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If you are a high school
trumpet player and you want to audition for the All-State band, you need
this book. All-State Prep for Trumpet covers
everything you need to practice from the time after solo and ensemble
contest (mid-Spring) until the day the All-State music is announced
(late-Summer). The objective of the book is to help you sound more
mature and stand out as a player. The concept is simple. If you are
a high school student who sounds like a college player, you will guarantee
your chances of winning the audition.
Most students only
strive to be as good as the rest of the students their age. As a result,
it is difficult for the judges to tell them apart. They can
sometimes know who the top two or three players are, and they almost
always recognize the worst players in the room. But the ninety
percent of the players between those extremes make up a pool of mediocrity
that the judges are forced to choose from almost at random. Being
one of those ninety percent is like playing the lottery. It becomes
a game of chance.
That’s the bad news. The
good news is that you CAN sound like a college player if you focus on the
right things. Judges are not impressed with the same things that
impress high school trumpet players. They are not impressed with playing
high, fast, or loud. They are impressed with musical maturity.
All-State Prep for Trumpet will help you work on that
musical maturity.
This
77-page book is spiral-bound for
easy reading and comfortable use on a music stand. |
