Brass Resource Guide

This resource is meant to engage students personally, technically, and musically as they begin their study on the trumpet. The resource includes chapters on practice skills, sight-reading, and performing in addition to special features giving a window into diverse worlds related to the trumpet, from the workbench of a master repairman to the French horn studio of a master teacher.

Trumpet Technique combines the newest research on skill acquisition and peak performance with the time-honored and proven techniques of master teachers and performers. All aspects of brass technique are discussed in detail, including the breath, embouchure, oral cavity, tongue, jaw, and proper body use, as well as information on performance psychology, practice techniques, musicians' occupational injuries, and much more.

This resource is a compilation of 15 notated solos by jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw transcribed from their recordings. These notations include the chord changes for trumpet and concert key from the recordings along with his own articulations.

This resource is a compilation of etudes based on jazz standards and blues meant to teach trumpet players about the language of jazz. There is an accompanying CD to this resource that includes two tracks for each etude, one with the soloist playing with the rhythm section and the other without the soloist.

This resource is a compilation of notated solos for Bb instruments by Miles Davis from his recordings for Prestige Records between October 1951 and October 1956. The notations include the chord changes for all of the pieces.

This resource is considered to be the most comprehensive book about trumpet playing and pedagogy. The book was written by David Hickman, one of the world's foremost trumpet pedagogues who has over 35 years of university teaching experience.