The Brass Band Forum

A lot of what James said is absolutely true. Furthermore two things need to be remembered. 1. Each and every one of use has physical differences to the next person. 2. Every problem can be overtime with time and comittment If you have a hymn book ("120 Hymns for Brass Band" by Wright and R...

It is a fact that many people are not able to roll their r's - whatever the weather! Brrrrr can be pronounced with or without roll. The following is the procedure shown in "wikihow" http://www.wikihow.com/Roll-Your-%22R%22s which may be helpful: 1. Bend the tip of your tongue up very sligh...

Hi! I've been playing cornet now for many years and am fairly accomplished. However one part of my playing has let me down so much that I now have a sort of Phobia towards it! :) I have great difficulty pitching top A with any sort of pinpoint accuracy! All the notes in that area above and below pre...