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Student Requirements

Daily Trumpet Routine and Four Year Course of Study
for trumpet students at CWU

Compiled by John Harbaugh

These studies are from William Adam's approach to playing trumpet and are to be used under the direction of a former William Adam student. Please do not expect the desired results without the direction from that type of teacher.

"The man who think he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right" - Henry Ford

"Fire it up" - William Adam

Required Materials for Freshman level

Use	Composer	Title	Publisher
Technical	Clarke	Clarke Technical Studies	Carl Fischer
Flexibility	Schlossberg	Daily Drills & Technical Studies	Baron
Rhythmic	Arban-Clarke	Complete Method	Carl Fischer
Melodic	Concone	Lyrical Studies for Trumpet or Horn	Brass Press
Transposition	Getchell	First Book of practical Studies	Belwin
Pedagogy	Maxwell Maltz	Psycho-Cybernetics	Pocket Books

Orchestral excerpts as assigned from Course Syllabus to move to the next level.
Required CD: Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, with Phil Smith (available at amazon.com)

Select a minimum of one per quarter:

Pottag	Preparatory Melodies to Solo Work	Belwin
Schebruck	Graded Lip Trainers, Bks. 103	Carl Fischer
Schebruck	Graded Tongue Trainers, Bks. 1-3	Carl Fischer

Please order your music as soon as possible. The vendors listed from the "vendors" link will more than likely have your materials in stock.

Required Materials for Sophomore level

Use	Composer	Title	Publisher
Technical	Clarke	Clarke Technical Studies	Carl Fischer
Flexibility	Schlossberg	Daily Drills & Technical Studies	Baron
Rhythmic	Arban-Clarke	Complete Method	Carl Fischer
Melodic	Small	17 melodious & Rhythmical Studies	Carl Fischer
Transposition	Sache	100 Studies	International
Pedagogy	Timothy Galloway	The Inner Game of Tennis

Orchestral excerpts as assigned from Course Syllabus to move to the next level.
Required CD: Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, with Phil Smith (available at amazon.com)

Select a minimum of one per quarter:

Brandt-Vachhiano	34 Studies & 24 Last Studies	Belwin
Caffarelli	100 Studi Melodici	Leduc
Hering	28 Melodious & Technical Etudes	Carl Fischer
Small	27 Melodies & Rhythmical Studies	Carl Fischer

Please order your music as soon as possible. The vendors listed from the "vendors" link will more than likely have your materials in stock.

Required Materials for Junior level

Use	Composer	Title	Publisher
Technical	Colin	progressive Technique for Trumpet	Colin
Flexibility	Thiecke	The Art of Trumpet Playing	Colin
Rhythmic	Gates	Odd Meter Exercises	Fox
Melodic	Vannetelbosch	20 Etudes Melodiques and Technique	Leduc
Pedagogy	Alan Goldberg	Playing Out of your Mind	Reedswain
	Bach/Gisondi	Bach for Trumpet	McGinnis & Marx

Orchestral excerpts as assigned from Course Syllabus to move to the next level.
Required CD: Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, with Phil Smith (available at amazon.com)

Select a minimum of one per quarter:

Brahms-Whitwell	12 Etudes	MF Music Co.
Broiles	Studies and Duets, Book 1	Marvin McCoy
Bozza	16 Etudes	Leduc
Longinotti	Studies in Classical & Modern Style	International

Please order your music as soon as possible. The vendors listed from the "vendors" link will more than likely have your materials in stock.

Required Materials for Senior level

Use	Composer	Title	Publisher
Technical	Haynie	How to Play High Notes and All Those in Between	Colin
Flexibility	Schlossberg	Daily Drills & Technical Studies	Baron
Rhythmic	Nagel	Studies in Contemporary Music	Belwin
Melodic	Charlier	36 Etudes Transcendantes	Leduc
Transposition	Neuhaus	Ausfuehrliche Orchesterstudien, Books 1-5	Ger
Pedagogy	William Adam	A New and Different Way of Getting More MusicOut of the Trumpet (Video Series)	John Harbaugh

Orchestral excerpts as assigned from Course Syllabus to move to the next level.
Required CD: Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, with Phil Smith (available at amazon.com)

Select a minimum of one per quarter:

Blatter, Zorn & Hickman	Contemporary Trumpet Studies	Tromba
Sabarich	10 Etudes	Selmer
Arban	Celebre methode complet - Book 3	Leduc

Please order your music as soon as possible. The vendors listed from the "vendors" link will more than likely have your materials in stock.

Required Materials for Graduate level

Use	Composer	Title	Publisher
Technical	Arban	Celebre Methode Complet - Book 3	Leduc
Flexibility	Schlossberg Thiecke	Daily Drills & Technical Studies The Art of Trumpet Playing	Baron Colin
Rhythmic	Longinotti	Studies in Classical and Modern Style	International
Melodic	Charlier Sabarich Bitsch	36 Etudes Transcendantes 10 Etudes 20 Etudes	leduc Selmer Leduc
Transposition	Neuhaus	Ausfuehrliche Orchesterstudien, Books 1-5	Ger
Pedagogy	William Adam	A New and Different Way of Getting More Music out of the Trumpet (Video Series)	John Harbaugh

Orchestral excerpts as assigned from Course Syllabus to move to the next level.
Required CD: Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, with Phil Smith (available at amazon.com)

Select a minimum of one per quarter:

Blatter, Zorn, & Hickman	Contemporary Trumpet Studies	Tromba
J.S. Bach (Trans. by John Sawyer	12 Etudes for Trumpet	Brass Press
Nagel	Speed Studies	Mentor
V. Berdiev	17 Studies for Trumpet	King

Please order your music as soon as possible. The vendors listed from the "vendors" link will more than likely have your materials in stock.

For more information please contact:

John Harbaugh
CWU Department of Music, Room 219
400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7458
phone: 509-963-1016 | fax: 509-963-1239
email: harbaugj@cwu.edu

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