Let's learn that tune

Liam Kirkman
Liam Kirkman

Lesson time: (4min 42sec)

Learn your first tune with Liam. In this video, Liam deconstructs a tune and teaches it to you phrase by phrase.

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Lesson transcript:

Let's Learn That Tune

Listen and Copy
Here's the first phrase.

Now, Let's Learn It on the Slide
Okay, now let's try playing it.


Next Phrase
Okay, onto the next phrase.
Okay, and on the slide.
Okay, and now let's play that. Great.


Repeating the First Phrase
The next phrase is the same as the first phrase.
Let's do that again.
And on the slide.
Okay, let's play it. Great.


Final Phrase
And now the final phrase:
Bum, bum, bum.
Okay, on the slide.
Let's play it sa.

About the instructor

Liam Kirkman
Liam Kirkman

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

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