Arban states his opinion that the mouthpiece should be twothirds on the lower lip and onethird on the upper. Bob odneal professional musiciantrumpet freelance linkedin. The exercises are quite demanding, but get the student fluent in all the keys and playing up to high c. Their most difficult notes were often below low c as their lips were not long enough to produce these pitches in a 7c mouthpiece. He also details alternate fingerings and describes the use of the tuning slide. Other exercise books are needed for an expanded register, but for normal range fluency, you wont find a better exercise book out. Click through some samples on the left, then order a physical book delivered. I never told my students that high c was a difficult note. For trumpet lessons and books, study with the teacher that the pros use. The truth about how to play double high c on trumpet by. This comes from the rafael mendez book a prelude to brass. Most of my younger trumpet students played a two octave chromatic scale from low c to high c and back down as part of their warmup in 4th and 5th grade.
The first thing i did was to take the book to kinkos to have it spiral bound, a necessity for use of this book. Some people swear by it, some people hate it, but despite its ability to polarize the trumpet playing community it has been part of the standard repertoire since the day it was written. Bob odneal double c to low c skip round midnight ballad testing. Testing two horns check out the casual double high c method a. The high register will not capitulate to casual practice but it will yield to those who. Trumpet video courses, trumpet books, and trumpet lessons. Double high c in 37 weeks view topic, the trumpeters home on the web. Check out the casual double high c method at, practice exercise an easy approach to double high c. An unguided ramble into its recesses in bad\nweather is apt to engender dissatisfaction with its narrow, tortuous,\nand miry ways. I received some questions about my casual double high c method from a trumpet player that is working. More about casual double high c or purchase casual double high c notes and.
This book is destined to become known as the most authoritative ever written on the subject, because it contains the four necessary ingredients to playing. Spauldings double high c in 37 weeks was one of the first methods strictly devoted to the extreme upper register. The truth about how to play double high c on trumpet by knevitt. Herbert lincoln clarke recommends the mouthpiece to rest half upper lip and half. The high register will not succumb to the casual player. Bill knevitt the truth about how to play double high c on trumpet. This is a wonderful method and an example of the more traditional approach which i have described above. Other exercise books are needed for an expanded register. The introduction of the use of pedal tones to improve high range playing. Spauldings double high c in 37 weeks was one of the first methods strictly. I write, publish, sell and distribute my books and emethods. Double c casual double high c practice approach youtube.
Clarke cornet trumpet technical studies book and cd. In my next post, i will be demonstrating this concept in a very fine method book written by the late bud brisbois called trumpet today. I have students playing in vegas, on movie sound tracks and in symphonies. If one has trained properly and has cultivated the correct method of production, one tone is virtually as easy to produce as another. Casual settings can be of great help when done frequently. This book is destined to become known as the most authoritative ever written on the subject, because it contains the four necessary ingredients to playing double high c.
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