A Tune a Day For Cornet or Trumpet, Book 1 by C. Paul Herfurth | Instruction Book for Cornet and Trumpet with Lessons, Fingering Charts, Practice Records, Test Questions and Manuscript Paper
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A Tune a Day - Cornet or Trumpet: Book 1 by C. Paul Herfurth is an original edition of the long-established instructional series for cornet and trumpet. This instructional method combines carefully organized lessons with practical reference materials to support individual practice, private lessons, school classes, and group instruction, making it a trusted resource for brass musicians and music educators. Inside the book, readers will find progressive lessons accompanied by illustrations, fingering charts, daily practice records, test questions, and manuscript paper for written exercises or homework. These features provide a structured framework for developing consistent practice habits while encouraging careful review and personal progress documentation. The content is designed for use in a variety of teaching environments, including group lessons, school music programs, and one-to-one instruction, exactly as described by the original publisher. Rather than functioning as a collection of standalone performance pieces, this volume emphasizes steady musical development through guided study and regular practice. The combination of written exercises, visual references, and space for personal notation helps players organize their work while giving teachers a practical resource for assigning and reviewing material. The inclusion of manuscript paper also allows learners to record musical ideas, complete homework, or reinforce lesson concepts in a convenient format. Whether used in a school music program, a private lesson setting, or as part of a personal practice routine, A Tune a Day - Cornet or Trumpet: Book 1 offers a structured collection of instructional materials from C. Paul Herfurth's enduring teaching series. It also makes a thoughtful gift for cornet or trumpet players, music educators, and anyone building a library of trusted brass instructional resources. Review: good tutor. - been around for years. good tutor. Review: Tune-A-Day method's been around forever. - I did not find it as inspiring as I thought I would, but this method's been around forever and it works well for a lot of people.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 370 Reviews |
R**R
good tutor.
been around for years. good tutor.
A**R
Tune-A-Day method's been around forever.
I did not find it as inspiring as I thought I would, but this method's been around forever and it works well for a lot of people.
D**V
no advise on embouchure development
Great for initial exercises, but it doesn't have any advise for embouchure for the learner.
A**L
Four Stars
good starting book
S**R
What the heck is a dotted minim and crotchet?
The original book from years ago was terrific and Hal Leonard has obfuscated it. It was printed in Boston so why is it using British terms? A child cannot use this book without an adult.
V**H
Four Stars
Delivered well! Thanks!
F**M
Super helpful!
This has made learning trumpet ab initio (and so far without a teacher) so so much fun. On my second day (yesterday) I was actually playing the national anthem! (Yes really, my boyfriend recognised it to be the national anthem!) It has a lot of melodies on every page, even starting when you can still only play three notes. This book is also good if it's your first instrument as it teaches you the basics of music theory (what is a crotchet all the way up to difficult time signatures - useful for if you want to play jazz eventually and have never read music before). It has little music theory homework exercises for you to do, like writing out melodies in different rhythms. It also has advice on how to keep your trumpet clean and so on. Also I should mention that this book gives you the same melodies weeks later but in harder key signatures - it's really fun and also useful as you know what it should sound like. Interestingly (and this isn't a criticism) there are a large number of Christmas carols in this book. I guess that's because carols are usually simple rhythms with a small range. After two days, I can now play no less than 5 Christmas carols... in April... my poor neighbours. ...I also highly recommend this chap on youtube who gives good advice about how to get a good embouchure [...] as I really struggled to get the different notes that had the same fingering at first (well, I still am but he helped a lot). Right, here goes for day three!
K**N
Very nice book
A very nice book indeed. Plus it seem to be a classic! Surely a great help to learn the first tones and elementary music theory. Sadly, it lacks a CD.
P**N
Great book for any beginner
Basically the same book hubby used many years ago when learning to play. Perfect book to go with a trumpet, that's going to be handed down to our son, to teach his daughter to play one day
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