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In the last forty years, many elite performers in the arts have
gleaned valuable lessons and techniques from research and advances
in sport science, psychomotor research, learning theory, and
psychology. Numerous "peak performance" books have made these tools
and insights available to athletes.
Now, professor and performer Frank Gabriel Campos has translated
this concept for trumpet players and other brass and wind
instrumentalists, creating an accessible and comprehensive guide to
performance skill. Trumpet Technique combines the newest research
on skill acquisition and peak performance with the time-honored and
proven techniques of master teachers and performers. All aspects of
brass technique are discussed in detail, including the breath,
embouchure, oral cavity, tongue, jaw, and proper body use, as well
as information on performance psychology, practice techniques,
musicians' occupational injuries, and much more.
Comprehensive and detailed, Trumpet Technique is an invaluable
resource for performers, teachers, and students at all levels
seeking to move to the highest level of skill with their
instrument.
Instrumentalists will love these collections of 130 popular solos,
including: Another One Bites the Dust * Any Dream Will Do * Bad Day
* Beauty and the Beast * Breaking Free * Clocks * Edelweiss * God
Bless the U.S.A. * Heart and Soul * I Will Remember You * Imagine *
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye * Satin Doll * United We Stand * You
Raise Me Up * and more.
"The Premier Oboist of Europe": A Portrait of Gustave Vogt
describes the life and achievements of the most prolific composer
of oboe music in the nineteenth century. This book attempts to
stimulate appreciation of Gustave Vogt (1781-1870) as musician and
historical personality. It brings together portraiture, personal
correspondence, concert reviews, autographs, and countless other
documents including Vogt's Conservatoire exam reports, a detailed
work list of Vogt's compositions, and the first complete
transcription and translation of his unpublished oboe method.
Despite his exceptional career and the seminal position in the
history of the oboe, Vogt's long and active career have been
largely passed over. He is remembered primarily for being the
teacher of oboists who took up posts in France and England. In
truth, however, during his long life Vogt witnessed huge
transformations, affecting not only musical fashion but the social
fabric of the world about him. After being trained at the Paris
Conservatoire, he earned considerable repute from his appearances
in concert hall and salon. Like most artists of his day, Vogt
performed his own compositions but was also praised for his skill
as a chamber musician, most notably in the wind quintet that
premiered the works of Anton Reicha. As well as reawakening
appreciation of a musician, known in his day as Europe's greatest
oboist, this book posits an alternative viewpoint by writing
history from the perspective of a musician caught up in the flow of
his times-an extraordinary personality who was representative of
the place and time in which he lived, rather than an exception to
them.
Afro-Cuban music evolved into one of the great musical traditions
of the twentieth century. Trompeta: Chappott'n, Chocolate, and the
Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style provides a comprehensive history of
mainstream Cuban music, examining the music of all its eras from
the perspective of two seminal trumpet players: FZlix Chappott'n
and Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros. One or the other was present at
almost every significant turning point in the stylistic development
of Cuban music. An overview of the entire Afro-Cuban genre and its
development is provided, as well as an in-depth examination of both
Chappott'n's and Armenteros' performance styles.
(Instrumental Folio). 16 pieces from the swashbuckling blockbuster,
including: The Black Pearl * Davy Jones * He's a Pirate * I've Got
My Eye on You * Jack Sparrow * To the Pirate's Cave * Wheel of
Fortune * and more.
A Complete Approach to Overtones is an in-depth treatment on
overtones for saxophone. The book provides a full range of
exercises and aids to improve the overtone capabilities and overall
saxophone playing for every level of saxophonist. Beginners will
find the aids they need to achieve their first overtones, and
players who can already play a wide range of overtones will find
exercises that improve and expand their abilities as well. "Ben
Britton has put together a comprehensive volume explaining the
overtone series and how to practice with it. A must-have for
serious students of the saxophone." - Charles Pillow, Assistant
Professor of Jazz Saxophone, Eastman School of Music From the
introduction: "One of the most efficient ways to improve saxophone
sound or tone is through overtone practice. Just a minute or two of
proper overtone practice immediately increases the clarity and
richness of tone as well as increases your ability to maintain a
great sound while playing technically difficult music. Regularly
practicing overtones will lead to consistently achieving those ends
and extending your range into the altissimo register. Mastering
overtones can result in a near four-octave range with a consistent
and beautiful sound throughout."
Outstanding and renowned teacher Geraldine Cotter guides students
through all forms of traditional Irish music with step-by-step
examples, exercises and diagrams. This all encompassing book is
beautifully presented and contains prints, photographs and clearly
legible notation. The generous section of repertoire pieces
includes "The Jolly Banger", "Lucky In Love" and "The Galway
Rambler". The accompanying 2 CD demonstration recording is
included, and features all one hundred tunes from the final section
of the book.
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