As in most activities, levels of proficiency can be established. Whether you are speaking of driving skills, golfing ability or Art, each have recognizable levels of ability. This is especially true in music. Each of the four plateaus represent musicians’ accomplishments and for this post I will define the lowest…
These posts are written by: Bruce Chidester
Don’t Blink or This May Happen to You!
Comments have arrived which can be answered in one fell swoop. Have you noticed that when you do an unusual amount of sight reading or performing under stress, you suffer from irritated eyes? If you have noticed this condition, you and most of the trumpet world suffer with you. Stressful…
What We Should Have Learned from the Wuhan Virus
“If you still believe that it did not originate in the Wuhan Lab in China, you need not read any further for I have posted this to the more enlightened population of our country”. The set back that we have experienced recently makes one wonder if anything good has come…
Breaking News!
From April 1st until the end of April 30th, Trumpet Ensemble Music is offering a 10% discount on all of its “Trumpet Choir”music. This includes over 90 arrangements/transcriptions from its vast collection of Trumpet Choir offerings. Included in this discount are arrangements/transcriptions from the following genres- Christmas Classical Dixieland Easter…
Dry mouth with Two Solutions
Many times, we are faced with difficult conditions when performing under pressure and one of these conditions is dry mouth. A trumpet player with dry mouth is like a fish without water. Both conditions will result in a very bad situation. Common Causes of Dry mouth Dry mouth is…
Trumpet Tricks #8- “Left Hand position to reduce Mouthpiece Pressure”
Two Minute Trumpet Tricks #7- “The Cheapest and Best Mute Holder”
Two Minute Trumpet Tricks #6- “How to Oil Three Valves in 30 seconds”
Returning to the Gap Debate…Again!
..and still the debate continues. Should there be a gap or should there not be a gap. To more fully understand this question, you must first understand what a gap is and in order to show you, please view the following video produced by the Bob Reeves mouthpiece company.
“Because He Lives” performed by the Branson Trumpet Ensemble
Those were great times with some very talented musicians.