Performance: Working with Beginners - SBO - 0 views
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Breaking it down allows you to make kids comfortable, give them confidence, and, most importantly, not practice mistakes.
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Intellectualizing means thoroughly understanding the constructs of music –rhythmically, melodically, idiomatically, and tonally – before attempting the final product.
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It is also important for students to practice with a model and without a model. I give them a model about 50 percent of the time. In the very beginning, when it’s only three or four notes, the rhythm is not usually a problem
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Thumbs up means “I got it, let’s go.” Thumbs sideways means “Almost, I need another pass.” Thumbs down means “I’m lost!”
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Professional brass players use rebreather bags, incentive spirometers, and other tools to create an air model and to increase lung capacity
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For the inspiration I recommend using a breathing tube – basically a ½ to ¾-inch piece of PVC coupling
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I use “sizzling” and “long tones.” Sizzling is great because you have the students create a natural resistance that simulates what it is like playing the horn