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Each piece gets right to the heart of technical problems common to student players, addressing them in a variety of musical idioms – including contemporary styles and jazz – that are fun, as well as rewarding, to play.

Volume 1 for beginners to intermediate players contains more than 50 studies, focused on:
• tonguing and slurring
• the tuning of various intervals
• low notes and pedals
• rhythmic intricacies
• use of the third-valve slide
• flexibility
Appendices give practice in major and minor scales and arpeggios of up to four flats or shaprs, as well as chromatic, whole-tone and pentatonic scales