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The Measurement of Mouthpiece Pressure
Objective measurements on trumpet players challenge common beliefs about mouthpiece pressure, showing stable individual patterns across pitch, dynamics and playing level.
Por P. Kenny, John Davies
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The trombone: changing times, changing slide positions
Did trombonists always use seven positions? Heinrich Huber reveals how history, theory and early music reshaped the slide.
Por Heinrich Huber
Horn models in high E flat
Por Engelberg Schmid
Parte 4
A player’s first years
The opinion of an expert
Por Horst Rapp
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A guide to commercial tuba playing in the Los Angeles area
Hollywood reality check: Tommy Johnson reveals what it really takes to become a commercial tuba player in Los Angeles—skill, versatility… and patience.
Por Tommy Johnson
Serie Técnica de los metales • Parte 6
Posture
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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The attack
Precision often begins with doing less, not more—a principle Louis Davidson places at the heart of trumpet playing with surprising practical consequences.
Por Louis Davidson
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The Pitch Finder
A 1980 attempt to make trumpet intonation mechanical shifts familiar pitch corrections from the embouchure to the fingers, with striking consequences for playing.
Por Jack Holland
Reading music
Por Michel Ricquier
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A talk with Rolf Quinque
What if strength is the wrong approach? Rolf Quinque traces his shift from force to mastery through controlled breathing, discipline, and relaxed playing.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Mouthpiece pressure in Horn Playing
Graduation project in technical method
Long before sensors entered the practice room, one horn student measured embouchure pressure by hand, challenging assumptions that still shape brass pedagogy.
Por Edgar Bürger
The lead trumpet player
A survey of training, practice and equipment
Article on lead trumpet playing, covering training, practice methods and equipment for achieving accuracy, endurance and style.
Por John Harding
Serie Técnica de los metales • Parte 4
Breathing
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Circular Breathing for Brass Player
Por Kevin H. Thompson
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Thoughts on the Bass Trombone
Long before modern standards took hold, bass trombones existed in many forms, raising questions that still shape orchestral writing and performance today.
Por Jean Gotthold
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Parte 4
Practical Hints
A single Clarke study becomes a lesson in note placement, breath control and continuity, as James Stamp reshapes a familiar exercise through preparation.
Por James Stamp
Making mute handling easier
Por Benny Sluchin
Parte 7
DSA - Digital analysis of intonation and sound
Measurement of the FFT
Por Robert Meissner
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Parte 2
Practical Hints
A simplified preparation method adapted from Herbert L. Clarke links transposition, tempo variation and repetition to technical fluency and mental anticipation.
Por James Stamp
Parte 1
DSA - Digital analysis of intonation and sound
Por Robert Meissner
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Some thoughts on the euphonium and euphonium technique
The euphonium revealed: Barrie Perrins explores its history, technique, and expressive power—making a compelling case for its place as one of brass’s most versatile solo voices.
Por Barrie Perrins
B.E.R.P ?
Interview with Mario Guarneri
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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An Introduction to "In Tune"
the Scale of Just Intonation
Long before electronic tuners, brass players faced a choice between mathematical order and acoustic truth, with consequences that still shape ensemble playing today.
Por Jack Holland
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DSA Digital Analysis of Intonation and Sound
Calculation of intonation using frequency
Por Robert Meissner