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In this podcast, I talk about my lessons with Claude Gordon and offer some tips on how to navigate this 52-week trumpet course written by Claude entitled “The Systematic Approach To Daily Practice”.

In this particular episode, you will learn;

• How to use the pedal note exercises found in the warm-up and range exercises.
• The other books used in his method.
• What “anchor” tonguing is and how to apply it to the trumpet.
• All the mistakes I made as a youngster playing through “The Systematic Approach”.
• Tips on how to approach Claude’s method.

Items mentioned in this podcast;

• Claude Gordon’s “Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet”
• Clarke’s Technical Studies for Trumpet
• Clarkes Characteristic studies for trumpet
• Lip Flexibility on the Cornet or Trumpet by Walter M. Smith
• St. Jacome’s Method for Trumpet or Cornet
• Lip Flexibilities for Trumpet by Charles Colin
• Arban’s Method for Trumpet

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