Chops – The Ultimate Guide to Building Tone Technique and Flexibility

Chops: The Ultimate Guide to Building Tone, Technique and Flexibility isa thorough method for brass instruments written by Frank Williams, one of the most respected brass pedagogues in the world. These exercises arenot glamorous, but they are the vegetables that all brass players must eat in order to improve their tone, technique and flexibility. This is aone-of-a-kind collection of exercises and insights into mastering the s kills necessary to be a solid player on a brass instrument. Williams’ students are living proof that these exercises work, students, high schoolbands, award-winning drum and bugle corps, current composers, band dire ctors, and professional musicians, including Mike Roylance, tubist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. With diligent work, Chops will help current students succeed too.