Trumpet Basics Pupil's Book E-Book

John Miller

• Herausgeber: Faber Music Limited
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

The full eBook version of Trumpet Basics in fixed-layout format, with downloadable audio. John Miller's Trumpet Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner trumpet players and their teachers. This edition of Trumpet Basics Pupil's book offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities and of course all the great tunes featured in the original Trumpet Basics. Starting at absolute beginner level and progressing to about Grade 2, it contains: • a wide range of repertoire, including original pieces and well-loved favourites from every genre • warm ups and fun original exercises • invaluable fact files, quizzes and technical advice covering notation, general musicianship and care of the instrument • helpful fingering diagrams and rhythm boxes • duets throughout – ideal for group teaching • downloadable audio containing piano and trumpet accompaniments to play along with Contents Stage 1: Up And Down Wavy Line First Things First Mirror Image The First Digit No Stopping Hippo March. Stage 2: Happy Harry Watch Your Step! Haunted House Folk Song Quick Quick Slow Gladiator Stage 3: Quick March Sad Tale Any Old Iron? Count As You Play Stage 4: Lightly Row Mind Your Fingers Hansel And Gretel (Humperdinck) Stage 5: Simple Song That Does It! Smooth 'N' Groovy O When The Saints Stage 6: The Green Man Old Macdonald's Echo Stage 7: Ode To Joy (Beethoven) Lottery Loser Stage 8: Smooth As Silk Kum Ba Yah The Old Temple No, No, No, No Geordie Munro A Vision For You Stage 9: Fish 'N' Chips Postman Pat Carnival Of Venice Listening Power Stage 10: Woozy Cat Waltz Kalinka Sunday Best (Nicolai/Bach) Stage 11: Yankee Doodle In Five Simple Gifts Stage 12: Jingle Bells Concert Pieces: Rondo (Susato) Your First Hit Single (Wedgwood) The Ballad Of The East Neuk ( Miller) Stage 13: Sharpen That Tongue Poulton: Aura Lee O Come, All Ye Faithful Stage 14: Winter The Happy Ending Theme From The Godfather (Rota) Stage 15: Loch Lomond Scarborough Fair For His Majesty's Sagbutts And Cornets Stage 16: Can-Can Country Dance (Offenbach) Promenade (Mussorgsky) The First Nowell Cornish Dance (Arnold) Stage 17: Joy To The World (Handel) Frankie And Johnny Stage 18: French March (Arban) O Sole Mio (Di Capua) Stage 19: William Tell (Rossini) Blue-Note Blues Stage 20: Rock Improvisation Concert Pieces: Lancaster Lullaby (Miller) Flashback (Wedgwood) Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman) The Wild Man (Miller) Sweeney Todd (Arnold)

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for June Wilkinson and Antonia Altham

With illustrations by Drew Hillier

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Welcome to

Trumpet Basics

– the tutor that will guide you through the first steps

in learning to play cornet or trumpet.

The trumpet can play everything from solemn fanfares to exciting jazz; the

cornet, its flexible friend, is the indispensable solo instrument in every brass

band. And

Trumpet Basics

will set you on the path for all these future challenges:

very soon you’ll be able to play real tunes, play with others, and know your way

around the instrument.

To help you on your way, here are a few hot tips:

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Your teacher is important. There is no better start than copying a good player.

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Play a little each day rather than a lot the day before your lesson. This builds

up your playing muscles and keeps your brain engaged.

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Look after your instrument. This book will show you how.

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If you’re not sure about anything, ask your teacher to explain it or, best of all,

to play it to you.

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Make music with others. This is fun and teaches you how to listen and play at

the same time. There are lots of duets and group pieces in this book.

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Ask your teacher or somebody else to play the piano and trumpet

accompaniments that are included in the Teacher’s book; these are indicated

by the following icons:

for trumpet duet parts

for piano accompaniments.

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Always use the backing tracks (

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by scanning the QR code or going to fabermusic.com/audio. If you want to

change the tempo (speed) of a track, there are many programmes available

on the internet that will do this for free.

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Go out of your way to hear good players (especially in live performances).

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Grab every opportunity to play in public either as a soloist or in a group; after

all, this is one of the main reasons for playing an instrument.

The biggest tip of all is to enjoy your playing! That’s always been my secret …

John Miller

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Trumpet Basics

checklist

You will need:

• A trumpet or cornet

• A good quality mouthpiece

• Mouthpiece cleaning brush, plus

a flexible ‘pull through’

• Valve oil and slide grease

• Music stand

• Pencil

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Trumpet Basics

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Before you begin …

Posture

Good posture makes playing easy and enjoyable!

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Keep your arms out at 45° so that the chest is free.

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Stand or sit feeling tall, but relaxed – particularly your shoulders.

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If you are standing, keep your knees flexible and your feet hip-width apart.

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If you are sitting, keep your back away from the chair back, and have your feet flat

on the floor.

The trumpet

The trumpet was used as a

signalling instrument in Ancient

China, Egypt and Scandinavia,

and as a ceremonial instrument

by the Romans. (You may also

have heard about seven trumpets blowing down the

walls of Jericho!) The instrument was initially a simple

long tube with no valves – the three buttons you press

down – and players played different notes by controlling

their lips and the air. Around 1815 valves were invented,

instantly making brass instruments more musically

flexible, and they were soon added to the trumpet.

The instrument

The cornet

The cornet (meaning ‘little horn’) first appeared

in Paris around 1828, and was at first a coiled

post-horn with valves. It became very popular

as a solo instrument in early jazz through players

like Louis Armstrong, and is a major instrument

in brass bands. Today both cornets and trumpets

are made of brass, either lacquered or silver-plated,

and appear in brass bands, symphony orchestras,

wind and brass ensembles, jazz and pop music.

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Holding the instrument

The ‘chops’

(facial and lip muscles)

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Keep the mouthpiece above and below the red

of the lips. This is important!

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When playing, avoid puffing out the cheeks.

The playing muscles are all round the lower face.

How to make a sound

When playing any brass instrument, it is the vibration of the

lips that creates the sound.

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Without either mouthpiece or instrument, set your lips as

if to say ‘em’ and imagine the inside of your mouth saying

‘oo’. Blowing through the lips will create a small gap in

the centre, and (with practice) a raspberry-like buzz. Can

you hold a steady buzz?

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Now try the above through the mouthpiece only. Find an

easy note and see if you can hold it for five seconds.

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Finally, put the mouthpiece in the instrument, press down

the first valve with your first right-hand finger, breathe

naturally, and try your first real note.