Chapter 1 "Bugle Song"
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Watercolor Cover Illustration: Ralph Schwartz
What "Bugle Song" can do for you!
- Explore one, two and three octave harmonic flexibility in a seven-bugle format.
- Find your musical potential and expressive capability of the bugle in a tonal context with the 108 pages of Chapter 1.
- Play these carefully graded exercises written in a seven bugle format to increase range and power.
- Improve harmonic flexibility through one, two and three octave slurs.
- Expand your harmonics with control and precision.
- Practice daily the primary acoustical rule governing the bugle; apply power to ascend and relax to descend.
- Reach the essence of Baroque trumpet playing with “High Harmonic Scales”.
- Develop security in the highest as well as the lowest combinations.
More about "Bugle Song"
"Bugle Song" explores one, two and three octave harmonic flexibility in a seven-bugle format
Octave Slurs – Chromatic Bugle Progressions
- In order to play clean octave slurs, you must physically know how many harmonics to skip within the octave. These exercises include all of the harmonics in one, two and three octaves. The harmonics are gradually eliminated so you can learn how far the octave span feels and plays throughout the registers. Beginning with simple harmonic octave slurs, Bugle Song takes you step by step to a complete 13 harmonic glissando.
Expanding Harmonics
- Continue with octave slurs in progressively challenging exercises using melodic presentation and rhythmic variation.
Harmonic Slurs
- Expand range and harmonic slurs with ascending and descending patterns to promote flexibility.
High Harmonic Scales
- Finish with high harmonic scales to represent the essence of Baroque trumpet playing using a single fingering for each exercise.
Sample Pages
Chapter 1
"Bugle Song"
Octave Slurs, Expanding Harmonics, Harmonic Slurs, High Harmonic Scales
