Build Your Embouchure On A Solid Foundation!

"Practice must be done with a constant goal in mind just as in the construction of a tall building. The start is made by building a strong foundation upon which a skyscraper may be erected." 
- Claude Gordon from Systematic Approach to Daily Practice, Published by Carl Fischer, Inc. 

Read a review of my book, Fundamental Flexibility Studies, in the October 2000 issue

 of the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

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Fundamental Flexibility Studies is a flexibility exercise book designed to develop a strong foundation of flexibility, accuracy and confidence from F# below the staff to C above the staff.
   
       

                             
Instructions for Practice        Exercise 1              Exercise 37          Exercise 84        Beginner's Routine  Intermediate Routine

This book is a must for the Junior High and High School Player!

Written by Claude Gordon student and Certified Teacher, Matt Graves, this book is a great prerequisite for students that are just beginning to study this branch of trumpet technique or that may be experiencing difficulties with the more advanced flexibility books such as Colin, Smith, Del Staigers and Irons. For advanced players, it also offers simple warm up and maintenance exercises that are not in print elsewhere.

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