Brass mathod (Stefanus)

FACULTY OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

BRASS METHOD

STEFANUS JEMOL
(2017273794)

TRUMPET POSTURE

A trumpet is a brass wind instrument. For its powerful tone sounded by lip vibration against it
is cup shaped mouthpiece. Modern trumpets also have three piston valves as well as small,
secondary tubing that act as tuning slides to adjust the tone. Almost all trumpets played today
are B flat. This is the tone naturally played when the trumpet is blown. They have a range
between the F sharp below middle C to two and a half octaves above (ending at B), and are
comparatively easier to play than other brass instruments. trumpet posture is by standing and
also in a sitting position, to stand feet should be planted on the ground next to each other, hips
should be vertically aligned with shoulders.shoulders should not be pushed back so that your
chest is pushed forward. Correct positioning of the shoulders, chest, hips, and feet will give a
good foundation for playing the trumpet. When we prepare to play the trumpet, we should
position the trumpet so that the bell points straight forward, It should be parallel to the floor.
When we sitting, the position body are same as standing posture but for the lower body it either
1/3 of chair or sitting straight at the back. The hand still same as standing posture.

TROMBONE POSTURE

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound
is produced when the players vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to
vibrate. The trombone is a little different to other brass instruments as the instrument keeps
changing shape. This means it is important to think about how you hold the instrument as well
how we maintain the balance of the trombone without affecting your posture. The important
thing to remember about gaining good posture is that allow body to move to the correct place.
The first step is to sit or stand with your head up pretend that there is a string at the top of your
head leading up to the ceiling and shoulders back down and relaxed. This will allow to breathe
fully and support the tone quality breath support.for right hand we only need three fingers that
it thumb, pointer and middle fingers then think of the three fingers lightly touching each other
at the fingertips,these fingers will hold the bottom part of the slide brace and if we hold the
slide with a death grip. For left hand just take example how to hold shotgun up.This uses your

left thumb and pointer finger.When playing, the pointer is in an “up” position. left pointer
finger rests along the brace that leads to the mouthpiece. Wrap around the bottom tubing
between the two braces (brace where left pointer rests and the slide brace).

FRENCH HORN POSTURE

The French horn since the 1930 sentury known simply as the "horn" in professional music
circles is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double
horn in F/Bb technically a variety of German horn is the horn most often used by players in
professional orchestras and bands. A musician who plays a horn is known as a horn player or
hornist. Correct posture is important to producing a good tone on the horn, as with any wind
instrument. To have good posture the first thing we need always remember, in the sitting
position imagine the rope above our head to the ceiling, automatically your head will be in a
straight shoulder like position and make sure our position is relaxed and the leg position is also
different from the other instrument that we have to put our left foot forward and the right foot
slightly backwards. for standing position is also similar to sitting technique which is our left
foot forward and right foot slightly behind. For the hand position ,the left hand fingers are used
to depress the valve keys, which the right hand is placed inside the bell, place left thumb around
the thumb hook and your left pinky finger around the pinky hook. and for the right hand,hold
hand slightly curved, as if it could hold some water, but turned toward to body,be sure the
thumb is crooked and is resting about where first finger connects to hand and look at the bell
of the horn. We should insert hand into the bell, insert hand far enough to where fingers are in
the bell.

TUBA POSTURE

Tuba is the lowest pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments,
the sound is produced by lip vibration into a large mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid 19th
century, making it one of the newer instruments in the modern orchestra and concert band.To
play this instrument, the posture is also very important when standing and sitting. The first you
must do is your back should be straight, and your head should be lifted straight ahead. The
back should not be touching the back of the chair, your feet flat on the floor. Depending on
your height, it may be best to place a tub on the seat between your legs or place it on your lap,
gently on the top of your thigh. If it is a full size tub, you might want to get one.It is important
to place the tubes in such a way that you do not have to bend to reach the mouth area. Bring
the horn to you, do not bend to the horn. When you try to fill the horn with air. For the hand
position we must use the right hand position. In the right hand tubes, you will lean slightly to
the left, using the left hand to support the arm. Place your right hand on the valve, either in the
wide area of the rotating tube, or with your fingertips in the center of the valve.