Brassplaying is no harder then deep breathing - cuivres

Very good read, should of had this back in the 70's when I started playing

This book has no notes to play or exercises to learn, what is does have is the basic structure and basis upon which to learn playing a brass instrument. After myself playing and getting frustrated 2 years into playing I've read this boo and its like a light bulb going on and now I know how and why and what I need to do. Well worth reading

I vacillated between 4 stars and 5 for this book, but in the end, I've got to say it's the most useful of all the things I have read over the last 55 years in terms of value and explanation. Arban and Clarke both give largely the same advice, but it somehow doesn't come through as clearly. Gordon's title immediately puts the focus on wind control and the guidance in the text helps make it understandable.So what's wrong with this book? It's a bit thin--both in number of pages, and in the depth of development. The author pursues (somewhat unnecessarily in my opinion) a lengthy tangent dismissing the diaphragm and diaphragm control, which may be an important distinction to the medical doctor who wrote the supplemental essay on the diaphragm, but which comes across as a semantic argument rather than one of great substance.In the end, the book drives home one message (breathe deeply, control your air) and manages to debunk a number of errors which many of us have pursued (the quest for the mouthpiece, for example). It was useful to me, I think it will be useful to most of you.

Ce livre est indispensable pour comprendre le processus d'émission du son à la trompette et développer toute la "mécanique" nécessaire.Il ne s'agit pas d'un manuel d'étude mais d'un recueil de réflexions et de pistes de travail.Le programme proposé par Claude Gordon s'appuie sur six à sept autres ouvrages qu'il faut donc acquérir pour mettre en pratique tous ces précieux conseils.Personnellement ce livre m'a sauvé en balayant toutes les croyances erronées qui m'empêchaient de progresser et en m'apportant en quelques mots les bases saines pour repartir en toute confiance.Merci à ce merveilleux pédagogue !

Super Buch - hat mir sehr geholfen mit richtiges Atmung und Ton. Habe schon viele Bücher in d. Hand gehabt, aber hiermit fühlte ich mich wohl und vertanden. Wurde ich jede Stundent weiter empfehlen! Danke Mr. Gordon!