Twenty Studies

Twenty Studies (Most of the etudes in Twenty Studies were composed with very specific problems in mind. If you are an orchestral trumpet player working on the standard audition repertoire, this book is a must-have for your collection and should be worked into your practice regime at the earliest possible opportunity. To illustrate how the book provides solutions to very specific problems in the standard orchestral repertoire, consider the etude called “It’s In There”. This etude was composed specifically to address the issue of breathing in the famed Petrouchka excerpt. Practicing "Its In There" forces the musician to deal with breathing, because of the etudes length and range. When the musician learns and masters "Its In There", he or she is better equipped to handle the original etude, and returning to it (s)he will find it less demanding and not nearly as intimidating as before. Another example is the etude which deals with the intervals and phrasing of Mahler’s third symphony. After mastering this etude, the challenges posed by the intervals and phrasing of the original excerpt will cease to be as formidable as many musicians originally experienced them. The book boasts several of these “exaggerated” etudes along with other, more generally challenging studies. All of the etudes are intended to help you prepare for your orchestral auditions. This paperback book is spiral-bound for easy reading and comfortable use on a music stand.)