Understanding "pitch"
Lesson time: (1min 27sec)
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Lesson transcript:
Exploring Pitch and Length in Music
So far, it's likely you've been playing one of three notes:
- High
- Medium
- Low
Which One Can You Play?
- Maybe you can play all three.
Let's Play a Game!
I'm going to play a note, and let's see if we can all play the same note together. It goes a bit like this:
Me, everybody, me, everybody.
How Did That Go?
- Did you manage to copy my pitch?
- Did you play the note for the right length?
You can do that exercise as many times as you want!
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