This page is for students in Dr. Gibson's Brass Techniques class.

If you have questions ar concerns, please contact Dr. Gibson by phone: 404-651-1740 or email: tom@trombonelessons.com

 

Brass Methods Syllabus

For this class, we'll use 2 terrific resources:

SmartMusic

Essential Elements 2000

For you Music Ed majors, I cannot recommend highly enough:

Scott Whitener's Complete Guide to Brass Instruments

Explanation of "Overtone Series"

Overtone Series and Transpositions

More Transposition Practice

Anatomy of a Mouthpiece

Great pictures of Brass Instruments:

The Brass Players Museum

Guide to Historical Brass Instruments:

http://www.aswltd.com/guidebr.htm

BUBL Links


Sites About:

Embouchure: (the formation of the MOUTH)

        General Embouchure Formation for Brass:

                http://www.music.ecu.edu/courses/brass/Embouchure.html

                http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/articles/embouchure/

        (specifically HORN): http://www.public.asu.edu/~jqerics/horn_emb.htm

and pictures: http://www.auburn.edu/~schafwr/embouchure_pictures.html

        (specifically TRUMPET, but applicable to Trombone,Bar., Tuba):http://home.clara.net/hylton/practice3.htm

 

French Horn:

Fingering Chart

http://www.music.ecu.edu/courses/brass/Horn.html

http://www.public.asu.edu/~jqerics/resources.htm

http://www.public.asu.edu/~jqerics/horn_emb.htm

http://www.hornplanet.com/hornpage/museum/index.html

Baritone/Euphonium:

Fingering Chart

http://www.music.ecu.edu/courses/brass/Euphonium.html

http://www.dwerden.com/bareuph.asp

http://www.csupomona.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/EuphoniumTubalect.html

Trumpet:

Fingering Chart

http://www.music.ecu.edu/courses/brass/Trumpet.html

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3941/

http://www.trumpetstuff.com

Trombone:

Fingering Chart

http://www.music.ecu.edu/courses/brass/Trombone.html

http://www.trombonelessons.com

http://www.trombone.org/

http://fcweb.fcasd.edu/~Dan_Traugh/trombone.html

Tuba:

Fingering Chart

http://www.music.ecu.edu/courses/brass/Tuba.html

http://www.csupomona.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/EuphoniumTubalect.html

http://www.dwerden.com/thoughts.asp


Advanced Articles:

*Physics of Open-Ended Tubes: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3941/oetubes.html

*Physics of Close-end Tubes: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3941/closedend.html

* The Physics of Brasses: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3941/brasses.html

* Understanding the Overtone Series: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3941/overtones.html