Now let's practice some melodies
Lesson time: (2min 35sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Introduction to the Trumpet: My First Trumpet Lesson
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Lesson transcript:
Music Lesson
Welcome back, everybody!
Now that you've learned how to:
- Make a sound
- Use your tongue
- Breathe
- Stand up properly
let's do some playing together.
I'm going to play some phrases and I want you to copy back. You will:
- Copy whatever I play
- Try to match my sound
- Use your tongue
- Make your rhythm sound exactly like mine
So, I'll give us a beat. Here's our pulse:
Listen to me first, and then you copy back.
Your turn.
Well done! Don't worry if you didn't make exactly the same sound as me. The more you play, the easier it should get and your sound will settle down.
I was playing those on the note C. You might have been playing a higher sound, G. No problem at all! Just get used to copying back and matching my sound.
Now, instead of copying me, you can make up your own reply.
You've got a gap of four beats:
1, 2, 3, 4.
You can play anything you like! You might want to think of a word rhythm, perhaps the rhythm of your name.
My name is K. If I play that, it will sound like this.
If your name is longer than mine, you might want to spread it out over different syllables. So anyway, make up anything you like.
I'll do four phrases, leaving a gap for you to make up or improvise your reply.
Here we go. Ready?
One, two... Me first.
Well done!
Now that we've covered:
- Making a sound
- Using your tongue
- Breathing
- All those basic trumpet skills
We're going to practice playing over a backing track. This way, we've got something to play along with, just like having your own band in the room.
So, in the next video, join me to do some improvising over a track.
About the instructor
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. www.kaycharlton.co.uk read more