Trumpet Basics (pupils book)
Catalogue No: 0571519989
Arranged Miller. Contains SIX pieces set on Grades 1-3 of the AB Trumpet. Piano accompaniments are to be found in the Teacher's Book.
Set on the AB Trumpet exams from 2010-2016.
Trumpet Basics is a landmark method by one of the leading figures in trumpet education. It starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to about Grade 2.There are 20 stages, each section includes a wonderful variety of concert pieces from the great composers, traditional tunes and fun, original exercises, finger gyms and warm ups to help establish a sound technique, factfiles and quizzes to teach notation and general musicianship, helpful, clear fingering charts and rhythm boxes and great illustrations.An accompaniment CD is available separately (0-571-52168-1) which contains all the accompaniments to all the pieces as well as providing additional parts for the duets and trios. Alternatively, there is also a Book/CD edition (0-571-52286-6).
Contents
- Stage 1: Up And Down
- Wavy Line
- First Things First
- Mirror Image
- The First Digit
- No Stopping
- Hippo March. Stage 2: Happy Harry
- Watch Your Step!
- Haunted House
- Folk Song
- Quick Quick Slow
- Gladiator. Stage 3: Quick March
- Sad Tale
- Any Old Iron?
- Count As You Play. Stage 4: Lightly Row
- Mind Your Fingers
- Humperdinck: Hansel And Gretel. Stage 5: Simple Song
- That Does It!
- Smooth ‘N’ Groovy
- O When The Saints. Stage 6: The Green Man
- Old Macdonald’s Echo. Stage 7: Beethoven: Ode To Joy
- Lottery Loser. Stage 8: Smooth As Silk
- Kum Ba Yah
- The Old Temple
- No, No, No, No Geordie Munro
- A Vision For You. Stage 9: Fish ‘N’ Chips
- Postman Pat
- Carnival Of Venice
- Listening Power. Stage 10: Woozy Cat Waltz
- Kalinka
- Nicolai/Bach: Sunday Best. Stage 11: Yankee Doodle
- In Five
- Simple Gifts. Stage 12. Jingle Bells.Concert Pieces:Susato: Rondo
- Wedgwood: Your First Hit Single
- Miller: The Ballad Of The East Neuk. Stage 13: Sharpen That Tongue
- Poulton: Aura Lee
- O Come, All Ye Faithful. Stage 14: Winter
- The Happy Ending
- Rota: Theme From The Godfather. Stage 15: Loch Lomond
- Scarborough Fair
- For His Majesty’s Sagbutts And Cornets. Stage 16: Offenbach: Can-Can
- Country Dance
- Mussorgsky: Promenade
- The First Nowell
- Arnold: Cornish Dance. Stage 17: Handel: Joy To The World
- Frankie And Johnny. Stage 18: Arban: French March
- Di Capua: O Sole Mio. Stage 19: Rossini: William Tell
- Blue-Note Blues. Stage 20: Rock Improvisation.Concert Pieces:Miller: Lancaster Lullaby
- Wedgwood: Flashback
- Bowman: Twelfth Street Rag
- Miller: The Wild Man
- Arnold: Sweeney Todd
Pieces Set by the AB:
- Susato - Ronde AB 1
- Trad Russian - Kalinka AB 1
- Wedgewood - Your First Hit Single AB1
- Arnold - Cornish Dance AB 2
- Wedgewood - Flashback AB 2
- Bowman, Euday L - Twelfth Street Rag AB 3