Videos

Trumpet and Trombone mix!

This is a fun video made by the trumpet students from the Royal Academy of music. Notice brass players that you don't see any puffy checks or chin or "chewing" motion while they play. Your jaw is stable.

Wynton is an incredible trumpet player. This is a perfect example of why we learn a chromatic scale. Start on any note in your fingering chart up and/or down to learn it. Once you do, it will start becoming second nature to you and it becomes easy to play! Even at this speed! This piece is simply a version of a chromatic scale!

Here is a performance from the Canadian Brass featuring the tuba player. Remember, once you know your Chromatic scale it simply comes naturally.

Brass section rehearsal outside together following social-distancing guidelines. They found a great way to rehearse together!

This video will give you a chance to hear solos on almost every instrument, winds, percussion and strings.
It will start with one snare drum player and continue to grow and grow!

Some of the best trumpet players from around the world play a popular song from the group Queen. Enjoy!

17:14 Band lesson 2

Today we will expand upon lesson 1 with the addition of a few more music vocabulary words as well as discuss the chromatic scale, enharmonics and demonstrate warm ups. We will also look at a few antique flutes and a civil war era fife.

19:01 Band lesson 1

We will celebrate what we already know and what new skills we can learn and improve upon. Today's video will be a vocabulary lesson for all grades.