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Discover the highest instrument in the brass section, the trumpet. Read about composing for the instrument, listen to extracts by composers including Stravinsky and Mahler, and watch Philharmonia trumpeters demonstrating various techniques; from playing with a mute, to playing 'rips'.
Learn about tonguing techniques in this film.
A fundamental necessity for playing the trumpet, in this film you can see a description and example of basic tonguing techniques as well as more example tonguing techniques and attacks, such as double and triple tounging using 't' and 'k' sounds.
