Beyond The Fingering Chart
About Beyond The Fingering Chart
For advanced brass players, band directors, or anyone else looking for more understanding of brass instruments, this nine chapter course by Michael Nunes combines written and notated examples with supporting video to explore beyond the fingering chart.
Course contents include:
Chapter 1: Fingering Charts and a Brief History of Brass Instruments
Chapter 2: Descending Valve Order
Chapter 3: The Harmonic Series
Chapter 4: So, What? Some benefits to alternate fingerings on our primary instruments
Chapter 5: Brass instruments organized by common transpositions and keys
Chapter 6: Extra Valves
Chapter 7: The French Horn Anomaly
Chapter 8: What Makes a Bass Trombone a Bass Trombone?
Chapter 9: Intonation and Compensating Systems
How It Works
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Intro to Beyond the Fingering Chart
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Michael Nunes
Hello, my name is Michael Nunes, and I am a composer and horn player from Sherwood Park, Alberta. I am currently a substitute musician with the New World Symphony in Miami as I pursue an MMus degree at The Juilliard School with Erik Ralske of the Metropolitan Opera.
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