Trumpet Basics Pupil's Book

Book excerpt: The full eBook version of Trumpet Basics in fixed-layout format, with downloadable audio. John Miller's Trumpet Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner trumpet players and their teachers. This edition of Trumpet Basics Pupil's book offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities and of course all the great tunes featured in the original Trumpet Basics. Starting at absolute beginner level and progressing to about Grade 2, it contains: • a wide range of repertoire, including original pieces and well-loved favourites from every genre • warm ups and fun original exercises • invaluable fact files, quizzes and technical advice covering notation, general musicianship and care of the instrument • helpful fingering diagrams and rhythm boxes • duets throughout – ideal for group teaching • downloadable audio containing piano and trumpet accompaniments to play along with Contents Stage 1: Up And Down Wavy Line First Things First Mirror Image The First Digit No Stopping Hippo March. Stage 2: Happy Harry Watch Your Step! Haunted House Folk Song Quick Quick Slow Gladiator Stage 3: Quick March Sad Tale Any Old Iron? Count As You Play Stage 4: Lightly Row Mind Your Fingers Hansel And Gretel (Humperdinck) Stage 5: Simple Song That Does It! Smooth 'N' Groovy O When The Saints Stage 6: The Green Man Old Macdonald's Echo Stage 7: Ode To Joy (Beethoven) Lottery Loser Stage 8: Smooth As Silk Kum Ba Yah The Old Temple No, No, No, No Geordie Munro A Vision For You Stage 9: Fish 'N' Chips Postman Pat Carnival Of Venice Listening Power Stage 10: Woozy Cat Waltz Kalinka Sunday Best (Nicolai/Bach) Stage 11: Yankee Doodle In Five Simple Gifts Stage 12: Jingle Bells Concert Pieces: Rondo (Susato) Your First Hit Single (Wedgwood) The Ballad Of The East Neuk ( Miller) Stage 13: Sharpen That Tongue Poulton: Aura Lee O Come, All Ye Faithful Stage 14: Winter The Happy Ending Theme From The Godfather (Rota) Stage 15: Loch Lomond Scarborough Fair For His Majesty's Sagbutts And Cornets Stage 16: Can-Can Country Dance (Offenbach) Promenade (Mussorgsky) The First Nowell Cornish Dance (Arnold) Stage 17: Joy To The World (Handel) Frankie And Johnny Stage 18: French March (Arban) O Sole Mio (Di Capua) Stage 19: William Tell (Rossini) Blue-Note Blues Stage 20: Rock Improvisation Concert Pieces: Lancaster Lullaby (Miller) Flashback (Wedgwood) Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman) The Wild Man (Miller) Sweeney Todd (Arnold)