Playing notes in time!
Lesson time: (2min 6sec)
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Lesson transcript:
Music Lesson: Buzzing and Breathing Techniques
Introduction
Remember buzzing on the mouthpiece from stripe one?
Buzzing Exercises
- Let's buzz some two beat notes.
- How about some one beat notes?
- How about trying a four beat note?
You'll need a big breath for this.
Breathing Technique
Notice that I'm breathing in on the last beat before the note I play:
1, 2, 3.
1, 2, 3.
Transition to Trombone
Now, let's try the same thing on the trombone.
Additional Practice
Now, some one beat notes.
About the instructor
Liam Kirkman is a trombonist who trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Over more than 20 years as a player he has worked across an unusually wide range of music, from Radiohead, Michael Bublé, Lady Gaga and the John Wilson Orchestra to English National Ballet, and he has played on numerous film scores and TV soundtracks. A past President of the British Trombone Society, he has taught students at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban, as well as young players taking their first steps on brass. He believes in staying versatile and keeping an open mind to every kind of music making - the approach he says keeps playing both challenging and rewarding. read more