun to play and fun to manipulate. When all my friends were trying to see how many flams they could play within an eight bar phrase I always preferred the smoothness and speed of drag rudiments, especially “ratamacues.” There are single ratamacues, [...]

Single-tonguing Part 5
-Maintenance-
By : Bryan Goff
This Trumpet Topic page is a conclusion in a series of postings related to improving one’s single tonguing. Like so many of our trumpet techniques, maintenance is often simply a matter of disciplining ourselves to regularly devoting just a few minutes every single day to exercises which were designed to [...]

Improved Single-tonguing
in 15 Minutes Per Day
Part 4
This Trumpet Topic page is the fourth of a series of postings related to improving one’s single tonguing. Like so many of our trumpet techniques, great improvement can be seen in our single-tonguing if we simply discipline ourselves to devoting just a few minutes every single day to the [...]