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PREFACE
MODERN TRUMPET
PLAYING
DEMANDS GREAT POWERFUL EMBOUCHURE,RANGE
IN
EXCESS OFA
PICCOLO TRUMPET AND MORE BRILLIANTTONE.
MANY PROFESSIONALS PLAY JOBS THEY CAN JUSTFINISH.
MOST TRUMPET TEACHERSHAVE
NO IDEA WHAT THEIR STUDENTS HAVE TOPLAY.
THESE TEACHERSCAN-NOT
IMPROVEA
WEAK
EMBOUCHUREWITH
SCALESOR SLURS. YOU
MUSTCHANGE THE WAY YOU HOLD YOUR LIPS, SO THAT THE LIPS ARE VIBRANT AND NEVER ABUSED.
I
HAVE SPENT. THE LAST"ELEVEN YEARS USING MY OWN EMBOUCHURE AS A LIP LABORATORY. AFTER TEN YEARSI
COULD PLAY LOUD DOUBLE HIGH "C"S.I
KNEWTHAT MY
SOUND SHOULDBE
FREEAND
LESSSTRAINED.
THE
LIPSWOULD NOT TAKE THE AIR, AND THE REAL ENDURANCE WAS NOT THERE. ONE YEAR AGO
I
BEGAN WHATI
CALL MY METHOD "TRUMPETYOGA''.
THE MUSICALEXERCISES ARE THE PROOF OF WHAT I PRACTICE. ALSO IMPORTANT IS THAT MY WARM.UP CAN BE DONE ON THE BANDSTAND TO REFRESH YOUR LIPS.
THE
MOST IMPORTANT FEATUREOF
"TRUMPETYOGA"
HAS
BEENPREFACE
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HAD ONE BAD PLAYING
DAY.
NO TRUMPET TEACHER HAS EVER TOLD ME HOWTO
DOTHIS.
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BELIEVE THE WAY YOU START YOURDAY,
HOW YOU PLAY INUSING YOUR EMBOUCHURE NO MATTER
IN
PERFORMANCE OR PRACTICE, WILLSHOW YOUR LIP
HEALTH.
THE WHOLE STORY lS HoW YOUR LIPS FEEL; CONFI-DENCE, CONTROL AND POWER COME FIRST WITH FEEL.I
HAVE WRITTEN THE EXERCISES FOR TRUMPET DEVELOPMENT, NOT FOR PERFORMANCE. "TRUMPETYOGA''
IS WRITTEN FORTHE
BUSY ON THE ROADTRUMPETER. WHO CAN TAKE THIS ONE BOOK AND KEEP EVERYTHING IN SHAPE.
IF
YOU CAN PLAY TWENTY MINUTES OR FIVE HOURS A DAY, YOU WILL DEVELOPALL THE POWER AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO PERFORM TODAY'S MUSIC. I HAVE
ENJOyED EVERy NOTE OF PLAYTNG "TRUMPET YOGA", SO WtLL yOU.
PRIVATE LESSONS AVAILABLE . . . ALSO YOU MAY TELEPHONE FOR ANY
INFOR-MATION ABOUT TRUMPET YOGA.
JEROME CALLET 128"10 FRANKSTOWN ROAD
PITTSBURGH,
PA.
"15235TE LEPHON E 412-s21 -6682 or 41 2-42'1 -97 3"1
ALSO SEE THE
AD
FOR CALICCHIO TRUMPETSON THE
BACK PAGESOF
THISBOOK.
FOR THE TRUMPET MEN WITH REAL CHOPS . . GET A CALICCH]O TRUMPET FOR "THE SOUND NO ONECOVERS".I
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IN
DOINGTHIS
BOOK YOU MUST PLAY EXERCISE NUMBER ONE, TWO ANDTHREE AS BOTH YOUR DAILY WARM.UP AND LIP CONDTTIONER. THE FIRST NOTE MUST
BE
EXERCISE ONEtN
THISBOOK.
NEVERVARY, THIS IS
FOR YOUR LtPFEEL
AND TO COMPARE YOURDAILY
PROGRESS. YOU SHOULD ALSO REPEATTHESE MANY TIMES DURING YOUR PLAYING. I TRY TO REPEAT AS MANY AS TEN TIMES
A DAY.
THE FEEL YOUWILL
BEGIN TO GET IS WHATI
CALL "THE
FATFEEL".
MANY OF YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A GOOD FEELING IN THE LIPS,NOW YOU CAN.
