Double and Triple Tonguing

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Trumpet in C — Sigmund Hering (1899–1986) is the most prolifically published trumpet pedagogueof the twentieth century. During his career as trumpeter with the PhiladelphiaOrchestra, he composed over twenty etude books and method books for trumpet andtrumpet solos. His 408 published etudes—not including the material found in his fourvolume Trumpet Course—are a monumental achievement. The best yardstick for seeinghow essential Hering’s materials are to today’s musicians is easily seen by the fact thatmost of his music is still published and used widely today.In doing research for my book, An Annotated Bibliography And Guide To ThePublished Trumpet Music Of Sigmund Hering (Edwin Mellen), I came across the fact thatthere were only two areas in which Hering appears to have been deficient in his pedagogicaloutput. They were: (1) exercises which develop double- and triple-tonguingtechnique, and; (2) exercises which develop and introduce ornaments to young trumpetstudents. Contact with his family led to my discovering a number of trumpet pedagogicalmaterials composed by Hering that were left unpublished at his death. I found itfascinating to learn that those two trumpet pedagogical areas left untouched by Heringat his death were actually covered in tutorials he had written, but were left unpublished.These new books, Double and Triple Tonguing, A Complete Approach for theTrumpet and Studies on Ornamentation for Trumpet, are the first new published tutorialsby Hering since his death. These books are presented here for the first time by Hering’sonly publisher, Carl Fischer LLC. Both tutorials set out a course of study to learn thegoals of each book in a well laid out and logically flowing manner.I would like to thank Hering’s family for their assistance with this project as wellas Larry Clark at Carl Fischer for his invaluable assistance during the preparation ofthese manuscripts. It is my belief these volumes will be used by trumpet teachers andtheir students just as much as his previously published volumes. One of the most prolifically published trumpet pedagogues of the twentieth century, Sigmund Hering had a number of materials that remained unpublished after his death. The editors have carefully culled through these materials and have compiled these two essential books for young trumpet players. Double and Triple Tonguing offers the young player exercises and etudes that will help them build strong tonguing technique. Studies on Ornamentation for Trumpet, carefully details and illustrates standard approaches to ornamentation for young trumpeters. These two books are a must for young trumpet students!