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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

Teaching

110 articles

The use of the mind in instrumental performance Member
No. 30 • 1980 Digitized

The use of the mind in instrumental performance

Relaxation, concentration and mental imagery reshape technical practice, linking self-confidence and instrumental control beyond physical training alone.

By Michel Ricquier

Health Teaching Nerves Interpretation Ideas
Basics in breathing Free
No. 32 • 1980 Digitized

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.

By Joel Elias

Technique Teaching Breathing Sound Nerves
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Putting the Brit into Brass

By Jonathan Freeman-Attwood

Repertoire Teaching
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
ASA-Method, ASA-Technic Free
No. 37 • 1982 Digitized

ASA-Method, ASA-Technic

Virtuosity grows from disciplined work on scales, articulation and reading, arguing that consistent fundamentals matter more than chasing the upper register.

By Rolf Quinque

Technique Teaching Range Mental approach Interpretation
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

James Stamp Master in listening

By Jean-Christophe Wiener

Teaching
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Freiburg im Breisgau, exemplary brass classes

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Teaching
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Jazz Improvisation

The melodic minor scale 1

By Charlie Shoemake

Repertoire Teaching
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Royal College of Music London

Tradition and evolution of the brass classes

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History Teaching
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 8

James Stamp Master in listening

By Jean-Christophe Wiener

Teaching
Advices from an expert brass clinician: Robert Pichaureau, Paris Member
No. 18 • 1977 Digitized

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.

By Alfred Willener

Technique Teaching Breathing Sound Tongue
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation

Special GDR

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Teaching
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon (CNSML)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Teaching
Lip vibration characteristics Member
No. 7 • 1974 Digitized

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.

By Leno Lloyd

Technique Teaching Sound Range
Practical Hints Free
No. 35 • 1981 Digitized

Part 6

Practical Hints

A progressive adaptation of Clarke’s No. 91 uses slurs, accents and dynamic shaping to build speed while preserving tone stability and control.

By James Stamp

Technique Teaching
Arnold Jacobs Member
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

Part 1

Arnold Jacobs

Interview

Two tuba giants meet in 1979 Chicago, where Arnold Jacobs turns technique, sound, orchestral life and pedagogy into a lasting musical ethic.

By Roger Bobo

Encounters Teaching Interpretation Sound Orchestral playing
No. 57 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Can jazz performance be taught?

A profile of Charlie Shoemake

By Thomas Stevens

Repertoire Teaching Jazz Ideas
No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Reflections on the tuba, teaching and music

By Roger Bobo

Equipment Teaching Repertoire
Viktor Venglowski Free
No. 34 • 1981 Digitized

Viktor Venglowski

Musician and Teacher

From the Leningrad Philharmonic to the Conservatoire, one trombonist shaped repertoire, ensembles and generations of players across the Soviet Union.

By Sergej Gorovoj

Encounters Teaching Russian school Orchestral playing Brass Ensemble
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

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The present student & professor population at the RAM

By Leyla Guines, John Wallace

Report Teaching
Practical Hints Free
No. 30 • 1980 Digitized

Part 1

Practical Hints

Built around Herbert L. Clarke’s Technical Studies, these practice routines refine flexibility, intonation and note placement through structured brass exercises.

By James Stamp

Technique Teaching Intonation Range Articulation
No. 121 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Part 7

The instrumental player’s maintenance and development

The opinion of an expert

By James Thompson

Teaching
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

A player’s first years

The opinion of an expert

By James Thompson

Teaching Technique
No. 114 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Basic instruction: a lottery?

Maintaining and developing acquired skills

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Teaching
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