EXERCISE NUMBER ONE IS STARTED BY PLACING THE MOUTHPIECE SEVEN
EIGHTS ON THE TOP
LIP_
VERY LIGHT ARM PRESSURE_
BEGIN TO UNROLL BOTH LIPSOUTWARD. THIS LIP
ACTION
IS
CALLED
UNFURLLING.
THE
LIPS ARESTILL
AGAINSTTHE
TEETH BUT ARE UNROLLED TOTHEIR
FULLEST EXTENT.TEETH OPENING, FOR THE PEDAL REGISTER, SHOULD BE ONE
HALF
INCH, ANDMIDDLE
AND
UPPER REGISTER SHOULD HAVEAN
OPENING OFAT
LEAST ONE QUARTEROF
AN
INCH.
UPPERAND
LOWER TEETHAND
JAWARE
PARELLEL.TOP
LIP
FEELS, ASIT
UNROLLS,LlKE IT
IS BEING PULLED DOWN.BEFORE PROCEEDING, STUDY THE PHOTOGRAPHS
_
PHOTOGRAPH NUMBERONE
SHOWS NORMAL LIPS_
PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER TWO SHOWS UNROLLEDLIPS (NOTICE TOP RED IS DOUBLE THICKNESS)
_
NUMBER THREE PHOTOGRAPHSHOWS LIPS
IN
THE DOUBLE PEDAL"''C''
INOTE SEVEN EIGHTS ON TOP LIP ANDsoFT
TNNER REDoF
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NUMBER FOUR SLlDING DOWN TO REGULAR EMBOUCHURE FORTY PERCENT TOP, SIXTY PERCENT BOTTOM
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PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER FIVE SHOWS LOOK OF DOUBLE HIGH"C".
START
ALWA.YS START EXERCISE NUMBER ONE ON THE DOUBLE PEDAL C, GO SLOI.^,/,
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KEEP PUSHING THE LIPS TO THEIR MOST UNROLLED POSITION. THE TONE ON THE DOUBLE PEDAL
"C"
WILL BECOME VERYBRILLIANT.
I DO NOT PLAY IN THE SINGLE PEDAL REGISTER (LOWF
TO
C#).
YOUWrLL
BENEFTT MOREtN
THEDOUBLE PEDAL REGISTER BECAUSE OF THE UNROLLING OF THE LIPS,AND THE
FREEDOM OF YOUR LIPS TAKING ALL THE AIR POWER YOU CAN PUT THRU YOUR TRUMPET.
TRY TO MAKE YOUR AIR STEADY AND FREE NOTE VOLUME MARKS. NOTICE
WHEN THE LIPS
ARE
UNROLLED HOW THE SOFT INNER RED OF THE TOP LIP IS EXPOSED TOAtR
(SEE PHOTOS). TOP LIP SEEMS TO OVERLAP BOTTOMLrp
EVENTHOUGH TEETH ARE EVEN. THE TOP LIP MUST BE RELAXED IN THE CENTER AND UNROLLED ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOP LIP ON EVERY NOTE YOU PLAY.
DO NOT FEEL UNEASY ABOUT HOW MUCH
AIR
IT TAKES, REMEMBER THIS ISA
DIFFERENT EMBOUCHURE. WHEN YOU GO INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE REGIS.TER YOU SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECE DOWN TO YOUR REGULAR EMBOUCHURE POSI.
TION
EXCEPT YOUR TOP LIP IS KEPT UNROLLED. THE LIPS SHOULD ALWAYS BEWET SO THAT YOU CAN SLIDE WITH EASE THE MOUTHPIECE POSITION.
IF
YOU SLUR FROM THE LOW"C''
TO THE DOUBLE PEDAL"C''
YOU WOULD SLIDE THEMOUTHPIECE UP TO SEVEN EIGHTS ON THE TOP
LIP.
YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP THIS UNROLLING INTO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH REGISTER. REPEATTHIS MOUTHPIECESLIDE
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THE MORE YOU TRY WITH THE UNROLLED LIPS THE STRONGER THE LIPS, JAW AND ArR POWER BECOME.STUDY PHOTOS
AND
DRAWINGS-
REMEMBER UNROLL BOTH LIPS_
CHECKTEETH OPENING (THE UNROLLED LIP HELPS KEEP TEETH OPEN) MUCH MORE AIR
POWER CAN BE USED WITH TH IS TYPE EMBOUCHURE
-
ACTUAL CENTER LIP TOUCHAND APERTURE WILL BE CLOSER FROM
SIDETOSIDE...
THE LIPCLOSE FORTHE UPPER REG]STER WITH LESS ARM PRESSURE. TRY PUMPING AIR WITHOUT THEMOUTHPIECE
-
FIRST FORM YOUR OLD EMBOUCHURE-
PUMP AIR IN FRONT OF A MIRROR-
NOTICE HOW WIDE THE APERTURE IS FROM SIDE TOSIDE.
