Trumpet with William M.

First, a bit about me: I teach Trumpet lessons to beginners through high school. I have 15 years of experience with the trumpet and in the state of Illinois I qualified 3 different years to the IL All State Band (IMEA). I have played on stage with several well known musicians to include Orbert Davis, Bob Lark, Jamey Aebersold and Rob Parton. For the last 6 years, I have been a member of the US Army Band. Lessons: I will teach in blocks of 30 minutes or 45 minutes. Equipment: Students who choose to take lessons from me will have their lessons recorded using a Zoom Q2HD or Edirol 09 HR and will be given an audio copy of the lesson in MP3 format either on a hard copy SD card or delivered to your inbox as a sound file via email. For beginning students, I focus on the following fundamentals: - Holding the instrument - posture - breathing - sound production & development - articulation - Habits and routines - music reading basics - memorization of fingering -Proper use of a metronome -Proper care, cleaning and maintenance of the instrument For intermediate students, I focus on the previous points listed and work on developing the following in to the skillset: -scales, arpeggios in major and minor keys - Multi tonguing exercises - tuning the instrument either by hearing a concert pitch or via the aid of a tuner. - Range building - Mouthpiece buzzing - Flow Studies - Long Tones - Learning strategies and techniques - Buzzing drills for building endurance - Pedal Tones - Use of mutes - Conquering performance fear - Audition Preparation