My Books Cover:
Book 1
- Introduction......................Why I did it!
- Better Breathing......Check and improve your breathing technique
- Buteyko Breathing and Trumpet....New method for air delivery
- Circular Breathing...............How to
- The Glottis ...............Have you got one? / what to do with it!
- Throat Closing?..................Diagnosis and cure
- An Immediate Improvement......Recipes for for those who can't wait
- The Lip Position ..the optimum position for your method / physiology!
- Lip Swelling / Endurance / Range....Cure it / Lengthen it / Increase it!
- Efficiency Correlated to Range......how to make REAL progress !
- Efficiency Test.............Increase your vibrancy on the Trumpet
- Mouthpiece Pressure ...REALLY minimise this terrible disease
- Days Off / Lip Swelling......Why you can't / How to minimise
- Lip Vibrations.............Good, good, good good - vibrations! : )
- The Aperture, and what it is ! .................What / Why / Usage
- Aperture Test..........Find out what's really going on - for YOU!
- Buzzing...why? ...differences it'll make / why it has'nt previously
- Lips/ Jaw Position....Check against PERSONAL physiological variables
- Corners / 2 embouchures? ..strengthen for the Altissimo register
- Air Usage............What should be happening, how to get there...
- What is .... "THE BLOW"? ....................Identify it
- Finding .... "THE BLOW" .....................Find it!
- Keeping .... "THE BLOW"......................Keep it!
Book 2
- S O U N D.......How the trumpet works in ALL the registers
- Concious and Subconcious......NEW mental training tips
- Range Hitting and Playing...Which are you? / what you can do about it!
- Stuck on Double 'G' (here's the cure).....The answer is here!
- The Method books don't work.. How you can reverse this
- The Warm up is irrelevant........A NEW way to warm up
- Low / Middle / High Register... want to change the parameters?
- My High Note Method............It's ALL here!
- My High Register Exercises..........How to!
- Practice routines that work......Ditto
- Pitch centre.......................Playing and staying
- Pivot............What/why it might be important for YOUR physiology
- Pedal Tones........Needed? / how to succeed without them!
- Alternate fingerings above High C...............To help you
- Nada Yoga / Long tones....Get the benefits like Chase / Cat / MF!
- Tension good / bad .. How to use it to your advantage!
- Mouthpiece characteristics...Optimise the positves/negatives for you!
- Mouthpiece.. which one(s)..got the right one?[s] / Then which one[s]
- Mouthpieces small and big.....How they work with player variables
- SkyRocket mouthpieces................They're GOOD!
- Beginners + Players 'chop' change (from scratch)..it's what it says
- OFF HORN exercises ........Over 25 listed, help YOUR personal situation.
- Melody maladies..........Over 30 identified with curative advice
- Lesson information................Contact info
- Trumpet online forums.......The goodies / baddies identified
Bonus CD
Excercises and bonus lessons
Learn with Ease
Lessions suited for all levels
