Essentials of Brass Playing (Vo28embx) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a "must have" book for all brass players and has been since I got my first copy way back in 1986!Having said that, it can be a bit high brow unless you are really dedicated to getting that sound and, probably, playing or teaching professionally.It is very thought provoking and presents some interesting ideas and techniques but tends to be written in a very old school manner, meaning you have to persevere in order to get to the meat of the subject.It's worth trying out the various techniques and seeing what works and doesn't work for you.Brass playing can be a personal thing and you don't need to take everything as gospel...I am of the "brassy" school and this tends to contradict some of the methods presented here.There are a lot of valuable points regarding tone production etc., however, and if you try to be a discerning reader you will get a lot from this book.There's also a very useful appendix which includes a lot of material not in the original older copy.Don`t expect too much from the print quality:the production of the book is very cheap and the binding is of the cheap and nasty "glued" variety.I'm on the verge of hole punching the pages which have worked their way loose and making a ring bound copy that actually stays together!

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An explicit, logical approach to important basic factors that contribute to superior brass instrument performance.

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