Wisconsin State Honors trumpet etude 2022

Hi everyone, Well, I'm at it again and looking for a new trumpet!  Those that know me know I have a C AR Resonance.  I got that horn to match my dearly beloved AR Bb Suprema.  The Classica C is the nicest C trumpet I have ever played and I will miss it.  However, Covid has caused me to "downsize" my collection coming in to this particularly bleak gigging summer.  I just can't justify having…

Pietzsch 12

This Etude #12 exposes flaws in your fundamentals and intonation like very few etudes I've ever seen!  And, if you can get to the last couple measures, they are super painful after everything you've been through throughout the etude.  This is a great one to have your tuner on in such a way you can see it while playing. note: the last measure of the third line page 2 I think should be an A…

Pietzsch 11

Pietzsch #11 features some close-interval slurring in the mid to upper register which makes this one especially tiring!  The top of page 2 gave me some trouble with fingerings in the low register.  I probably should have worked on this one more before recording it because I think overall it should be faster and smoother.  Good Luck!  …

Pietzsch 10

Pietzsch #10 is a nice one.  It has some broad playing, orchestral dotted eighth-sixteenths, close-interval slurs and double-tonguing.  A little something for everyone!  In areas of lower register there are some nasty cross fingerings so start those areas slowly.  The transitions from slurring sixteenths to double-tonguing is tricky.  Work over the break of those transitions.  It's easy to stop…

Pietzsch 9

Really only one thing to say about #9 - Double Tonguing.  Well ok, I guess that's two things... http://allthingstrumpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pietzsch-9.mp3  

Pietzsch 8

Pietzsch #8 strikes me as a very "orchestral" sounding etude.  Meaning, I want to play with a big, broad sound and play the dotted rhythms as squarely as possible.  I don't mean square as in a non-jazz sense but I'm thinking the shapes of squares and rectangles when I approach these rhythms.  Keep the corners of these shapes as sharp as possible.  Keep the long notes in the phrases as stable as…

Pietzsch 6

This was kind of an annoying little etude, in my opinion.  But, a good workout for triple tongue.  Be careful that the occasional slurred triplet like the ones that occur on beat two of the first two measures stays a triplet and doesn't turn into two 32's + 8th. http://allthingstrumpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Pietzsch-6.wav    

Musician Etiquette

Doing a quick search for "Musician Etiquette" will bring up dozens of hits like this one.  I've read through a bunch of them and they all share good common sense advice.  So, I thought I might as well post a set of etiquette ideas on this site as well.  Hopefully, you have heard these suggestions before, either through your band director or private teacher.  Hopefully, you haven't learned some of…

Pietzsch 5

I chose to do this one as a slow double-tongue but there would also be benefit in doing it as a fast single-tongue.  I focused on relaxing the articulation to flow and try not to sound "pecky".  About halfway down the first page there are some rhythms that begin on upbeats and I chose to use that as an opportunity to work on my TTK articulation.  Some people suggest starting those kind of…

Sight Reading

Who wants to do some sight reading!?  Who wants to do some sight reading in front of your teacher!?  How about in front of a jury committee?  Or, how about sight reading at an audition for your “dream job”? I am guessing that these ideas were not registering very high on your “favorite things to do” list. However, if you are a serious musician or someone considering being a serious musician,…