Trumpet and the Language of Music is a highly structured, five-book method with a consistent, physical approach. It promotes free blowing and creates a clear intellectual understanding of the language of music. With its complete and unified approach to playing the trumpet, this method will guide the player to a full three-octave range within a musical context. Trumpet and the Language of Music will develop your capacity to play in all keys to improve your transposition skills. Beautiful tone production and clean articulation are the constant focus. Accomplished musicians must read and sing the language of music quickly and accurately. Each chapter has a specific focus that will lead you to new levels of playing the trumpet.

Chapter 1 – “Bugle Song” explores the trumpet at the primary level of the bugle. Harmonic levels and tone production are combined in carefully graded sections to increase range and power. There is material relating to harmonic flexibility as well as exercises directed at developing security in the highest as well as lowest combinations creating a “seven bugle” format. In this volume you will also explore:

1. One, two, and three octave harmonic flexibility in a seven-bugle format.
2. Harmonics and tone production are combined in carefully graded sections to increase range and power.
3. Exercises directed at developing security in the highest and lowest registers of the trumpet.
4. Exercises written for all seven valve combinations creating a seven-bugle format.

To the left you will see some samples, and above you can grab an immediate digital download.

Endorsement from David Baldwin

Ralph Schwartz’s work, Trumpet and the Language of Music is THE encyclopedia of trumpet calisthenics! It is comprehensive and beautifully presented. The introductory written material is some of the best advice I have read – INSPIRING. The format is unique, as far as I know, and allows you to access and print out a little or a lot of material. This is intelligent material to build strength, flexibility and technique in a musical way.

David Baldwin, Professor of Trumpet, University of Minnesota