SUGGESTED READING

On Various Topics of Interest to Musicians and Musicial Scientists

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Physics and Acoustics

• "The Acoustical Foundations of Music" by John Backus; Published by W.W. Norton & Company; 1977
• "The Science of Sound" by Thomas Rossing; published by Addison Wesley; 1990
• "The Physics of Brasses"; an article by the late Arthur Benade; appeared in the July issue of Scientific American, 1973
• "How to Test a Good Trumpet"; another article by Arthur Benade; appeared in the Instrumentalist magazine in April 1977
• "Practical Physics for Trumpeters and Teachers"; by Renold Schilke; appeared in the Instrumentalist magazine in April 1977

Trumpet/Brass Technique

• "How Professional Trumpeters Play Double High C"; by Robert Gibson; appeared in the Instrumentalist magazine in December, 1974
• "How To Make It As A Lead Player"; by Glen Stuart; appeared in the Instrumentalist Magazine in April 1977
• "Brass Wind Artistry" by Paul Severson and Mark McDunn; Published by Accura Music, Inc.; 1983
• "Twenty Seven Groups of Exercises for Cornet and Trumpet" by Earl D. Irons; published by Southern Music Company
• "Relaxation Techniques for the Professional and Advanced Trumpeter" by John Glasel; published by Chamber Music Library in Tenafly, N.J.
• "Lip Flexibilities for Cornet or Trumpet" by Walter Smith; published by Carl Fischer
• "Jazz Improvisation Series" (three volumes) by Richie Corpolongo; published by Nano Enterprises
• "217 Sequences for the Contemporary Musician" by Richie Corpolongo; published by Nano Enterprises

Trumpet History Books

• "The Trumpet" by Edward Tarr; published by Amadeus Press; 1988
• "Magnificent Mendez" by Dr. Jane Hickman; published by Summit Books; 1994

Acoustics and Music

Note: These books can be a bit daunting with respect to math and theory. They are among the acoustical theory texts that I have been using in my study of this topic in pursuit of my masters in theoretical physics. I thought they might be of interest to those of you who are particularly driven academically.

• "Vibrations and Waves" by A.P. French; Published by W.W. Norton & Co.; 1971
• "Principles of Vibration and Sound" by Thomas Rossing and Neville Fletcher: Published by Springer-Verlag; 1995
• "Acoustics" by Alan Pierce; Published by Acoustical Society of America through the American Institute of Physics; 1989
• "Acoustics" by Leo Beranek; Published by McGraw Hill; 1954 (the edition that I used as an undergraduate engineering student)
• "Theroetical Acoustics" by Philip Morse and Uno Ingard; Published by Princenton University Press; 1986

Please note that this list is anything but exhaustive. I have hundreds of books in my collection in these areas. These are just a few that struck me might be of interest and that perhaps a few of my readers might not have run across some of these yet.

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