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International Magazine for Brass Players

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Browse Brass Bulletin articles published since 1971. Search by topic, subject, instrument, author, series or issue, with new material added as the digital edition grows.

The F/Bb horn with whole-tone ascending 3rd valve Member
No. 11 • 1975 Digitized

The F/Bb horn with whole-tone ascending 3rd valve

A different horn, a different approach: Francis Orval explores how an ascending 3rd valve reshapes technique, intonation and response.

By Francis Orval

Technique Equipment Valves Intonation
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music Member
No. 47 • 1984 Digitized

Part 6

The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music

Special jazz techniques

Vibrato, half-valves, growls and shakes lead to a larger argument: jazz transformed trumpet technique, yet its contribution remained strikingly undervalued.

By Michel Laplace

History Jazz Improvisation Articulation
Overlays and bonding Free
No. 49 • 1985 Digitized

Overlays and bonding

New dental aids for brass players

A trumpeter’s dental experiments in the 1980s turned teeth, mouthpiece pressure and embouchure into an unexpected field of collaboration with dentistry.

By Jeffrey Agrell

Health Technique Teeth Endurance Range
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Mozart and brass musicians

By Eugen Brixel

History
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Bremen 1991

Trumpet forum

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Event
No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

The source of sound production in brass instruments is lip vibration

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
No. 74 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Importing brass instruments into Europe

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Equipment
The trumpet in the north German postal service of the 19th century Member
No. 47 • 1984 Digitized

The trumpet in the north German postal service of the 19th century

For forty years, northern German postilions exchanged the familiar post-horn for trumpets, turning postal signals into an unexpected echo of military practice.

By Albert Hiller

History Historical instruments Valves
Joannès Rochut (1881-1952) Member
No. 50 • 1985 Digitized

Joannès Rochut (1881-1952)

Trombonist of the Boston symphony Orchestra

Behind a cornerstone of trombone teaching lies Rochut’s path between Paris and Boston, lost manuscripts, orchestral life and the enduring Bordogni legacy.

By David Fetter

History
No. 98 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Short history of instrument maker Josef Monke (1882 to 1965)

By Liselotte Monke

Equipment
No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Reflections on the tuba, teaching and music

By Roger Bobo

Equipment Teaching Repertoire
Being a woman brass player... So what? Free
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Being a woman brass player... So what?

Frøydis Ree Wekre reflects on women in brass playing, examining physical assumptions, psychological factors, and practical realities across performance and professional life.

By Frøydis Ree Wekre

Society Health Sociology Mental approach Endurance
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

DSA - Digital analysis of intonation and sound

Hearing

By Robert Meissner

Technique Acoustics
Member
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

Phonetics in the articulation and expression of the language of music

Rethinking articulation: Francis Orval challenges traditional teaching—revealing how phonetics, language, and psychology shape sound, phrasing, and musical expression.

By Francis Orval

Technique Teaching Articulation Tongue Breathing
No. 124 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

The arrival in Japan of the first brass instruments from the West

By Saeki Shigeki

History
No. 74 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Bruno Schneider

Tale of a tall talent

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 122 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

25 tubas... 1 cimbasso - 20 years developing tubas while playing them

By Daryl Smith

Equipment
No. 115 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Transcription fundamentals Free
No. 31 • 1980 Digitized

Transcription fundamentals

Between Bach fugues and Mozart concertos, Ralph Sauer questions where brass transcription renews a work — and where it merely imitates.

By Ralf Sauer

Repertoire Interpretation Brass Ensemble
Editorial Free
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Editorial

A landmark congress… yet frustrating? Montreux 1976 impresses in scale but avoids key questions—leaving one unresolved: where do we go next?

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller 1995

First World Trumpet Competition

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 22

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

For brass players having wisdom teeth extracted is not without risk

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
No. 87 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

French cornet methods published before Arban's Complete Grand Method for Cornet and Saxhorn

By Friedrich Anzenberger

History Repertoire Teaching
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