Chops is the ultimate book for building tone, technique and
flexibility on a brass instrument. It is written by Frank Williams, one
of the best brass pedagogues in the world, who has instructed
countless students around the globe in private lessons, high
school bands and award-winning drum and bugle corps.
Williams’ students range from people (such as myself) in the
publishing industry to hundreds of band directors and professional
musicians, even reaching to principal players of major orchestras.
These exercises are the vegetables that all brass musicians must
eat in order to improve their tone, technique and flexibility: a oneof-
a-kind collection of exercises and insights into mastering the
skills necessary to be a solid player on a brass instrument. They
are proven. They work. And with diligence they will help you to
succeed as well.

Foreward (Larry Clark)
About Frank T. Williams
Introduction: How To Use This Book
Breathing
Embouchure
Long Tones / Warm-ips
Articulation Exercises
Progressive Articulation
Flexibility and Accuracy
More Accuracy
Progressive Intervals
Alternate Positions
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Technique
Chromatic Exercises
Jazz Techniques