Emma: Remember to play sitting at the edge of your seat with your feet flat on the ground. Breathing: practice the inhale technique where you put your hand infront of your mouth and inhale quickly in a way that makes a sound like wind. Keep working on breathing through your mouth while playing, and be sure to focus on feeling [...]
Emma: Fingering Chart General Things: Sit up straight, on the edge of your chair, with your feet flat on the floor. hold your horn up to the correct angle, if your arm starts to hurt take a short break. Make sure that the bottom lip is the anchor of the embouchure, the upper lip should never be under more pressure [...]
Emma: Above is trumpet voluntary written in concert pitch so you can use the piano to check pitches while practicing the horn version. General Reminders: Sit on the edge of your chair with your feet flat on the ground. Keep your mouthpiece anchored to your bottom lip. Make sure you don't let the angle of the horn sink down too [...]
Emma: Sit at the edge of your chair with your feet flat on the ground Breath in through your mouth, keeping contact between the mouthpiece and the bottom lip. when starting a piece/exercise count in a full bar and breath for two beats Band Class Skills Test: To make sure you have the piece in your ear, play the piece [...]
Eliza: If you would like to have lessons that do not conflict with soccer direct your parents to this website : https://music-lessons.ca/ Be aware of your posture! Sit at the edge of your seat with your feet flat on the ground. Warmup/ Technique exercises: play long held notes in the middle of your range (G, E, F ), be sure [...]
Emma: Don't get discouraged! trying and failing is an essential part of learning. You have great musical ability and have improved significantly overall in the last couple of months. Keep working at it! Use good posture! remember to sit at the edge of your chair with your feet flat on the ground. Try to take in deep breaths, through your [...]
Eliza: Play at least 5 minutes every day, even if it's just playing random notes for fun. Get in to a habit of playing more regularly. Remember to keep good posture, sit on the edge of your chair with your feet flat on the ground Re-print your band music. Do path slides as part of your daily practice (just blowing [...]
Eliza: Remember to keep good posture! Sit at the edge of your chair with your feet flat on the ground. keep your head balanced. Start doing a bit of freebuzzing (buzzing without the horn or mouthpiece) as part of your warmup every day Continue work on slurring through middle and third space C's. remember, in order to make the C [...]
Eliza: Try to play every day, even for just a few minutes. Do buzzing exercises as a part of your warmup, make sure to hold the mouthpiece by the end and to focus on your air and the strength of the buzz, not on making big changes in your embouchure. Start thinking more about your breathing. Take the air in [...]
Emma: Be sure to play sitting at the edge of the chair with your feet flat on the floor. Keep your fingers on the keys, keep your right hand in the bell Continue focusing on breathing deeper, more slowly, and through your mouth. Continue working on the F major scale 1 0 T12 T1 T0 T12 T2 T0 T2 T12 [...]