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Twenty Five Etudes for Natural Trumpet
1. A concise history of the art of playing the valveless Natural Trumpet.
2.Twenty Five (melodic) Original Etudes.
3. And Not Only That!: a (midi) Piano or Organ CD accompaniment for each of the Twenty Five Etudes.
- Hunt's performance of the Twenty Five Etudes using one of the three: 1. Picc.trumpet in A 2. Bb Trumpet (with slide extended to A) or 3. A seven foot length of vinyl tubing with a Bach 1 mouthpiece
4. Hunt's Guide To Transposition, using the Bass Clef.
Here are four different ways to use this collection:
1. Play the Etudes on your "D" Trumpet (as written)
2. Play them with your Picc. Trumpet, in "A", (reading in bass clef, C transposition). Since so much of the Baroque Trumpet literature is in "D", it is very desireable to learn to read those "D" parts, using the "A" Picc.
3. Play them on your Natural Trumpet in D.
4. Play them on your long Bb (with tuning slide extended to A) reading in bass clef, C transposition.
Very easily solved: Hurry on down to your local Hardware Store and buy 8 feet of 3/8 inch I.D. vinyl tubing. Insert your mouthpiece, and lo and behold, a Natural Trumpet. Experiment with different size funnels, for the bell.
All of the Twenty Five Etudes are completely playable using the traditional long, natural trumpet without valves - with the exception of # 25 which exploits the use of our fully chromatic "natural trumpet".
Book of 25 Etudes plus the accompaniment/Hunt Performance CD = $24.95