In this video lesson, Nick Drozdoff explores the studies used by Vince Chicowiscz.

1. Long Tones & Sotto Voce
2. Clarkes Studies: Sotto Voce
3. Singing Exercise from Low Ab to F over double C
4. Embouchure Design Revisited
5. Flexibility and Trills
6. High Gear & Low Gear
7. Breathing for Trumpet
8. How To Play An Asymmetric Mouthpiece
9. Flow Studies I
10. Flow Studies II
11. Gattermann Etude

I decided to put up a series of video clips of practice sessions, including mistakes and missed notes. I thought it would be informative to the students to see and hear a professional actually practicing what he is preaching. Now, I don’t mean to imply other teachers don’t practice what they teach. However, during private lessons, the student only gets a smattering of what it its the teacher actually does when he/she practices. They don’t get to sit through the practice sessions themselves. While I do truncate for time, these video clips are indeed the real thing, played with abandon. I do some lecturing as well, in an effort to discuss what it is that I do. I hope these clips can help any player find a way to improve their own way of working.

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