2014 Plano Middle School All Region Trumpet Etudes

I just recorded the audition etudes for the Plano middle schoolers.  These are the four etudes for Texas Region 25 this year.  This year is slightly different.  There are four shorter etudes this year and two will be chosen for phase one and the other two will be the selections for phase two.  There will be no cuts in either phase.  My tempos are announced in the recordings and marked below as well.

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Quarter Note=100

Eight Note=126

Quarter Note=180

Quarter Note=70

Getchell First Book of Practical Studies

I've wanted to do this for a long time.  I picked up a Zoom iQ5 Audio Recorder for my iPhone from Amazon this week.  I'm extremely happy with it so far.  I can record a clip in the middle of or between lessons very easily, with good quality and upload from the phone straight to Soundcloud.  From there it's a piece of cake to embed the code on the site here.  I plan on having the First Getchell Book finished in a day or two and the Second Book finished next week.

There are plenty of resources for professionals and older students looking for study recordings but not so much for beginners and very young players.  I plan on making a small dent in that with Simple Trumpet.

UPDATE

This playlist is now complete.  You'll find all 64 ´etudes from the first book below.

I highly recommend to Zoom iQ5.  It's Awesome.

SFA Band Camp 2014 7th & 8th Grade Trumpet Études

I made these recordings today for my students going to the middle school band camp at SFA next week.  For more info about the camps at SFA visit their website here.  My students always have a great time there.  It's definitely one the Texas summer band camps worth giving a look.

7th Grade Études

8th Grade Études

8th Grade Étude #1 with Metronome quarter note = 76