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Kay CharltonKay Charlton wraps up the beginner course and points you toward her 'Are You Ready?' course, where you can learn real tunes in a range of styles.
What's in the course
13 lessons (0h 23m) · 1 free
01. Welcome to the course
0:36
02. Parts of the trumpet explained
1:09
03. How to hold your trumpet
1:07
04. It all starts with a buzz
Free lesson1:29
05. Buzzin through the trumpet mouthpiece
1:15
06. Troubleshooting - The straw technique
0:58
07. Make your first sound on the trumpet
2:05
08. Fundamental trumpet techniques
1:43
09. Practice playing your first notes
1:56
10. Now let's practice some melodies
2:35
11. Improvise your very own tune
3:30
12. Caring for your trumpet
2:16
13. Next steps
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Lesson transcript
Introduction to the P Trumpet
Thank you for watching my introduction to the P Trumpet video! I hope you've enjoyed what we've done and had some fun making up some music.
If you'd like to learn more about the P Trumpet and explore additional notes, please sign up for my "Are You Ready?" course. In this course, you can learn various notes and tunes across different styles.
Sample Tune
Here's a sample of one of the tunes you can learn in the "Are You Ready?" course. I really hope you'll join me and have more fun with the P Trumpet!
Play That Bhangra Beat
This tune is called "Play That Bhangra Beat." Bhangra is an Indian style of music. In this song, we're going to use two notes: C and D.
Let's Play the Song
- There's the Indian flute starting the song.
- There's our pulse.
- Indian drums: Tabla.
- And there's the sitar.
- This is the tombi, which you often find in Punjabi or Bhangra music.
Get ready!
Four more:
- Ready on C first. Here we go.
- Same thing on D.
- On C: this time play that Bhangra beat.
Chorus
This is the chorus we can shout:
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!"
Trumpet ready?
Copy me, copy.
Another one. It's time, make up your own reply. Your turn!
Two more.
Last one.
Here's the chorus:
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!"
I'm back to the beginning after this one. Here we go!
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Kay is a trumpet player, composer and teacher of brass and curriculum music, specialising in primary classroom teaching - KS2, First Access/WCET (whole-class ensemble teaching, where a class learns an instrument together) and teacher CPD (continuing professional development). She completed a Masters in Music Education - 'Teaching Musician' at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2018.
Kay plays trumpet with the Bollywood Brass Band, a 9-piece band of brass and drums whose 2017 CD Carnatic Connection was nominated for a Songlines Magazine 'World Music Award' and given a 5-star review in the London Evening Standard. Kay composes and arranges for the band and leads on their education work, founding the Bollywood Brass Academy in 2017.
Kay has presented her research into whole-class teaching at the Music Education Expo and the First Access Forum. She has designed and led CPD for LSO Discovery, Trinity College London, Music Education Solutions and the Bollywood Brass Band, and is an education consultant for Warwick Music.
Kay's book of beginner repertoire, 'Are You Ready?', is published by Warwick Music; in 2017 Kay was commissioned by Warwick Music and Music Education Solutions to compose songs for a new KS1 scheme of work for the pBuzz, which was nominated as 'Education Resource of 2018' by the 'Education Awards'.
Other publications include pieces for Trinity's Initial (2015/2018) and Grade 1 (2018) piano syllabus, Bollywood Blast! (Spartan Press) - a series of brass and wind tutor books with backing tracks in a Bollywood style - and Whole Class Bollywood Blast with David Rose (Bedford Music Hub), which is aimed at teachers of whole-class instrumental lessons and includes an Arts Award Discover programme.
Her MusicGurus courses bring that classroom experience straight to you: from your very first trumpet lesson through two sets of tunes for beginners, Kay sets out exactly what to play and how to play it.
