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 basic principle of all my exercises is to strive for being as relaxed as possible when we play on our instrument, so that we do not use more force and energy than necessary.
Developing and improving this way of playing, requires great mental control, which then affects our breathing, which in turn affects the way we use the air when we play.
The preparation and breathing, can in many ways be compared to meditation and yoga, as many of the exercises must take place with metronome and with the same cycle for long periods of time. In this way, it becomes a daily routine how to use these methods - to relax and breathe in a natural way when playing on our instrument.
This way of practicing should lead to being able to comfortably present the first note of the music we are about to play - and then play on, without spending more effort than is absolutely necessary."
- Rolf Persson, 2023
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