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"Musculature - Its importance in the playing of brass instruments"

The fascinating findings in David's research are now available to read by you, the public.  You can view the document online by selecting the appropriate chapter from below, or by following the links at the end of each section as you read them.

Alternatively, the whole dissertation is now available to download as a .pdf file (622kb) - simply click on the 'Downloadable' option.

Please note, the dissertation and its appendices are protected by copyright held by David John Notley, and should not be copied, used or distributed without full authorisation by and accreditation of its author.

• Abstract
• Outline
• Introduction
• Chapter 1
  Case Study - David Notley
• Chapter II
  Case Study - Players still at school:Christopher Pannell,
  Jackson Mathod, Robert Domingue

• Chapter III
  Case Study - David & Sarah Minchin
• Chapter IV
  Case Study - Tim London
• Chapter V
  Case Study - John Malam & Stan Cooper

• Chapter VI
  What the experts say
• Chapter VII
  Conclusions
  
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Appendix 1
• Downloadable

Acknowledgments

I would like to express sincere thanks firstly to my supervisor Charles Hine and George Reynolds, my trumpet tutor at Colchester Institute.

I would also like to thank the internet list members of the “Trumpet Players International Network” (TPIN) and “Tasteebros. usergroup” for their assistance in freely giving their advice and experiences as brass players.

Thanks to the members of the Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain who discussed the theories used in this dissertation with me during our long tour of Canada and the United States of America (2001).