All Things Trumpet
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AllThingsTrumpet.com is a blog created by David Cooper, that contain articles on practice and performance tips, improvisation techniques, and general trumpet issues for the serious trumpet player. He also reviews equipment and trumpet literature.
All Things Trumpet
1y ago
This Etude #12 exposes flaws in your fundamentals and intonation like very few etudes I’ve ever seen! And, if you can get to the last couple measures, they are super painful after everything you’ve been through throughout the etude. This …
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All Things Trumpet
1y ago
Pietzsch #11 features some close-interval slurring in the mid to upper register which makes this one especially tiring! The top of page 2 gave me some trouble with fingerings in the low register. I probably should have worked on this …
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All Things Trumpet
1y ago
Pietzsch #10 is a nice one. It has some broad playing, orchestral dotted eighth-sixteenths, close-interval slurs and double-tonguing. A little something for everyone! In areas of lower register there are some nasty cross fingerings so start those areas slowly. The …
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All Things Trumpet
1y ago
Really only one thing to say about #9 – Double Tonguing. Well ok, I guess that’s two things…
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All Things Trumpet
2y ago
My good friends at Thompson Music sent me a couple of Bb trumpets the other day and I would like to share my thoughts. My last couple of posts have been comparisons of mouthpieces and C trumpets. During that process …
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All Things Trumpet
3y ago
Perhaps it’s the time of year with ITG around the corner that gets me thinking about comparing equipment and/or general nerding out on trumpet…And, while this years’ ITG has great content and I’m really looking forward to it, I will …
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All Things Trumpet
3y ago
Perhaps it’s the time of year with ITG around the corner that gets me thinking about comparing equipment and/or general nerding out on trumpet…And, while this years’ ITG has great content and I’m really looking forward to it, I will …
The post Mouthpiece Comparison – AR 42 vs Bach Artisan 1.5 appeared first on All Things Trumpet ..read more
All Things Trumpet
3y ago
Hi everyone,
Well, I’m at it again and looking for a new trumpet! Those that know me know I have a C AR Resonance. I got that horn to match my dearly beloved AR Bb Suprema. The Classica C is …
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All Things Trumpet
4y ago
Hi everyone,
I have 2 new CDs for sale in my shop.
Please check them out.
3 American Concertos isn’t exactly “new” it’s just that I haven’t put it up for sale on this site till now. I had an ..read more
All Things Trumpet
4y ago
This Etude #12 exposes flaws in your fundamentals and intonation like very few etudes I’ve ever seen! And, if you can get to the last couple measures, they are super painful after everything you’ve been through throughout the etude. This ..read more