Lessons notes January 25th

Hi there,

No technical difficulties this week, yay! Great to see you all, find below some notes from your lessons if you need a reminder.

Have a good week!

Ted

SUSAN LECLAIRE

We worked on: snapping fingers, experiment with (slightly) less mouthpiece to avoid unwanted register changes, tuning up high.

Things to focus on in lessons: lighter tonguing, transposing from concert, ear training

Tunes for next week: Khebar, Jitterbug Waltz

AUBREY SPRING

We worked on: Chromatic scale, tonguing high notes, Khebar, Blues by 5

What to practice: Khebar 1st half w/ metronome, Blues by 5 melody from Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet.

JONATHAN LEVITT

We worked on: Chromatic scale, overtones, Klose #1

What to practice: Klose #1 and #2 at 80 bpm and experiment with overtones

NOAH MATHEMA

We worked on: Chromatic scale, Rubank, Watermelon Man

What to practice: Rubank lesson 17 #3 and Watermelon Man with youtube backing track

KOLLEL WESTBY

We worked on: Ear training, full range chromatic scale, Blue Monk by ear

What to practice: Blue Monk!