Now that you have carefully selected your solo and practiced your part to perfection, it is time to put the final touches on your perfect performance. Knowing and being able to perform your solo is two-thirds of the equation for success. The final 1/3 is knowing that a perfect performance…
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Here’s a Little Relief for All You Eagles Fans
trumpetensemblemusic.com features arrangements / transcriptions written for solo trumpet, trumpet duets, trumpet trios, trumpet quartets as well as trumpet choirs. Included in its listings are jazz, popular sheet music, marches, religious, patriotic, Latin and solo and ensemble contest arrangements / transcriptions. As we continue to add to this site,…
Three Steps to a Perfect Performance- #2 Preparation
We have had enough time to perfect our material to perfection. Notice that I didn’t say how fast we are now able to play it. If you are a less experienced player, you may be able to perform the material perfectly at the slowest tempo. Congratulations for you are on…
Three Steps to a Perfect Performance- #1 Material
I have always wanted to perform the trumpet solo featured in the Brandenburg Concerto #2. It ain’t gunna happen! Why you might ask? The answer is simple. I don’t have the chops and I never will have the chops. With that confession, I have illustrated my concern for choosing material…
Three Steps To a Perfect Performance*
Life is simple when you break it down into its basic parts. I have performed and prepared students for public performances for most of my life and the collective number of perfect performances is few and far between. In my own case I can remember less than a dozen occasions…
La fuerza interior de Uvalde- (Uvalde’s inner strength)
To My Wife and Still My Best Friend after 58 years……
Can you imagine the number of times she has listed to me practice, perform and still keeps me around? During these many years I have been through twenty different instruments, five different teachers, one heart attack, cancer, global amnesia, blood clots, a brain concussion, five broken bones, an ablation in…
Ernest Williams- The Unsung Hero of the Cornet
Even though some readers may not be familiar with the name Ernest Williams, his contribution to the trumpet/cornet world should be recognized. The following material was taken from Wikipedia in order to illustrate Mr. Williams contributions to our instrumental world. “A native of Wayne County, Indiana, Ernest Williams’ musical career…
The Definitive Guide to Trumpet Mouthpieces- Reprinted from 2013
Trumpet Mouthpieces – Getting Started Most instrument manufacturers also make mouthpieces which are produced under their own name and are included with the purchase of their instrument. Beginning trumpet and cornet players will not need to go through the endless quest to find the perfect mouthpiece as the more experienced…
Last 3 days of 10% discount on all jazz arrangements/transcriptions through the month of May…..
Last 3 days of 10% discount on all jazz arrangements/transcriptions through the month of May (discount applies only to Jazz arr./trans) trumpetensemblemusic.com And these are only 10 of the 152 examples being discounted! “Birdland” (Trumpet Quartet) – Trumpet Ensemble Music Just A Closer Walk With Thee- Trumpet Trio | Download…