Inside John Haynie's studio : a master teacher's lessons on trumpet and life

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Where to find it

Music Library

Call Number
MT440 .H39 2007
Status
Available

Contents

  • Foreword p. xi Keith Johnson
  • Preface p. xii
  • Embouchure
  • The Big Four: Embouchure p. 3
  • Do They Pivot in Peoria? p. 9
  • Endurance p. 13
  • The Low-Down on Pedal Tones p. 17
  • Smashing the Lips p. 21
  • High Notes p. 27
  • Breathing
  • The Big Four: Breath p. 31
  • Open Up-For Tone's Sake! p. 35
  • The Head Position and the Airway p. 39
  • How Long Is a Long Tone? p. 41
  • Tonguing
  • The Big Four: Tongue p. 43
  • Breath Attacks p. 47
  • Triple Tonguing Is as Simple as One, Tu, Three p. 51
  • Videofluorographic Research with Dr. Alexander M. Finlay p. 55
  • Fingering
  • The Big Four: Fingers p. 59
  • The Arch of the Fingers p. 63
  • Musicianship
  • On Stage-The Reason for Being p. 65
  • Who Says Playing from Memory Is Important? p. 73
  • I Could Hear Every Word You Played p. 77
  • Crescendo and Accelerando p. 81
  • How Loud Is Loud? p. 83
  • Vibrato p. 85
  • The Three C's-Continuity, Contrast, Climax p. 89
  • Intonation
  • Tune as You Play p. 93
  • Get Those Third Slides Out p. 97
  • Equipment
  • Haynie's Horns p. 101
  • Mouthpieces-The Holy Grail of Trumpeters p. 105
  • The Inside Story of Leadpipes p. 109
  • A Comparison of Cornets and Trumpets and the People Who Play Them: A Two-Part Story p. 111
  • The Metronome-My Friend p. 117
  • Habits
  • Warming Up and Down p. 121
  • Bad Habits-According to Whom? p. 125
  • Practice Makes Perfect-But What Is Perfect? p. 129
  • Trumpet Jaywalking p. 133
  • The "Go for It" Attitude p. 135
  • Rhythmic Entrances and Jump Rope p. 139
  • Man, I Know What I Need to Practice p. 143
  • Mental Discipline
  • John Dewey's Spirit of Change and Other Guiding Principles p. 145
  • Motivation p. 153
  • Stress p. 157
  • Sight Reading and Transposition p. 161
  • Miscellaneous
  • Developing a Trumpet Library p. 165
  • Writings, Recordings, Composers p. 173
  • The Audition for a Scholarship p. 183
  • Why Teach? p. 187
  • Girls and Trumpets p. 191
  • The Non-Jazzer, Found Out p. 195
  • Try Fly Fishing-It Is Easy p. 197
  • Golf-A Game for Trumpet Players p. 201
  • Autobiography
  • A Boy and His Horn p. 205
  • My Life with Robert Maddox p. 209
  • All-State Bands and Contests p. 213
  • Colonel Earl D. Irons-My Childhood Hero p. 219
  • War and Duty p. 223
  • Haskell Sexton-My Teacher p. 229
  • Leroy Kirsch-My Illinois Standmate p. 235
  • A Six-Week Audition p. 239
  • Listening and Learning in the 1950s p. 245
  • Marilyn, Melinda, Mark p. 249
  • Mark Hindsley-My Father-in-Law p. 255
  • The Grand Performance p. 261
  • Afterword p. 265 Anne Hardin
  • Contributors p. 269
  • Index of Names p. 285

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