NOWTRYTHE TRUI\4PET YOGA
WAY.
WATCH THE TOP LIP THICKEN AS YOU UNROLL-THE RIDGES IN -THE TOP LIP ABOVE THE RED TOP LIP DRAWS IN SIDES UNDER THE
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THE MIRROR, SEE HOW THE SMALLER APER-LESS ARM, MORE RANGE AND ENDURANCE
WHEN
YoU
ARE
PLAYING TRUMPET YOGA YOUR ToP LtP (wHtTEAND
RED)ALL
THE
WAY ACROSSWILL
BECOMETHICKER.
THE THICKER THE TOPLIP
ISBEFORE
YOU
START, THE BETTERAND
STRONGER TRUMPETERYOU
WILL
BE.THIS WARM.UP AND PRACTICE WILL KEEP YOUR EMBOUCHURE
-THICK
AND SOLID.1 KNOW WHEN
I
DO EXERCISE ONE, TWO AND THREE, WHICH TAKES LESS THAN TWELVE MINUTESI
CAN PLAY
EVERYDAY
DOUBLE PEDAL"C"
_
LOW
"C"
_
MIDDLE
"C"
-
HIGH"C"
-
DOUBLE HIGH"C".
THESE TONES MUST BE COMPACT_
BRILLIANT
_
PUREAND FULL,
NO FUZZ OR GRINDING IN THE TONE_
ABILITYTO HOLD OUT YOUR TOP NOTES.
EXERCISE NUMBER TWO
_
STARTWITH REGULAR MOUTHPIECE PLACEMENT-KEEP UNROLLING TOP LIP
_
DO NOT STOP THE SOUND WHEN GOING FROM MIDDLEREGISTER
TO
DOUBLE PEDALOR REGISTER.
SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECE UP TOSEVEN EIGHTS ON THE TOP LIP IN THE DOUBLE PEDAL RANGE.
THIS EXERCISE
WILL TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET PROPER FREEDOM OF SOUND.
NUMBER THREE
IS THE
ULTIMATE TESTOF ANY
TRUMPET PLAYER'SEM-BOUCHURE. DO NOT BE
DISCOURAGEDIF
YOU CANNOT GO HIGHER THAN AMIDDLE
"C''.
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR JAW STAYSIN
ITS FORWARD POSITION.WET LIPS
_
VERYLITTLE
ARM PRESSURE-
SLIDE MOUTHPIECE DOWN AS YOUCLIMB HIGHER
To
YOUR REGULARPoSlTloN.
KEEP LOwER[tp
MoVtNG Up ANDHUGGING TEETH
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LowER t-ip'rEe
I-s LIKEA
RouND
pAD-
Top
Ltp rssrrll
uN-ROLLED_
TRY TO KEEP THE PEDAL FEEL IN TOP LIP.THE REASON
I
CALL MY
METHOD "TRUMPET YOGA" IS THIS_
TRYING TO HOLD THE UNROLLED LIPS INA
FIXED FEEL-
IS MUCH LIKEA
YOGA HOLDS A POSTURE SUCH ASA
HEAD OR SHOULDERSTAND.
THE YOGA HOLDS STEADY-THE LIFE FORCE IN "TRUMPET YOGA'' IS THE WIND POWER. YOU WILL FIND THAT YOUR NEW LIP SET
IN
MANY CASESWILL
REQUIRE TWO TO THREE TIMES THEAIR
FORCE OF YOUR OLD SETTING. KEEP USING MORE AIR.r,;,:-. d!,.
,'VSTRUCTIONS
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IN
REVIEW-
MAKE SURE THE UNROLLINGOF
THE LIPS BRINGSTHE SOFT INNER REDOUT.
NEXT PUSH THE BOTTOM LIP SLIGHTLY FORWARD AND THETWO UNROLLED LIPS WILL FORM
A
STRONG LOCK IN THE SIDES OF THE LIPS IN THE DOUBLE PEDAL REGISTER_
YOU MUST STARTHERE.
THE TWO LIPS ARE STILL HELD AGAINST THE TEETH INALL
REGULAR PLAYING.I
HAVE REPEATED MANY TIMES SOME OFTHE
INSTRUCTIONS_
THEY AREVERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO THESE ROUTINES AS
I
DO,I
KNOW YOU WILL GETGREATER RESULTS THAN YOU WOULD EVER HOPE FOR.
