Michael (currently a high school sophomore) has been learning the trumpet, both natural and valved, since he was very young. He has been playing natural trumpet for over seven years and is now learning how to play on a modern reproduction. He started on what we call the *BFB Tromba, (pictured right), moved to a […]
Gabriel started with the Brass for Beginners method three years ago in private lessons and then moved to the valve trumpet. He has recently returned to the natural trumpet and is shown here playing interval studies by Dauverne as they appear in Edward Tarr’s The Art of Baroque Trumpet Playing. It is much harder than […]
This is high school senior, Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) student, Sasha Boutilier playing a modern replica of a natural trumpet. Sasha started playing trumpet in 3rd grade and has been playing natural trumpet for seven years. The music is From Fanfare #2 by Johan Dismas Zelinka (1679-1745). Sasha currently plays first trumpet in the […]
This is an example of the use of natural trumpets for more advanced students. The instrument in the foreground is a hose horn fitted with a vented yard (in this case, a copper tube with finger holes) that allows the player to make certain notes in the upper register sound more “in tune.” The student […]
Brass for Beginners is an innovative method utilizing the natural trumpet to teach the fundamentals of brass playing. Developed by Chris Hasselbring, faculty member at the Music Institute of Chicago, and Jack Hasselbring, Director of Instrumental Music at Holland Brook School in New Jersey, the Brass for Beginners (BFB) curriculum has been used for group […]