Om projektet
"In the over 40 years that I have been teaching, I have constantly come up with new exercises, in addition to all the excellent material that already exists for the students who have had one or another problem or challenge in their playing.
Over the years, I have also participated in many masterclasses with talented and interesting musicians (not only trumpet players) and these musicians have given me a lot of inspiration. In this way, I have developed my own way of thinking in relation
to improving the way of playing on our instrument, which here is especially intended for trumpet/cornet, but can also be used on many other wind instruments.
It is very important for me to point out that these are my ideas, which I have found out work great for me and my students I have taught over the years – and which I of course use in my teaching, but that is not to say that my way is the only approach to achieving the goal.
The overall basic idea of the exercises in this book, is to improve the air flow and not least the quality of our sound and movements when playing on our instrument. The exercises will also make sure of the importance of relaxing as much as possible in our body, without losing focus and concentration.
It is therefore important to control our breathing 100% before even start playing the various exercises, so we have a pleasant cycle with the breathing and then the best use of our air.
For control our body and instrument the best way, we must constantly make sure to have comfortable and controlled breathing. Since the different exercises are repeated many times, these can in many ways be compared to a form of
meditation/yoga.
As such, the exercises are not rooted in meditation and yoga in the traditional sense, I use these terms as a framework for understanding the basic essence of the material, which has several similarities with these disciplines.
An example of why I call my exercises a form of meditation/yoga is this experience:
My former neighbor did a lot of yoga. Among other things, he went to Japan once a year, where he lived in a Buddhist temple and practiced Japanese yoga and martial arts for a whole month.
Every morning he sat in his garden room and meditated for a long time. We got to talk about it, and I asked about how and why he is doing his meditation, after which he said to me: "it's no different from what you do every morning". I was a little questioning to what he meant, and he told me that I did the same, when I stood every morning and played long notes on my trumpet. Suddenly, I could see the connection and how much this kind of meditation/control helped and has helped me in many ways over time.
Therefore, I have a great interest in spreading these kinds of thoughts so they can be used on our instrument. Broadly speaking, it is about control of breathing and repetitions, which can also easily be used on many instruments besides the trumpet."
- Rolf Persson, 2023
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