Donald S. Reinhardt
Donald S. Reinhardt (1908โ1989) was an American
He authored several books for brass players, including the Pivot System for Trumpet and Trombone: A Complete Manual With Studies and the Encyclopedia of the Pivot System.
Life and career
Donald Shelley Reinhardt was born in
Reinhardt studied music at the Curtis Institute of Music, graduating in 1943 and earned a doctorate from Combs College of Music in 1960.
In the 1930s Reinhardt performed as a trombonist in
In 1954 Reinhardt established a teaching studio in Philadelphia. In 1956 he was appointed Director of Bands at La Salle College High School in Philadelphia, a position he held until 1973.
By the mid-1980s years Reinhardt developed serious health problems. He died of cancer on May 26, 1989.
Teaching
Reinhardt termed his approach to teaching the Pivot System, a term he borrowed from golf. He originally defined a pivot as transferring pressure from one lip to another while changing registers on a brass instrument.[3] He later changed this definition to mean the pushing and pulling of a player's mouthpiece and lips together, as a single unit, up or down along the teeth while changing registers.[4] According to Reinhardt, the three primary playing factors of brass technique were correct breathing, tonguing, and embouchure. Reinhardt felt that each player's unique anatomical features required each player to perform differently and based his teaching on establishing the correct method for each individual student. He noted and categorized eight different tonguing types and four basic embouchure types with five subtypes.[5] Each student would receive a personalized routine that took into account the student's embouchure and tonguing types.
One of his pupils was Fred Stone.[6]
References
- ^ Dudgeon, Ralph (June 2000), Credit Where Credit Is Due: The Life and Brass Teaching of Donald S. Reinhardt (PDF), International Trumpet Guild Journal, pp. 26โ39, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-21, retrieved 2014-03-17
- ^ Everette, Thomas G. (1974), An Interview With Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt (PDF), vol. 2, The Brass World, pp. 93โ97, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-08, retrieved 2014-03-17
- ^ Reinhardt, Donald S., Pivot System for Trombone, A Complete Manual with Studies. Bryn Mawr, PA: Elkan-Vogel, Inc.
- ^ Reinhardt, Donald S., The Encyclopedia of the Pivot System For All Cupped Mouthpiece Brass Instruments, A Scientific Text. New York: Charles Colin, 1973.
- ^ Reinhardt, Donald S., The Encyclopedia of the Pivot System For All Cupped Mouthpiece Brass Instruments, A Scientific Text. New York: Charles Colin, 1973.
- ISBN 978-0-87930-640-3.