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Book Reviews :
Embouchure Enhancement
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Description :
a "NEW" Trumpet method book by Roddy
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"EMBOUCHURE ENHANCEMENT"
[a Self Analysis and Diagnostic Method for Trumpet
Advancement]
OVER 200 PAGES!!!
[Chapters contain self-analysis tests and
diagnostic tools]
Introduction......................................................Why I did
it!
Better Breathing.............................................Check and
improve your breathing technique
Buteyko Breathing and Trumpet................New method for thinking about
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 ...............................................Fnd the
optimum position for your method / physiology!
Lip Swelling / Endurance / Range..............Cure it / Lengthen it /
Increase it!
Efficiency Correlated to Range....................Your current position /
how to make real progress !
Efficiency Test................................................Increase your
vibrancy on the Trumpet
Mouthpiece Pressure .....................................How to 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? ...............................................The
differences it'll make / why it has'nt previously
Lips and Jaw Position.....................................Assess against
PERSONAL physiological variables
Corners / 2 embouchures? (hi / low)........Check and 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!
S O U N D............................................................How
the trumpet works in ALL the registers
Concious and Subconcious................................The mental game with
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 for many players is
here!
The Method books don't work........................Why they don't / How you
can reverse this
The Warm up is irrelevant...............................A NEW way to warm up
Low / Middle / High Register.........................What's yours? / 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 did!
Tension good / bad ..........................................What it is /
How to use it to your advantage!
Mouthpiece characteristics...........................Identify + Optimise the
positves/negatives for you!
Mouthpiece ..... which one(s)...........................Have you got the
right one[s] / Then which one[s]
Mouthpieces small and big..............................How they work with
player variables
SkyRocket mouthpieces..................................They're GOOD!
Starting beginners + Players 'chop' change (starting from scratch) ....it's
what it says
OFF HORN exercises ...................................Over 25 listed to help
YOUR personal situation.
Melody maladies................................................Over 30
identified with curative advice
Lesson information...........................................Contact info
Trumpet online forums....................................The goodies /
baddies identified
M E T H O D B O O K R E V I E W S ..OVER 50 REVIEWS/ADVICE TO
BETTER USE
End statement....
My Opinion:
Roddy's book to me is like a guide on how to do things on trumpet and pretty
much is what he describes it to be "A Self Analysis and Diagnostic Method for
Trumpet Advancement". The book covers just about any topic that has anything to
do with trumpet.
This book is very easy to follow. Roddy has written the book in a way that
you feel like as if Roddy is right there with you guiding you step by step. He
makes everything sound very logical and everything is so easy to follow. Like I
have said before to me this book is like a guide on how to do things and at the
same time I diagnose my playing and get the chance to fix the problems.
I recommend this book to any trumpet player. The cool thing about Roddy is
that like many of us he spent years and years buying books and studying
different things. So what he has done is put all of his knowledge into this
book. The book is straight to the point and it's great because Roddy has gone
threw some of the stuff we go threw and knows how to fix problems. If you want
to you can even think of this book as the trumpet encyclopedia.
So in conclusion this is a very good book that every trumpet player no matter
what age or level of playing should take a look at.
Related Links:
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TH Topic on Embouchure Enhancement
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Roddy's Website
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