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Sound the Trumpet: Bonus Material
Bonus material: chapters 7-14 & 15-23


Chapter 1: War and Worship: A Brief History of the Trumpet
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  • The Didgeridoo
  • King Tut's trumpets
  • The Shofar
    • more information
    • images
    • video of the 4 traditional shofar blasts
  • The Carnyx:
    • more information
    • images
    • video of John Kenny playing the Carnyx
  • The Serpent:
    • more information
    • images
    • AMAZING video of the serpent, played by Michele Godard w/ his trio
    • Doug Yeo's home page, an article on the Serpent, and his new DVD on the Serpent!
  • Cornettos:
    • more information
    • images
    • Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble playing Merulo Canzon a 4
  • Keyed Bugle:
    • more information
    • images
    • Great introductory video on the Keyed Bugle
      • book on Fancis Johnson, music innovator and keyed bugle player
    • Keyed bugle video: Krisztián Kováts playing a keyed bugle concerto
  • Monette Trumpets:
    • The Fluwww.monette.net/flumpetmpet
    • Decorated trumpets: The Elysian trumpet explained here 
  • Harrelson Trumpets
    • Harrelson's Facebook page
    • the Medusa
Chapter 2: Listen!
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  • The hyperlinked listening list: Most of the titles in this PDF are hyperlinked. Click on a title to go to a page where you can hear samples or buy a copy.
  • Our Trumpet Store, featuring the best recordings to be found.
Chapter 3: How to Create a Buzz
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  • Sound clips from the book:
  • Example 3.1
  • Buzz Exercise 2
  • Buzz Exercise 3
  • Buzz Exercise 4
  • Buzz Exercise 5
  • Buzz Exercise 6
  • Buzz Exercise 7
  • Trumpet mouthpieces for sale
  • Trumpet emboucure visualizer
  • Sources for Further Study
    • Bert's Basic Brass
    • BERP: about, buy
    • Chops: find it through an interlibrary loan
    • Embouchure Builder
    • The Art of Brass Playing: A Treatise on the Formation and Use of Brass Player's Embouchure, by Philip Farkas

Chapter 4: Doin' the Mess Around 
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Chapter 5: Fast Fingers
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Chapter 6: Avoiding Bad Breath
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  • The Voldyne
  • The Breath Builder
  • Variable Resistance Compound Gague
  • Videos on using breathing devices
  • Sources for Further Study
    • Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind, by Brian Frederiksen
    • Brass Playing is No Harder than Deep Breathing, by Claude Gordon
    • Brass Wind Artistry: Master Your Mind, Master Your Instrument, by Paul Severson
    • The Art of Breathing, by Nanci Zi
    • Science of Breath, by Yogi Ramacharaka
Interlude: The Practice of Practice
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  • Sound clips from the chapter:
    • Example 6.1
    • Example 6.2
    • Example 6.2a
    • Example 6.2b
  • Exercise Tracking (printable PDF)
  • Practice Journal (printable PDF)
  • Scales (printable PDF)
  • Scale practice checklist (printable PDF)
  • The Practice of Practice blog
  • Great Books on Practice
    • The Practice of Practice, by yours truly, Jonathan Harnum
    • The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness, by Gerald Klickstein (his blog is here)
    • Effortless Mastery, by Kenny Werner (DVD version)
    • Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet, by Claude Gordon
    • The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music From the Heart, by Madeline Bruser
    • The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True Artistry, by Barry Green
    • The Practice Revolution: Getting Great Results from the 6 Days Between Lessons, by Philip Johnston
  • Software Practice Aids:
    • Free digital metronome
    • iReal: A rhythm section on your phone. AMAZING device in many styles with tens of thousands of changes. One of the best digital practice aids out there.
    • Audacity: Free sound-editing software. Highly recommended. My vid tutorials ongetting/installing, overview, volume control, label and cut track, change tempo, change key/pitch, noise removal.
    • Noteflight: Free music-notation software. Highly recommended.
    • Finale: Notation software, mostly for purchase, but ther are a couple cheaper options:
      • Reader: Read any Finale sheet music or music XML file and print it.
      • Low cost option: Finale Notepad ($9.95 download). Demo here.
    • Sibelius: Similar to Finale, but no free/low cost option. However, there is:
      • Non-saving trial of Sibelius, to get an idea of how the program works.
      • Scorch: Allows you to view, play, and print any Sibelius score posted online.
    • NOT FREE )-: Band-in-a-Box is a great help for learning melodies, chords, and improvising whether its rock/pop, jazz, country, or bluegrass you're interested in playing. With the expansion packs your backup band will sound like real professionals. There are great lessons available, too. Comes in a variety of levels: MegaPAK includes most extras ($219. this is what I have and love it!), Pro version (Win: $106; Mac: $99), or the Everything Version with all expansion packs, tutorials and more ($499 Windows /Mac)
      • The entire Real Book (jazz standards) converted to Band-in-a-Box backing tracks. If you have this handy piece of software (see below), you can get a free copy of several hundred jazz tunes in the correct style and instrumentation.You'll have your own rhythm section to play with. A bit of chord knowledge is helpful but if you can copy the chords from a song, you're all set. I have one and love to play with it. Fantastic resource!

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