2013年6月12日星期三

為4至6歲小朋友度身訂造的小號課程

為4至6歲小朋友度身訂造的小號課程

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設計獨特、易於學習
適合無樂器吹奏經驗兒童吹奏的全新樂器
指法與小號一樣,不論簡單民謠、現代爵士樂、以至古典的小號協奏曲都能演奏
獨特設計,讓初學者都能奏出專業的音色和效果
輕質管身,按鍵距離較短,小朋友較易操控
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2013年5月28日星期二

2013年5月23日星期四

playing trumpet(小號) is so cool !-香港小號中心


playing trumpet(小號) is sooo cool ! let see this article !

the silver trumpet 小號was sponsored by
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2013年5月9日星期四

小號演奏會


一周忙碌過後,聽音樂快速充電。全新的「太古輕鬆樂聚」為繁忙的都巿人提供周末的好節目,也為平時愛音樂的您而設。音樂會九點鐘開場,不設中場休息,個多小時的音樂,可以是您的飯後甜品,也可以是約會前的頭盤,周末從此變得不一樣。

傳奇小號手莫里森,連同本地爵士樂精英包以正、Sylvain Gagnon及Anthony Fernandes和港樂在文化中心大開爵士派對!勁 JAM ‘Duke’Ellington, Herb Alpert, Hoagy Carmichael的爵士經典,以及由格林美得獎電影及電視作曲巨星舒夫林創作的電影音樂 -《職業特工隊》及《龍爭虎鬥》!
17&18-5-2013 星期五、六 晚上九時 
香港文化中心音樂廳



2013年4月16日星期二

Trumpet Performance tips(2)-Hong Kong Trumpet Center

Before starting any trumpet playing, blow air through the horn, to "warm up" the instrument and assume the correct embrouchure.
The most important tip of all is find a competent trumpet teacher.
Your trumpet may have what looks like a pinky ring. This ring is for players that may have more experience. It is used to tune any note holding down the third valve better.
If at any time you feel that your lips are about to bleed, or if you feel torn pieces of lip on the inside of your mouth, immediately stop playing for the day. If you continue playing with a hurt lip, you can damage your playing for up to a week, maybe longer.
If you have braces, take extreme care whenever practicing, especially when you are just beginning to play. You may be able to ask your orthodontist for wax. They will most likely give you some for free. Put it on before you play, and your lips will not get scratched up. Also, some orthodontists have plastic attachments that are much cleaner than wax strips that are sized for your braces and attach painlessly! Best of all, when you get the braces off you can still play trumpet without having to loose your lip callus!
It is easier to breathe in through your nose and may get warmer air, but to get more air faster, you may breathe in with your mouth.
Occasionally, you should warm up by breathing in (through your nose) steadily for 8 beats and out for 8 beats, then in for 4, out for 4, then in 2, out 2, in 1, out 1. Your shoulders should not "shoot" up when you take a quick breath. Your diaphram should expand.
Try to place the mouthpiece in the middle of your lips. If you have braces or anything on your teeth at all, your mouthpiece may be inclined to go up higher than it should, or lower. Don't get into this habit- if you do this for long, you will not be able to play trumpet with the mouthpiece correctly placed at all.
Practice a lot! The only way you're going to get better is to practice.
If you are blowing through your trumpet and you hear nothing or a very dull resonating sound you make sure you are blowing correctly. If you are, you may have a valve aligned incorrectly. Grab the top of the button and lightly spin the valve until it stops, this should solve your problem. If your problem persists, take it back to the store and they will help you!
If you need your note to get higher in pitch, don't tighten your lips, FIRM YOUR CORNERS! The common misconception among brass is to tighten your lips which increases muscle tension. You will have much more success if you firm the corners of your lips and use the side muscles to support your vibrating lips.
After you have learned to play the trumpet for a while and have moved on to more advanced music, you will notice that you can't start off playing high notes when you first get your trumpet out. This is because your lips aren't warmed up yet. To warm them up without permanently damaging them, you should play low notes, such as C, D, E, F, G, and back down again. After you play these notes for a little bit, you should be able to play higher notes. also, DO NOT practice on buzzing. that helps you get an awful habit going. Everyone says buzz, but just blow air. The sound will be more crisp.
If you are very serious about growing and improving your skills as a trumpet player, private lessons can be an immense help. They are definitely a worthwhile investment- find a teacher that is helpful, knowledgeable, and you enjoy spending time with.

