ELEMENTARY STUDIES FOR THE TRUMPET
BY HERBERT L. CLARKE

PAGES: 64
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER BOOKS ON MUSIC: INSTRUCTION
PUBLICATION DATE: 19TH NOVEMBER 2024
TRIM SIZE: 8.25 X 11 IN
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
BISACS:
MUSIC / PRINTED MUSIC / BRASS
MUSIC / INSTRUCTION & STUDY / EXERCISES
MUSIC / INSTRUCTION & STUDY / TECHNIQUES

DESCRIPTION:
-PREEMINENT CORNETIST, FEATURE SOLOIST, BANDMASTER, AND COMPOSER HERBERT L. CLARKE (1867–1945) LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR A LIFETIME OF TRUMPET MASTERY IN THIS BEGINNER’S GUIDE. CLARKE PRESENTS A THOROUGH EXPLORATION OF TRUMPET DYNAMICS, ARTISTRY, AND THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION USING THIRTY LESSONS AND 116 SIMPLE EXERCISES DESIGNED TO BUILD UP THE “EMBOUCHURE,” A TERM APPLIED TO FORMING THE LIPS, POSITIONING THE MOUTHPIECE, STRENGTHENING AND TRAINING THE FACIAL MUSCLES, AND ACQUIRING ENDURANCE TO PRODUCE A PURE TONE.

-PERFECT FOR HONING SKILLS AND BUILDING A SOLID REPERTOIRE, THESE ANNOTATED STUDIES ARE ARRANGED IN ORDER OF COMPLEXITY — CRUCIAL FOR PLAYERS OF ALL AGES, FROM STUDENTS TO TEACHERS AND ANYONE SERIOUS ABOUT TRUMPET PERFORMANCE.

CONTENTS:
-INTRODUCTION
-FIRST LESSON
-SECOND LESSON
-THIRD LESSON
-FOURTH LESSON
-FIFTH LESSON
-SIXTH LESSON
-SEVENTH LESSON
-EIGHTH LESSON
-NINTH LESSON
-TENTH LESSON
-ELEVENTH LESSON
-TWELFTH LESSON
-THIRTEENTH LESSON
-FOURTEENTH LESSON
-FIFTEENTH LESSON
-SIXTEENTH LESSON
-SEVENTEENTH LESSON
-EIGHTEENTH LESSON
-NINETEENTH LESSON
-TWENTIETH LESSON
-TWENTY-FIRST LESSON
-TWENTY-SECOND LESSON
-TWENTY-THIRD LESSON
-TWENTY-FOURTH LESSON
-TWENTY-FIFTH LESSON
-TWENTY-SIXTH LESSON
-TWENTY-SEVENTH LESSON
-TWENTY-EIGHTH LESSON
-TWENTY-NINTH LESSON
-THIRTIETH LESSON
-STUDY
-EXAMPLES