Research Guides: Brass Instruments: Performance Practice

Performance Practice Resources for Brass Instruments

The UO Libraries Music Collection includes the following guides to various aspects of brass performance practice; browse the shelves in the call number areas provided below to find more works like these.

Arnold Jacobs's Legacy: Sound Advice for Developing Brass Players by Gregory B. Irvine; Luis E. Loubriel (Editor)
Call Number: ML419.J34 I78 2015
Publication Date: 2015
The Brass Player's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Performance by Kenneth Amis
Call Number: MT418 .B73 2006
Publication Date: 2006
A Complete Guide to Brass Instruments and Techniques by Scott Whitener
Call Number: ML933 .W52 1997
Publication Date: 1997
The Embouchure by Maurice M. Porter
Call Number: MT339 .P67
Publication Date: 1967
A Guide to the Understanding and Correction of Intonation Problems by Al "Corky" Fabrizio
Call Number: MT165 .F13 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Wind Talk for Brass: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching Brass Instruments by Mark C. Ely; Amy E. Van Deuren
Call Number: MT418 .E49 2009
Publication Date: 2009

The UO Libraries Music Collection includes the following guides to various aspects of horn performance practice; browse the shelves in the call number areas provided below to find more works like these.

The Brass Gym: Horn in F : a comprehensive daily workout for brass players by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan ; edited by John Ericson
Call Number: MT425 .P55 2008 + COMPACT DISC CX15953
Publication Date: 2007
Extended Techniques for the Horn: A Practical Handbook for Composers and Performers, Including Recorded Examples by Douglas Hill
Call Number: MT420 .H54 1983 + CASSETTE 998M
Publication Date: 1983
The Horn Handbook by Verne Reynolds
Call Number: MT420 .R49 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Horn Technique (2nd ed.) by Gunther A. Schuller
Call Number: MT420 .S35 1991
Publication Date: 1992
A Photographic Study of 40 Virtuoso Horn Players' Embouchures by Philip Farkas
Call Number: MT420.F37P4
Publication Date: 1970
Thoughts on Playing the Horn Well: Also Containing Suggestions for Warm Ups and Other Exercises by Frøydis Ree Wekre
Call Number: MT420.W45 T5 1999
Publication Date: 1999

The UO Libraries Music Collection includes the following guides to various aspects of trumpet performance practice; browse the shelves in the call number areas provided below to find more works like these.

The Brass Gym: Trumpet: a Comprehensive Daily Workout for Brass Players by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan ; edited by Mark Gould.
Call Number: MT445 .P55 2008 + COMPACT DISC CX15952
Publication Date: 2008
Ear Training for Trumpet by David Vining
Call Number: MT445 .V56 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Exercises & Etudes for Both Jazz & Classical Trumpet Players by Bobby Shew
Call Number: MT445 .S363 1997
Publication Date: 1997
How to Play High Notes, Low Notes, and All Those In Between by John J. Haynie
Call Number: MT445 .H39 1988
Publication Date: 1988
The Old Art of Clarino Playing on Trumpets by Hermann Ludwig Eichborn
Call Number: ML963 .E3513 1976
Publication Date: 1976
Translation of Das alte Clarinblasen auf Trompeten
Warm-ups + Studies: Trumpet and Other Brass Instruments by James Stamp
Call Number: MT445.S73 W3 2005 + COMPACT DISC CX16566
Publication Date: 2005

The UO Libraries Music Collection includes the following guides to various aspects of trombone performance practice; browse the shelves in the call number areas provided below to find more works like these.

Allen Ostrander Method for Bass Trombone and F Attachment for Tenor Trombone by Allen Ostrander
Call Number: MT472.O85 M4
Publication Date: 1966
Berklee Practice Method: Trombone: Get Your Band Together by Jim Odgren; Bill Pierce; Berklee Faculty Staff; Jeff Galindo
Call Number: MT462 .G34 2002 + COMPACT DISC CX9343
Publication Date: 2002
Complete Method for Trombone & Euphonium by J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste) Arban, 1825-1889.; Joseph Alessi; Brian Bowman
Call Number: MT462 .A6 2002
Publication Date: 2002
The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms by Stuart Dempster
Call Number: ML965.D45 + PHONODISC DMbl 41
Publication Date: 1979
Trombone Technique "Through Music" : [A Philosophical Method Book] by Ed Neumeister
Call Number: MT462.N485 T76 2002 + COMPACT DISC CX10707
Publication Date: 2002
Trombonisms: An Extension of Standard Trombone Techniques and an Extension of Some New Ones by Bill Watrous; Alan Raph
Call Number: MT465 .W287 1983 + PHONODISC DMbl 44
Publication Date: 1983

The UO Libraries Music Collection includes the following guides to various aspects of tuba and euphonium performance practice; browse the shelves in the call number areas provided below to find more works like these.

Art of Tuba and Euphonium by Harvey Phillips and William Winkle
Call Number: MT480 .P5 1992
Publication Date: 1994
The Brass Gym: Euphonium: A Comprehensive Daily Workout for Brass Players by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan ; edited by Dustin Wright
Call Number: MT496.3 .P55 2006 + COMPACT DISC CX15954
Publication Date: 2006
The Brass Gym: Tuba: A Comprehensive Daily Workout for Brass Players by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan ; edited by Dustin Wright
Call Number: MT485 .P55 2008 + COMPACT DISC CX15955
Publication Date: 2006
Mastering the Tuba: Complete Book by Roger Bobo
Call Number: MT482 .B63 2003
Publication Date: 2003
Tuba Profondo: An International Masterclass with Roger Bobo by Roger Bobo
Call Number: DVD 03340
Publication Date: 2009
Tuba Studio Teaching: Three Case Studies of Highly Effective Teachers by Robert Steven Call
Call Number: MT480 .C35 2000a
Publication Date: 2000

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