These posts are written by: Bruce Chidester
Improving your range- Up and Down
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Best Valve Oil
For most of my professional life I have been dedicated to the Al Cass “Fast” valve oil but today I may have become a convert to something different. Ultra Pure is really not a new valve oil but is new to me. While visiting our local music store today I…
How to Develop Perfect Pitch in 5 Steps
As I stated before, the ability to develop Perfect Pitch is highly unlikely if you expect to be perfect all the time. Even those with Perfect Pitch have off days as I indicated in the previous post. Extenuating factors will affect your consistency but be assured, with practice; you should…
Buddy Bolden- The Movie
First let me give you some adjectives which in my opinion describe this limited showing new film. Awful, demeaning, racially uncomfortable, sadistic, masochistic, dark, morbid, artistic (in a bad way), tiring, boring, confusing, creepy, erotic, brutal, suggestive, irritating, inaccurate, uninspired, irritating, sickening, unfocused, meandering, uninformative, endless……………. Now that I have…
Warmup for a Quick “Burn”
When speaking of a “burn” we are talking about the warming sensation in our embouchure muscles which happens when we start to overdo work on our lips. Knowing when to stop when experiencing a burn is very important for overdoing can lead to damage to your lip. This exercise makes…
4th of July Trumpet Arrangements
Below are trumpet arrangements which you may be able to use for your Fourth of July celebration…. God Bless the USA- Trumpet Solo/Duet or Trio America the Beautiful & God Bless America- Trumpet Duet 5 Easy Patriotic Songs- Trumpet Trio Three Days Till Freedom – Day 1(Servitude) for Trumpet Sextet…
A Little Airplane Humor
What Value Does A Trumpet Choir Offer- Part 3 “Trumpet Choirs at the Professional Level”
Some may ask “are there any trumpet choirs at the professional level”? Not many…… The most important trumpet choir that I have had any contact with is not even a trumpet choir any more. I’m speaking of one of my favorite brass ensembles of all time and was/is the Kings…
What Value Does A Trumpet Choir Offer- Part 2 “Trumpet choirs at the College/University level”
For thirty years, I taught at the University of Northern Iowa in various capacities. When I started my tenure there, we had established a very active Brass Quintet which toured all of Iowa playing concerts and giving clinics nearly every Friday during the school year. One such year, we logged…