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The Baroque trumpet, the high trumpet and the so-called Bach trumpet
Edward H. Tarr examines the Baroque trumpet and clarifies the origins and meaning of the so-called “Bach trumpet.”
Di Edward H. Tarr
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Articulation or bowing on the trumpet
Trumpet articulation becomes a precise study of attack, sustain, release and legato, linking tongue, breath, lips and sound in Dokshitser’s method.
Di Timofey Dokschidser
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A study of musical intonation
From wind quintets to brass sections, balance, overtones and perception shape intonation in ways that often diverge from measurable frequency.
Di Christopher Leuba
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A study of musical intonation
Resultant tones, harmonic series ratios and chord spacing challenge equal temperament, linking acoustics and practical ensemble intonation.
Di Christopher Leuba
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A study of musical intonation
From harmonic-series tuning to valve-slide adjustments on the horn, practical listening and resonance become more reliable guides than equal temperament alone.
Di Christopher Leuba
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John Fletcher
Is Big Always Beautiful?
As brass instruments grew larger and louder, John Fletcher saw something being lost: the individual voice, clarity and character that make a player heard.
Di Thomas Aitken
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Brass in the Operas of Berlioz
Berlioz turned a changing brass section into a dramatic force, using horns, trombones, cornets and saxhorns to shape colour, distance, ceremony and fear.
Di Benjamin Perl
Emory Brace Remington
A Profile
“The trombone must sing.” Ralph Sauer profiles Emory Remington—legendary teacher whose vocal approach shaped generations and redefined brass pedagogy.
Di Ralf Sauer
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Low register development for the trombone
Should you really drop the jaw for low notes? James Fulkerson challenges this idea and proposes a more stable approach to extend the low register.
Di James Fulkerson
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A Trombone Martyr
Auguste Léonard de la Tuilerie
A Paris apothecary turned trombone evangelist challenges 19th-century musical habits, imagining the slide trombone as the future voice of harmony.
Di Benny Sluchin
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Fundamental trombone performance technique
Teaching and application
Technique becomes musicianship when breathing, vibration, resonance, articulation and slide movement cease to be separate skills and begin working as one.
Di William F. Cramer
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My contacts with the United States
From a simple request to an unexpected invitation: this account dives into Indiana University—between dazzling technique and the search for true musicality.
Di Michael Höltzel
Snapshot: the American Brass Quintet in Europe
Report on the American Brass Quintet’s tour in Europe, highlighting performances, reception and the ensemble’s role in chamber brass music.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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The bell-tuning trumpet
Colin Bloch examines bell- and slide-tuned trumpets, comparing intonation patterns through controlled tests and outlining structural causes behind observed deviations.
Di Colin Bloch
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Yamaha, an ambitious giant
Behind the rise of a future industrial giant lies an unexpected lesson in craftsmanship, cultural exchange and the discipline that reshaped wind instrument making.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Instrument Making and the Ear
From hearing physiology to workshop testing, E. Ferron links instrument design, acoustics and perception, where no two ears judge sound in quite the same way.
Di Emile Ferron
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The Wrong Brass?
Between blind fidelity and reckless modernisation, instrument substitutions force performers to decide when the score’s wording serves—or betrays—the music.
Di Rudolf Lewy
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An American trumpet player's impressions of european brass performances
An American trumpet player reflects on European brass traditions, comparing education, amateur practice and professional performance across both continents.
Di Harold E. Krueger
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Vassily Gueorguievitch Brandt (1869–1923)
Biography
Sélianine traces Brandt’s life and artistry, from Bolshoi virtuoso to influential pedagogue, revealing the foundations of a distinctly Russian trumpet tradition.
Di Anatoly Selianin
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Editorial
Is sound something you control—or something you become? Jean-Pierre Mathez challenges technique, fashion, and pedagogy: sonority is a lifelong conquest of freedom.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Basics in breathing
An Outline to a Better Sound
From breathing awareness to sound production, practical exercises link physical relaxation, air control and rhythmic precision in everyday brass playing.
Di Joel Elias
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Advices from an expert brass clinician: Robert Pichaureau, Paris
What if everything you control is wrong? This radical approach to brass playing shifts focus away from the embouchure — back to the true origin of breath and sound.
Di Alfred Willener
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Maurice Ravel and the new trombone
Dance-band trombonists reshaped orchestral expectations in the 1920s and 30s, leaving their mark on Ravel’s Boléro and a generation of players.
Di Michel Laplace
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Lip vibration characteristics
of the trombone embouchure in performance
Study of lip vibration in trombone performance, analyzing embouchure behavior and its impact on sound production and control.
Di Leno Lloyd