The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method, Book 1

An Intermediate/Advanced Method

By Allen Vizzutti

This book is the most important of the three parts of the Vizzutti trumpet method. All of them begin with the same reminders on how to practice and warm up. The first four sections are long tones (for beauty), lip flexibilities (for strength), technical studies (for better reading), and finger...

flexibilities (for agility). The next section on single, double, and triple tonguing focuses on developing the "T" and "K" syllables without holding back demands on the fingers (quick runs) or mind (quintuplets). The final section on upper register is similar to Vizzutti's little book "High Notes".Overall, this is a fantastic method more trumpeters should use. Any student who has thoroughly completed a beginner's method can benefit in conjunction with the Arban's Complete Method (has ornament studies this method series lacks along with fantastic studies in the back). Advanced players will find plenty to practice without a doubt.

Vizzutti is one of the world's greatest trumpet artists--and a brilliant educator and composer too. His method is fantastic. The first book is packed with all that you need: productive warm-ups, Clarke-like technical exercises, graduated lip flexibilities, all kinds of tonguing exercises, innovative high-range builders...

, endurance studies, etc. Vizzutti also has some wonderful, concise advice on topics such as warming up and stage fright. I wish that I had this method when I began playing in the 1970's. You'll still need the old classic, Arban's, for "exercise on the turn" and those splendid studies and solos at the end of the book, but this method is different, fresh, and sure to make you a better trumpet player.