NEW!!! Rhythm Madness

Rhythm Madness for trumpet, by Rich Willey. A massive swing-and-rock-rhythms workout with emphasis on reading rhythms, rests, keys and articulations. Perfect for sightreading syncopations and “tricky” rhythms.

Starts easy and gradually gets more difficult. Rhythm Madness is 113 pages of sometimes excruciatingly difficult but always melodic rhythmic phrases and etudes. Includes a “quick” warm-up for trumpet that gets you ready to plow into this book.

Part One is 36 pages of four-bar swing-rhythm (eighth-note-based) phrases in all twelve keys followed by 6 swing-rhythm etudes in the first six keys. Part Two is 64 pages of four-bar rock/Latin-rhythm (sixteenth-note-based) phrases in all twelve keys followed by 6 rock/Latin-rhythm etudes in the remaining six keys.

Sample pages from Part One.

Sample pages from Part Two.

Text throughout gives tips, hints, and food for thought about improving performance and improving sightreading of seemingly difficult rhythms while becoming a better trumpet player. Foreword by Michael Anderson.

This comb-bound book will be helpful to a broad cross-section of the trumpet-playing population.

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“Soon after Scale Force was finished, I was thrilled to hear that Rich was going back to work on a jazz/rock/latin rhythm method book. I became even more excited when he sent me some samples to try with my students. Not only is Rhythm Madness a unique addition to the trumpet pedagogical books on the market, it’s really fun to work out of. We worked through many of the patterns as a class with the metronome playing funky beats and I could tell right away that Rich’s concept for this book was going to work well. The final product is exhaustive, extremely challenging and, above all, a real blast! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!” — From the Foreword by Michael Anderson, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University
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“I can play notes, it’s the rests that kill me. There is nothing worse than subbing in a band and finding yourself playing in the ‘holes.’ Rhythm Madness is an outstanding book for improving sight reading for jazz, rock and Latin music. I’ve not seen anything like it, but it’s a hugely necessary book for the modern trumpet player. If you’re like me and would really like to improve your sight reading and chances of getting called back, I recommend buying a copy.” — Michael Jones, Plano, TX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Rich handed me a sneak preview of Rhythm Madness the other night at our big band gig. As I leafed through it, looking at the licks and etudes—sightsinging some of them—I was giggling at how evil some of the rhythmic complexities are. But that didn’t compare to when I sat down with the book yesterday with my horn. It’s not often I get my keister handed to me reading rhythmic etudes but this book rocks! This book could be easily used by players at any level (starting out slowly with a metronome as suggested, or fast for advanced players) and will greatly task your reading skills. For yourself or your studio, this book is great for swing and rock/funk/latin rhythm skills!” — Tim Phillips, Hickory, NC


		Rhythm Madness $24.95