Ep. 15: Trumpet Aperture and James Stamp's Teaching

The aperture: great mystery of trumpet playing. This episode of Ryan's Trumpet shares an insight into understanding the aperture, courtesy of Newell Dayley, that sheds serious light on the pedagogy of James Stamp.
Newell studied with James Stamp decades ago, and had the opportunity to observe Stamp's teaching of many other players.
In our last lesson together, he dropped this absolutely gem-of-an-idea on me.
Truly, I have never, ever heard anyone talk about the aperture in this way. It was a light bulb moment for me! So I figured I needed to share it with you!
In this episode, I talk more about some of the foundational principles of Stamp's teaching ("Stay up to go down;" "Stay down to go up"), and explore how to apply this aperture-induced-insight to Scale Studies, Chris Gekker's Articulation Studies, and Pilafian/Sheridan Moving Long Tones ("Beautiful Sound" from their book, "Brass Gym").
Here are the books! Check them out!
James Stamp, "Warm-Ups and Studies for Trumpet."
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Chris Gekker, "Articulation Studies."
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Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan, "Brass Gym."
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Ryan Nielsen is the trumpeter in the Kobie Watkins Grouptet.Their first album, "Movement," received international acclaim and was selected by Howard Reich (former member, Pulitzer Jury) as one of the 10 best albums of 2018.
Ryan has recorded and performed with Ra Kalam Bob Moses and the Summit Brass. In 2021, he was an adjudicator for the preliminary rounds of the Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet Competition, "The world's most prestigious competition for jazz trumpet." He has performed as lead and solo trumpet with Delfeayo Marsalis's Uptown Jazz Orchestra, and received the Doc Severinsen Award for Outstanding Classical and Jazz Trumpet.
Ryan co-authored "The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation" with John McNeil (Trumpet, Hush Point; frmr. trumpet, Horace Silver; Professor Emeritus, New England Conservatory). It is due to be released later this year by Oxford University Press.
He is currently Associate Professor of Trumpet at Utah Valley University.
Visit Ryan online at www.ryanstrumpet.com