Publisher's Synopsis
My name is Ralph Davella, a lifetime Carmine Caruso trumpet student.
This book is designed to build strength for the embouchure muscles and improve the physical part of playing the trumpet. This book increases the ability to play in all ranges of your instrument from the lowest notes up through the double high C and beyond while also increasing your flexibility, endurance, and volume control.
The foundation of this trumpet book is based on my years of lessons with the legendary brass teacher Carmine Caruso.
Carmine taught at his studio on West 64th Street in New York City. After my lessons Carmine would allow me to sit and watch him teach.
An annual event in Manhattan was the international Brass conference. Renowned brass players from all around the world would fly in for this event. Many of these professional brass players would schedule a lesson with Carmine Caruso months ahead of time. Some of these famous musicians were having trouble with their embouchure for various reasons. Sometimes because of there demanding playing schedule and many because they were lead players and the demands of playing lead with all the upper register work would take its toll on the embouchure. I watched him calmly have a conversation with these players. Carmine would give them a simple exercise and explain to them how to do the exercise. I would see these players come back and say they are playing as if they never had a problem with their embouchure to begin with.
Studies in this book such as the exercise called The Fourths Down and The Fourths up along with other studies should bring you similar positive results.
Everyone is different as far as the amount of time it takes to warm up. The lessons in this book are designed to take you from the warm up and on through the lesson in a timely fashion. This is why the subtitle for the book is called the 25 minute workout.
This book is endorsed by musicians such as:
Joe Mosello: Joe was a former member of the world famous Maynard Ferguson Band and a veteran of over a dozen Broadway shows. Joe also taught trumpet at Rutgers University. Joe performed with Frank Sinatra and many more stars to numerous to list.
Brian Nalepka: Brian performed with 85 symphony orchestras with over one thousand performanced. Brian also played in Broadway shows both in the pit and on-stage.
Gene Marotta: Gene was inducted into the Drum and Bugle Corps Hall of Fame. Gene played for such dignitaries such as President Kennedy, President Nixon and the Queen of England. Gene also played the National Anthem for the New York Giants from 1978 to 1981.
