36 STUDIES FOR TRUMPET
COMPOSER: O. BLUME
EDITOR: LARRY CLARK

INSTRUMENTATION: TRUMPET
PUBLISHER: CARL FISCHER MUSIC
ITEM STATUS: PRINT
PRODUCT TYPE: METHODS AND STUDIES
WEIGHT: 0.3438 LBS.

DESCRIPTION:
-36 STUDIES FOR TROMBONE BY OSCAR BLUME HAS BEEN A SEMINAL METHOD FOR TEACHING THE TROMBONE FOR MANY YEARS. DUE TO ITS INFLUENCE AND ITS METHODICAL APPROACH TO TACKLING A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCE ISSUES, THE STUDIES ARE PRESENTED HERE IN AN EDITION FOR TRUMPET. THIS COLLECTION IS ORGANIZED IN THREE PROGRESSIVELY DIFFICULT PARTS: PART I FOR BEGINNERS, PART II FOR ADVANCE PLAYERS, AND PART III FOR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS. PART I OPENS WITH SCALE EXERCISES IN THE TWELVE MAJOR KEYS – THIRTEEN COUNTING AN ENHARMONIC EQUIVALENT. EACH OF THE SUCCEEDING STUDIES, FOLLOWING THE PARADIGM OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ETUDE, ATTACK SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ISSUES FOR THE BRASS PLAYER WITH VARYING DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY IN EACH PROGRESSIVE PART. A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES, FROM TONGUING AND DYNAMIC CONTROL TO MUSICIANSHIP AND EXPRESSIVE PLAYING, CAN BE OVERCOME WITH THE DILIGENT STUDY OF THIS IMPORTANT COLLECTION. THESE STUDIES ARE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE REPERTOIRE FOR TEACHING THE TRUMPET OR ANY BRASS INSTRUMENT.