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Ditulis Oleh: Philip T. Cansler These simple practice tips can lead to better playing – and a fuller life.We live in a busy world, but brass players, like all musicians, need to set aside sufficient time each day to practice. It lays the firm foundation on which we build our musicianship. By working on what [...]

Five considerations for producing a quality sound By Wayne R. Downey, XtremeBrass.com Welcome to the world of XtremeBrass technique. This guide is designed to be your “guide to success” in reaching your peak potential as a brass player. As with any road map, there must be a destination in mind. The destination for all brass [...]

By Wayne Downey Embouchure/Aperture A) Position of Jaw & Corners – Vertical alignment of teeth B) Mouthpiece placement – Dento facial features C) Mouthpiece pressure – Evenness of pressure on upper & lower lip D) Shape of aperture – Oval, shaped by facial muscles E) Size of aperture – Varies as to register, controlled by [...]

Have you been doing your lip flexibility exercises on a regular basis? So often we tend to say that we have a few “set exercises” that are always included in our daily routine, but when we think back over the past couple of weeks’ practice sessions, we may realize that some of those exercises have [...]

By : Bryan Goff I keep repeating the theme that in order to not neglect certain playing techniques, we must include these techniques in a specific slot in our regular daily practice schedule. I have previously mentioned techniques such as lip slurs and single tonguing. I feel that it is also important to ensure that [...]

By : Bryan Goff Some trills are easy, some trills are more difficult, and some trills are nearly impossible to execute cleanly. In the following example the B-natural to C trill is very easy. The C to D trill is more difficult because the pitch must be focused, by the lip, at a pitch center [...]

Oleh: Marko S Hermawan. Jupiter Indonesia Endorser Berhubungan dengan episode sebelumnya mengenai pemanasan alat tiup, marilah kita lanjutkan pembicaraan berikutnya. Latihan selanjutnya adalah memperhatikan nada pendek dan nada stakato. SHORT NOTES Biasanya latihan ini merupakan rangkaian pemanasan setelah Long Tones. Pemanasan ini bertujuan untuk memperkuat nada stakato, aksentuasi dan tekanan nada. Berawal dari nada ‘do’ [...]

By : Bryan Goff One of my other Trumpet Topics pages included a description of the virtues of Long Tones vs. Lip Slurs. Something that I should have also mentioned in that description is that long tones tend to reinforce. For example, if you are in the process of making an embouchure change, you will [...]

We all know it’s important, but how much do we use it every day? By : Bryan Goff Many of the benefits of practice with a metronome are quite obvious. When practicing a piece of music, the use of a metronome helps maintain a steady tempo throughout. A metronome is necessary for checking a composer’s [...]

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 [...]