Hong Kong Trumpet Center

香港小號中心

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小號(Trumpet)樂曲-香港小號中心





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2013年4月9日星期二

Trumpet Performance tips(1)-Hong Kong Trumpet Center

Making sounds is pretty much your embouchure, which is the muscles used in your mouth to buzz and the air flow vibrate. (Buzzes.) Breathing is key to making sounds on a trumpet. When you're breathing, you want to breathe in not here in your lungs that would not get in enough air to push the trumpet. You want to breathe in through your nose and hold your hand on your belly and fill up your diaphragm and your belly. Then your lungs will fill up. Then you empty out, and you want to feel your belly fill up with air, sitting up straight so that the air can go in and out into the trumpet. Once you have a proper amount of air, you can regulate how many times you breathe and it will show you how long you can play the trumpet. Breathing with a brass instrument or any wind instrument is the most important thing to learn-- to continue to breathe and not take real short.(Plays with short breaths cutting off the note.) And you'll run out of breath quickly, so breathing, breathing in through the nose and filling up and breathing out through the instrument, and all the way out.




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香港小號中心

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小號(Trumpet)吹奏-香港小號中心

把咀唇貼近吹咀,震動咀唇及帶動管身內之空氣震動而發聲。小號(Trumpet)吹奏者通過控制咀唇間的空隙,呼氣量及震動的力度來改變音量、音調及音色。小號上有三個活塞,每當按下一個活塞,都會增加空氣通過管道的長度,使發出之音調變低。小號第一個活塞使音調降低一個全音;第二個活塞使音調降低一個半音;第三個活塞為第一個及第二個之總和。各種不同的組合使小號吹奏者能吹奏出完整的半音階。





Hong Kong Trumpet Center

香港小號中心

www.trumpet.com.hk

2013年4月7日星期日

Trumpet (Why Play Trumpet)-HK Trumpet Center

Why Play Trumpet
The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium and tuba. A musician who plays the trumpet is called a trumpet player or trumpeter. The most common trumpet by far is a transposing instrument pitched in B flat - the note read as middle C sounds as the B flat 2 semitones below - but there are many other trumpets in this family of instruments.
The trumpet is made of brass tubing bent into a rough spiral. Although the bore is roughly cylindrical, it is more precisely a complex series of tapers, smaller at the mouthpiece receiver and larger just before the flare of the bell begins. Careful design of these tapers is critical to the intonation of the instrument. Sound is produced by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound into the mouthpiece and starting a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the trumpet. The player can select the pitch from a range of overtones or harmonics by changing the lip aperture. There are three piston valves, each of which increases the length of tubing when engaged, thereby lowering the pitch. The first valve lowers the instrument's pitch by a whole step (2 semitones), the second valve by a half step (1 semitone), and the third valve by one-and-a-half steps (3 semitones). When a fourth valve is present, as with some piccolo trumpets, it lowers the pitch a perfect fourth (5 semitones). Used alone and in combination these valves make the instrument fully chromatic, i.e., able to play all twelve pitches of Western music. The sound is projected outward by the bell.




Hong Kong Trumpet Center

香港小號中心

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2013年3月21日星期四

小號 (Trumpet) 家族成員---香港小號中心

小號 (Trumpet) 家族成員包括Bb, C, D, Eb, E, F, G 和A 調,最常見的小號為Bb調,亦是最多初學小號學生揀選的。以下介紹不同種類小號 :

1.袖珍小號(Poket Trumpet) : 是降B調(Bb)小號,管口(Bell)口徑一般稍少、管身彎曲更多,可見於爵士樂演奏。
2.短號(Cornet) : 一般是降B調(Bb),音色較其他小號柔美,多受早期音樂家喜愛,由於與小號差異較小,多被小號取代。
3.小號(Trumpet): 降B調(Bb)標準小號,初學學生首選。
4.自然小號(Natural Trumpet): 小號的前身,僅能吹奏泛音,無法吹奏半音階。
5.高音小號(Piccolo Trumpet): 較少號高八度,音色瞭亮,常用於古典曲目中。
6.富魯格號(Flugelhorn): 音色遠較小號柔和。爵士樂常用此樂器,樂團在法國號(French Horn)不足時, 用此代替。




Hong Kong Trumpet Center

香港小號中心

www.trumpet.com.hk