Foreword -- Embouchure -- Embouchure factors -- Staccato tonguing -- Tonguing in the registers -- Legato tonguing -- Legato approach -- Buzzing mouthpiece -- Length of buzzing time -- Warm-up routine -- Warm-up register -- Flexibility -- Long tones -- Playing length of long tones -- Tone quality -- Mouthpieces -- Embouchure bite -- Building the range -- Changing the embouchure -- Dynamic levels of practice -- Manner of practicing -- Required tonal quality -- Diaphragm -- Teaching etudes -- Playing with students -- Vibrato -- Solo literature -- Critical analysis of brass teaching -- Instrument finishes -- Procedure after interim lay-off -- Building endurance.
Summary
This book examines results from a survey looking at the teaching and playing methods of brass teachers and performers. Each chapter focuses on a question from the survey.
