Abi: Nice to hear you play through all the major scales these past two weeks. They’re all sounding much more confident. These are a great tool to work on range, articulation and finger speed! Keep playing a few of these every time to pick your horn. Overall, Etude in C is sounding much better; Its great to hear less stop [...]
Abi: Nice lesson this week! Try to do some mouthpieces warm ups this week to get the face and air flow feeling good. Continue to do the lip slurs and major scales in your daily practice. I'd like to hear all of Etude in D for next week. Matt: Looking forward to finishing up all that RCM stuff. Great job [...]
It was nice to work on some new exercises with you! I hope you throw them into your practice sessions. Major scales into pedal register: This is one my favourites for warming up. Great for your air, chops and mind. The F and E sounded much more centred in this lesson, it seems like you're opening up more and able [...]
Abi: Everything is sounding good! For next week check out the first 8 bars of Power Ride & write out a two octave F# chromatic scale. Bonus: play the melody to "Hey Jude" in a new key. Matt: It was fun checking out some new concepts in lesson. I think doing some more ear training in the next couple lessons [...]
Good lesson today! I'm glad you finally came with a question. Hopefully more to come. Keep up the work on the slurs; Even another 5 mins a day can go a long way with those exercises. Always try to build from the same starting point to as high as you can go. Try it from different starting points as well [...]