Last weekend a fine trumpeter from down state dropped by for a lesson. In the course of our discussion, I dug up a couple of books for him to study. I thought they would merit mentioning here.
"Double High C in Ten Minutes" by Walt Johnson
In spite of the blatantly provocative title, this little book is REALLY interesing, IMHO. Johnson has some great ideas.
"Trumpet Relaxtion Studies" by John Glasel
These are from the teachings of Maurice Grupp. The bpook comes in three small volumes and has terrific concepts. It is where I first saw the notion of "minimum mouthpiece pressure" in print.
The Johnson book can be fond on the internet. I'm not sure where to find the Glasel book. I bought it after reading and ITG review manyyears agao when I was struggling trying to fix my chops problems while on the job, so to speak. I think it might be out of print.
A little grist for the mill....
Gotta run.
Peace.
ND