| Re: Trumpet Pedagogy
Hi all,
Long time, no post. I'm sitting here writing "method book reviews" for a trumpet ped class. Necessary evils. I decided I'd bop my head in TM and see what was shaking along these lines, not to plagiarize but just to job my memory on a few books (esp. for beginners or things that would pertain to young college students). I just want to say I was very struck by Ed's colorization of IRONS because, thinking back to my trumpet upbringing, my one biggest regret is that at age 15 I left my favorite teacher for geographical reasons, and he was the one who really united my approaches air and my embouchure through the Irons book. Consequently I went away from the Irons book, and while the Schlossberg covers the same material, there is something so remarkably accurate and wise about the way the book is set up and the content of the written instructions. I'm glad Ed likes the book as well, but I revisited for the first time in years tonight, and I'm eager to use it to refocus tomorrow morning.
Also, anyone check out the "atonal" Vacchiano etude book? Rather bizarre, but fun challenges musically.
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