Thanks cichosicz the tips and I also found an older thread with exactly the same question I asked in the ‘Similar Threads’ below. What is ‘Flow studies?’ | Trumpet Forum & Trumpets For SaleĪny dipstick can tongue a note but it’s a little harder to slur it. Your name or email studjes Following many of the titles in our Brass Ensemble catalog, you will see a set of five numbers enclosed in square brackets, as in this example. Do not let individual notes get bumps, and above all else, never allow any inflection on individual notes.
Pick any interval exercises, for example the ones in the first few exercises of Arban’s, and slur them slow and bold.
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Yes, my password is: Just type in nick drozdoff flow studies. Bruce was a member of cichkwicz faculty at the University of Northern Iowa, School of Music in Cedar Falls from until his retirement in Letters that are duplicated as in A in this example indicate multiple parts.Īpr 24, 2. The bracketed numbers tell you the precise instrumentation of the ensemble. Titles listed in our catalog without bracketed numbers are assumed to use “Standard Instrumentation. They are played in a variety of dynamics and should be played as effortlessly as possible.ĭo you already have an account? Cichowicz, I have included a small amount of background about this wonderful teacher. They build tone, control and assist in building range. The first number stands for Trumpetthe second for Hornthe third for Trombonethe fourth separated from the first three by a dot for Euphonium and the fifth for Tuba. Often a player will blow into the middle of a note, and then before changing to another, back off of the air, make the change, and then blow into the next note. Their purpose is generally to make trumpet playing more efficient, atleast that’s what I’ve known them to do. These simple exercises are known and used by trumpet players all over the creation of Vincent Cichowicz, one of the great trumpet players and teachers of the.