| Re: Etudes
Hi Mazzrick,
I agree about the musical quality of trumpet etudes. I usually am thinking about other things when I am playing though so that doesn't come in to play too much for me.
The most important thing about etudes for me is purpose. I try to make sure before I start working on a study that I know exactly why I am doing it and what I hope to get out of it. To that end I actually keep a trumpet journal that I write in every day to help me keep up with practice habits, lessons learned, things to avoid etc. Some of my favorite books are Goldman, Sachse, Brandt, Clodimir, Getchell and Arban. I use them for all sorts of projects in my playing that I am working on, although these books are mostly technical for me. For lyrical playing I like the Concone and the Knopp books. I don't think that the Knopp is published, but it's around in various forms all over the place.
Thanks for the suggestions about the Bach books. I will look into that.
Best,
Andrew |