Ear Training Through Meditation Background Music- Part 1
As a Transcendental Meditation practitioner, I ran across something very helpful while trying to improve your musical ear training. Hearing, recognizing and duplicating a pitch on your instrument is what we will be demonstrating. Step 1. Bring up this YouTube site-tep 1.
Product Review- Hawk Flugelhorn with Case
12 Best Flugelhorn Reviews and the Best Flugel horn Brands And now for my review of this instrument. Based on a 5* rating Materials- **** Workmanship- **** Finish- ***** Mechanics- *** Valves- *** Weight- *** Feel- *** Response- *** Intonation- **** Threading on Valves and Valve caps- * Original Mouthpiece-…
Product Review- Hawk Flugelhorn with Case
In order to keep our readers up to date on new products and new ideas, we try to get our hands on products for review and evaluation and this is one of those cases. A good friend and fellow musician recently purchased a new Hawk Flugelhorn and I asked to…
Susan Rider- In Her Own Words
Since 1997, I have been a member of the trumpet/cornet section of “The President’s Own'” United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C. This ensemble has the distinction of being the oldest continually active professional musical organization in America (it was established by an Act of Congress in 1798). Its primary…
Susan Rider- A Great Trumpet Performer As Well As A Wonderful Person.
From time to time we come in contact with the very gifted and realize these people are capable of great things. This was the case for me when I first met and worked with Susan Rider. Susan comes from a very tallented family and her father and I had many…
Free Trumpet Sheet Music- “My Country Tis’ of Thee”- Trio
Here is an interesting trumpet trio you might enjoy….. My Country Tis’ of Thee- Trio
The Battle of the Plastics
From time to time new innovations crop up which, according to their inventers/designers, will revolutionize all trumpet playing. In a few cases, we are benefited by these improvements but in most cases the new ideas fall way short from their advertised benefits. Case in point is the continuing push for…
Would you like to increase your air intake? So would I.
As most of my readers know by now with my heart attack from two years back, one of the side effects was that I lost about half of my vital capacity (total air intake). While in physical therapy, I asked my therapist if it would ever come back and in…
Have You Ever Considered Playing A Medium Bore Trumpet/Cornet?
Now that is a question that I am sure you have never been asked! Most selections of bore size are limited to either large bore or extra-large bore and an option of a small bore or even a medium bore never enters the picture. Here is a quote from the…