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for trumpet without mouthpiece

ryan fellhauer
2013
T|e disconnecr |as s|ilred so complerely r|ar ir no lon_er _enerares any leelin_ ol r|e su|lime
any more since we are now summoned ro leel responsi|le lor r|e quick and irreversi|le c|an_es ol r|e
Earr|'s lace occasioned in parr as a resulr ol r|e rremendous power we are expendin_: we are asked ro look
a_ain ar r|e same Nia_ara Falls |ur now wir| r|e na__in_ leelin_ r|ar r|ey mi_|r srop lallin_ llowin_, we
are asked ro look a_ain ar r|e same everlasrin_ ice, excepr r|ar we are led ro r|e sinkin_ leelin_ r|ar r|ey
mi_|r nor lasr lon_ alrer all, we are mo|ilized ro look a_ain ar r|e same parc|ed deserr, excepr r|ar we come
ro leel r|ar ir expands inexora|ly |ecause ol our disasrrous use ol r|e soil! nly _alaxies and r|e Milky Way
mi_|r srill |e availa|le lor r|e old |um|lin_ _ame ol wonder, |ecause r|ey are |eyond r|e Earr|.
How ro leel r|e su|lime w|en _uilr is _nawin_ ar your _urs? And _nawin_ in a new unexpecred way
|ecause ol course am nor responsi|le, and neir|er are you, you, nor you. No one in isolarion is responsi|le.
Bruno Larour
quasi|lue was wrirren ro explore r|e p|ysicaliry ol r|e rrumper so ro remove r|e insrrumenr lrom irs
idiom inro one r|ar is rruer ro irs narural |uild r|rou_| norarion and perlormance pracrice.
srandard rrumper rim|res are lilrered r|rou_| r|e limirarions ol perlormance and p|ysicaliry,
crearin_ disconnecr |erween insrrumenr and sound, r|ou_| ir is rruly srill only r|e rrumper
in irs simplesr r|ar is |eard. once we pay more arrenrion ro r|e narural (or di_iral) world we
can realize |ow lar we |ave removed ourselves lrom ir. r|e work means ro evoke r|ar disrance,
encoura_in_ responsi|iliry w|ile arremprin_ ro close r|e _ap, r|ou_| ir opens a new |ole elsew|ere.
scratch buzzing
|uzz inro leadpipe wir| a su|sriancial
amounr ol air supporr |e|ind r|e |uzz,
crearin_ a very noisy and relarively
pirc|ed rone
squeal buzzing
|uzz inro leadpipe wir|our air supporr,
and a muc| smaller aperrure r|an
srandard |uzzin_, crearin_ a squeal
like rone. very |ard ro conrrol exacrly,
inrerprer r|ese sounds more relarively.
normal air
|low air direcrly inro leadpipe
wir|our |uzz
jet air
|low air direcrly inro leadpipe
wir|our |uzz, |ur usin_ r|e rrumper's
an_le and inrensiry ol air, creare
a more pirc|ed sound r|an normal air,
in lar_er, loud sweeps. in r|e composer's
perlormance ol r|is rec|nique lor exrended
passa_es, |e would |ire r|e leadpipe so ro
|ave su|srancial conrrol, r|ou_| r|is is nor
required lor r|e rec|nique
embouchure techniques
sta
srall desi_nares |ow "|i_|" r|e |uzz
il usin_ a mour|piece would |e. r|is
rranslares r|rou_| rec|niques as a
relarive pirc|, lamiliar ro r|e srandard
pracrice ol r|e rrumper
high
low
Trumpet
intensity
sta
srall only desi_nares direcrion (|ecomin_ more or less
inrense, in rerms ol |or| speed and volume ol air)
c|an_es ol air. a crescendo norares an accelerarion ol air,
a dimunendo r|e decellerarion. olren, com|ined wir|
r|e or|er rec|niques, r|ese ideas do NT rake r|e lorm ol
dynamics, |ur make ir |or| easier and |arder ro ac|ieve.
r|e _oal ol r|e inrensiry srall is ro creare a srream
ol sound r|ar is nor norared |ur comes as a resulr ol r|e
com|inarion ol norarions
norares r|e a|sence ol air in r|e sysrem
other notes:
circular |rear|in_ usin_ r|e c|eeks and oral caviry
pus| r|e air r|rou_| r|e insrrumenr via pressure rar|er
r|an diap|ra_m supporr. durin_ r|is rec|nique, r|e perlormer
is ro |rear|e in r|rou_| r|e nose
r|e norion on dynamics is only presenr in r|e
perlormers inrreprerarion ol r|e work. |ein_
exacrly accurare wir| r|e norared inrensiry will
creare parrerns ol dynamic wir| pracrice, and r|ese
parrerns are up lor inrerprerarion.
tonguing valves
sta
all ron_uin_ norarion is desi_nared on r|e
em|ouc|ure srall |y dillerenr sym|ols. arrows
norare a parricular rec|nique ro |e used unril r|e
arrow's end
nore: all use ol r|e ron_ue is norared: il a
a nore or p|rase |e_ins wir|our a ron_uin_
norarion, r|e sound is ro srarr wir| an air arrack
horizonatal tonguing
inrerrupr r|e srream ol air |y movin_
r|e ron_ue lelr and ri_|r in r|e mour|,
|rus|in_ r|e |ack ol r|e reer| li_|rly as
ro creare a |elicoprerlike sound in r|e air.
perlorm eac| ol r|ese as lasr as possi|le, in
rerms ol lr morion
standard tonguing
use a srandard ron_uin_ only
ro inrerrupr a srream ol air. num|er
ol ron_ues is norared |y num|er
ol nores wir|in r|e srream
tongue ram
inrerrupr air column |y complerely
sroppin_ r|e leadpipe |y speakin_
"|||r"
spoken tongue
speak r|e consonanr "r" inro r|e rrumper,
crearin_ a dry, almosr roneless arrack
harmonic pop
creare a very small poppin_ sound |y
pusrin_ r|e lips and allowin_ a small
|u||le ol air r|rou_| r|e aperrure
sta
srall desi_nares w|ic| valve(s)
ro press down and |ow lar
full valve
press valve all r|e way down
half valve
press valve |allway way down
trill
rrill valve
other notes
r|e valves will olren _er in r|e way ol ron_uin_
and em|ouc|ure elemenrs, crearin_ a very
unpredicra|le sound.
r|e valves w|en used slowly acr as a specrral
lilrer on r|e sound ol r|e rrumper, norared w|en
parricularly imporranr as an ossia srall

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