Name: Calisthenics- G Bends: Free Buzz, Mouthpiece, Trumpet
Uploaded: 2021-05-12T19:26:34.000Z
Duration: 7 min 22 s
Description: In this video, you will learn how to bend half steps. Bending notes 3 ways (free buzzing, mouthpiece, and trumpet) builds strength, improves ear training, and increases flexibility.

In this video, you will learn how to bend half steps.  Bending notes 3 ways (free buzzing, mouthpiece, and trumpet) builds strength, improves ear training, and increases flexibility.

Trumpet

Tom Gershwin is a jazz trumpeter and educator.  His projects explore the balance between well crafted compositions and freedom of expression. In 2018, Tom released "Our Season", which was funded in part by the Pathways to Jazz Grant.  Tom has recorded two other jazz albums: “Sweet Pastimes”, an intimate duo project featuring classic standards, and “Live at Mighty Fine”, an adventurous quintet performing collaborative compositions and improvisations.

In 2015, Tom was selected to be in KUVO’s 30 under 30 series, which featured young musicians contributing to the jazz scene in Colorado.  Tom has performed and/or recorded with The Temptations, The Revivalists, John Batiste, Father John Misty, Chris Potter, One Republic, DeVotchKa, Opiuo, Leftover Salmon, Juno winner Jayme Stone, and Portugal. The Man at venues including Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Blue Note, and City Park Jazz.


*** Specialties ***

Trumpet Technique
Jazz Improvisation

Calisthenics- G Bends: Free Buzz, Mouthpiece, Trumpet

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Army Bands provide music throughout the spectrum of military operations to instill in our soldiers the will to fight and win, foster the support of our citizens, and promote our national interests at home and abroad.

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Land Navigation is the discipline of following a route through unfamiliar terrain on foot or by vehicle, using maps with reference to terrain, a compass, and other navigational tools.  This means I'll be adept at finding students homes :-)

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Write and arrange music, explore group improvisation and jazz language with students.  Ensembles perform at the end of each 10 week cycle.

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With an emphasis on jazz and improvisation, my goal is to provide insight along your musical path.  Here some of the topics we may explore:

Trumpet technique - We'll build custom exercises, some focusing on your strengths, others challenging the edge of your abilities. Rather than looking at practice as "warming up", we'll shift our mindset to "trumpet calisthenics" (inspired by Laurie Frink).

Jazz - We'll define jazz chords and learn how to play the notes in (and around!) them. We'll find melodies to flow from one chord to the next. We'll also discuss forms and listen to rich recordings of the jazz masters.

Free Playing - This is when we can let go of the analytic mind and simply make sound. We can direct our attention to non harmonic concepts like emotions, shapes, textures, and images. Sometimes I'll put a drone on during this segment or we'll play call and response ideas.

Tom is an amazing teacher, so gentle, patient and kind with our shy 12 year old. Tom was great in engaging him and we feel very good about their relationship already after the first lesson.  He seems to know right away how to tailor the lesson based on where our son is at.  He has already made improvements in his first class. We look forward to future lessons with Tom.

Very patient with every one of my mistakes. I am excited to keep learning the bugle after my first lesson.

Exactly what you want in an instructor: knowledgeable, patient, and supportive!

As an adult learner who plays multiple instruments, I’ve had every type of teacher you can imagine. It’s always a struggle to find a teacher able to work with the unique requirements of being an adult with adult obligations and time constraints.

Tom, as it turns out, is that rare teacher able to not just handle these unique requirements, but is also fantastic at finding and focusing on knowledge gaps, whether it be playing, theory, tone, or anything else I throw at him.

Prior to taking lessons with Tom, I had barely held a trumpet, and I’m progressing at a rate far faster than I had imagined I would.

So don’t bother looking elsewhere, Tom is who you need!

My son Callum says he's 100% certain he's going to get better at trumpet by working with Tom.

My 13 year old son has been taking lessons from Tom for several months now. He has improved a lot and has grown a greater interest in learning trumpet music and listening to popular trumpet players.

My teenage son was skeptical about taking private trumpet lessons. But to my surprise he seem to be enjoying them so far. I think Tom is a great teacher. According to my son, he is a very good listener and provides good feedback on what he needs to improve on. It is definitely worth an hour drive each way.

Tom has been a very knowledgeable and patient instructor for my son.  We appreciate him.

My son had his first lesson yesterday and really enjoyed it.  He can't wait to start practicing.

Tom is an amazing person, super patient and positive. My 13 year old wants to join his school band next year so we were lucky to find Tom.  He’s in a great location and easy to get to.

Tom has really helped me refine my playing. He is easy to work with and very thorough.

Tom was AWESOME! I had a heck of a time finding someone who actually teaches Bugle. I have only had one lesson with Tom however, I am very excited to continue with him. Tom did not rush anything, he didnt watch the clock, he actually wanted to do more playing than talking about this form, music theory etc. etc. I had experienced with other Teachers. Everyone wants to start playing "something" as soon as possible and Tom dove right in to playing or trying to get me to play, HaHa in just the first 20min.

Thomas is very patient and positive. I have advanced a lot in a short time under his guidance.

Thomas is a kind and patient teacher for our son. This is our first experience with music lessons with our child, and so far we are very pleased with the experience.  We look forward to learning and growing with Thomas as our instructor.

In this video, you will learn how to bend half steps.  Bending notes 2 ways (mouthpiece, and trumpet) builds strength, improves ear training, and increases flexibility.

Calisthenics- G Bends with Mouthpiece and Trumpet

In this video, you will learn how to bend half steps.  Bending notes builds strength, improves ear training, and increases flexibility.