YOUR NORMAL BOTTOM
LIP
IS MUCH STRONGER THAN YOUR TOPLIP.
A GOOD EXERCISE THATI
DO TO DEVELOPE BOTH LIPS AND SIDE LOCKS. LOOK AT PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER TWO-
TRY TO UNROLL TOP LIP AND BOTTOM TO THETRFULLEST
_
PUSH JAW FORWARD_
CLOSE TEETH-
BITE WITH UNROLLED LIPS(PUSH LIPS TOGETHER
-
FEEL SOFT INNER RED TOPAND
BOTTOM PRESSINGTOGETHER HARD, HOLD TEN SECONDS). NOW DO THE SAME UNROLLING BUT
OPEN TEETH ONE QUARTER INCH
AND
PUMPAIR
THRU THE LIPS AS IN PHOTO.NOTTCE tN PHOTO NUMBER THREE,ON THE DOUBLE PEDAL ,,C", HOW STRONG
THE LIPS ARE LOCKED IN AT THE SIDES
-
HOW MUCH TOP LtP MUST BE USED TOGET THE PROPER UNROLLING OF BOTH
LIPS.
DO NOT PUSH THE BOTTOM LIP UPAND
UNDER WITHA
RECEEDED'AW.
ALSO, NEVER PLAY THESE PEDALS WITH
YOUR REGULAR EMBOUCHURE. LOOK
AT
PHOTO NUMBER FOUR, LOOK AT HOW RELAXEDA
MIDDLE"C''
SHOULD LOOK-
NOSTRAIN.
NOW COMPARE PHOTONUMBER FIVE SHOWING
A
LOUD DOUBLE HIGH"C''
EMBOUCHURE,
STILLUN-ROLLED ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE TENSE. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOFT INNER RED
-IN TOP LIP, AND AS IN
ALL
MY PLAYING I AM READY TO SLIDE THE MOUTHPIECEUP TO SEVEN EIGHTS TOP AS IN PHOTO THREE TO PLAY LOUD DOUBLE PEDAL "C''.
THE DOUBLE HIGH
"C"
IS BEING MADE WITH LESS ARM THAN MOST OF YOU USEoN
A
MIDDLE"c".
I cAN
PLAY HUNDREDSoF
DouBl-E HIGH"cs"
EVERy DAy,AND SO CAN ANYONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO.
I
HOPE YOU HAVE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHATI
AM TRYING TOTEACH IN "TRUMPET YOGA''.
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Introducing...
The
Calicchio
Trumpet
THE CALICCHIO STORY starts back in the year 1916 when a young man named
Domenic Callicchio began making custom brass. Thru the years, until today, 1971, he has been perfecting this priceless art. The present Calicchio trumpet is the fruit of his many years of artisticand creative
work...
The fine handmade, one-piece bell and smooth feel
of the
most balanced trumpet ever made.1n.1970, Jerome Callet, a trurnpet teacher from Pittsburgh, pennsylvania,
joined with Calicchio to make this trumpet available to rhe public. Before
us-ing the Calicchio Trumpet, Jerome Callet owned more than 50 of the worlds finest trumpets, including almost all models of the custom builders, and was
never satisfied with their playing qualities until the Calicchio that plays free
over entire range of five octaves.
Calicchio Trumpets are better in tune, more free blowing, richer qual-ity of tone, faster attack and slurring, more powerful, more range, better en-durance, better balance.
Now to the key word, balance. This is the most important poi nt to all
trumpet players. Many of our young players today are shorting their playing life because of unbalanced trumpets making them over blow trying to get a bigger tone, more range or projecting over electronic lnstruments.
Now as to Calicchio Models-we can build Bb, C, D, Eb and piccolo Bb
trumpets, also Flugelhorn and tenor trombones. We can build more than twenty-five different Bb alone. The
two
bore sizesfor the
Bb are medium-large bore, .460 and large bore, .468, and the most perfect balance of the Bbtrumpet would be the medium-large 1-S bell with a number three leader pipe.
This has been the choice of the pros.
For a slightly more free blowing, less resistance,
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number two leader pipe with a 1-S bell.For a tighter, more brilliant tone you would use a number one bell.
The valves are not plated but monel metal-three times the wear of or-dinary valves. All trumpets come with first and third slide rings, also first and
third slide locks.
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.You may have.-a short wait because you cannot buy a custom made Calicchio Trumpet in your music store but the pure pleasure of this horn willlast a lifetime.
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Price
in Gold
Lacquered
Brass . $43s.00Price
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Burnished Silver
Plate
.$475.00
All instruments shipped cash in advance or C.O.D. only-with a five
day trial, money back guarantee.
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