Product Description

The Roadmap to Drive Your Way to Success on the Trumpet!

Discover the secrets to playing trumpet with ease, efficiency, control and finesse. Trumpet Chop Doc Jeanne G Pocius shares her experience and wisdom about trumpet playing, performing, and teaching.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #622368 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-18
• Format: Unabridged
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Customer Reviews

Great Book. Needs to be in your library.
After not having played trumpet for several decades, I decided to pick it up again and see if I could get back into playing shape. I played professionally for a number of years, several while attending school studying physiology and organic chemistry. When I ran across Jeanne's book, Trumpeting by Nature, I was very impressed. Not only did each chapter make a world of sense to me, it illustrated and explained things that had bothered me when I was playing every night, sometimes on a split lip. Jeanne also takes the time to focus on the specific anatomical foundations of the embouchure that had never been explained or addressed at any length by any of my past instructors - several of whom are now considered icons in the trumpet playing world. Her discussions of the various muscles involved in the embouchure are both accurate and interesting. I've spent a lot of time researching trumpet literature on the Net and haven't run across any that discusses the specific musculature involved in an embouchure like Jeanne does in her book. I would recommend this book to anyone who's a beginner, a hobbyist, a pro and especially those, who like me, are once again starting out on the instrument. Reading her book and following her advice and instruction has definitely helped me and can certainly prevent or remedy many of the embouchure problems players experience. Following Jeanne's advice has allowed me to return to playing form quicker than I expected with an increase in range that still amazes me. This is a great book, full of interesting and valuable information and needs to be in your musical library.

Trumpeting by Nature
The combination of colloquial writing and demonstration photos is great! I'm barely into the book and have already seen (heard) results.

Chop Doctor in print!
Jeanne's new book is a delight to trumpeters of all ages. Great information, easy to read, and most of all it comes from a great person! Jeanne is always so willing to help a player in need. I wish I lived closer to her.....

Doug Barta
Parker, CO