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Sound the Trumpet: Bonus Material Chapters 7-14
Other bonus material: chapters 1-6  & chapters 15-23

Chapter 7: Taking Notes
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Example 7.5
  • Example 7.6
  • Example 7.7
  • Example 7.8
  • Example 7.9
  • Example 7.9b
  • Example 7.10-1a
  • Example 7.10-1b
  • Example 7.10-2a
  • Example 7.10-2b
  • Example 7.10-3a
  • Example 7.10-3b
  • Example 7.10-4a
  • Example 7.10-4b
  • Example 7.11
  • Example 7.12
  • Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music 
  • Other Helpful music theory learning sites:
    • Ricci Adam's Music Theory: Great flash-based music theory lessons
    • Free music dictionaries: best one is here; also here and here.
    • 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.
Chapter 8: Tongue Tips for Trumpet
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Books:
    • 240 Double & Triple Tonguing Exercises, by Victor Salvo
    • Articulation Studies, by Chris Gekker
    • Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet or Cornet, by J. B. Arban
    • Grand Method for Trumpet or Cornet, by Louis Saint-Jacome
  • Recordings:
    • Carnaval, Wynton Marsalis (CD or mp3), particularly Flight of the Bumblebee (mp3)
    • Scheherezade, by Rimsky-Korsakov, performed by Chicago Symphony/Reiner
    • Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky, performed by Chicago Symphony/Solti
Chapter 9: Lip Slurs and the Oral Cavity
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Books:
    • 27 Groups of Exercises, by Earl D. Irons
    • Lip Flexibility on the Trumpet, by Walter M. Smith
Chapter 10: Simple Tunes
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Click HERE to download the sheet music for Le Jeux Noirs (Dark Eyes)
    • It's a PDF, so if you don't have Adobe's reader, get that here
  • Here is a version of Dark Eyes by Jazzology: me on trumpet, Joel Stamoolis on bass, Dave Myers on keys, and Jeremy Chignell on the skins.
  • Many, many, many songbooks:
    • movies (Star Wars, etc.), jazz standards, concertos, methods, etc.....

Chapter 11: Trumpet Tuning Tips
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Chapter 12: How Low Can You Go? Pedal Tones
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Warm-up and Studies, by James Stamp
  • Low Etudes for Trumpet, by Phil Snedecor
  • The Original Louis Maggio System for Brass, by Carlton MacBeth (also here)
  • Trumpet Pedal Register Unveiled, by Dale Olson (p. 360-361 inBrass Anthology, published by The Instrumentalist.)
  • Inside John Haynie’s Studio: A Master Teacher’s Lessons on Trumpet and Life, by John Haynie and  Anne Hardin
Chapter 13: Home on the High Range
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Books:
    • Musical Calisthenics for Brass, by Carmine Caruso
    • A New Approach to Altissimo Trumpet Playing, by John Lynch
    • Exploring the Trumpet's Upper Register, by Jay Zorn
    • It appears many of these books I listed in Chapter 13 are out of print or difficult to find. Search online and you’ll probably find copies
Chapter 14: Endurance
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  • Sound clips from the book
Interlude: Clean Up Your Axe
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  • Sound clips from the book
  • Trumpet cleaning kit
  • Al Cass FAST valve oil
  • Ultra Pure valve oil
  • slide grease
  • mouthpiece brush
 


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