Trombone Time 101: Truly Transparent Tone
#creative This one-week, 4-session course for young trombone and baritone horn players to develop beautiful, clear tone essential to all other aspects of playing.
Timothy Burt
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(43)
What's included
4 live meetings
3 hrs 20 mins in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. Daily practice (30 minutes a day, 5 days per week). The instructor provides the materials to practice in order to develop this basic skill. Students will also be given a listening assignment called Trombone Tonal Study. This is a list of famous trombone players who play with a truly transparent tone. Video links to Youtube are provided. The instructor may provide play-along videos to assist the student while practicing.Assessment
The student will be given a progress report after the final session. Recommendations will be made to proceed to the next course, repeat the course, or to pursue tutoring with the instructor.Class Experience
Instruction Method: Students will learn through an interactive call and response discussion. The same will be true of playing the instrument during the class. Sometimes the entire class will play and other times the teacher will call on individual students to play for the class. Time Structure: class sessions are 50 minutes each, 1) review; 2) new concepts; 3) practical application on the instrument; 4) lesson wrap-up; 5) assignment for the next session. Topics: 1) What defines a good tone quality; 2) What positively and negatively influences tone quality; 3) How to develop good tone quality; 4) How to maintain good tone quality while learning other skills.
Learning Goals
Students will learn to identify what is and is not a good tone quality, what influences tone quality (positively and negatively), the skills necessary to develop the ideal tone quality, and then how to maintain good tone while learning new skills.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Students will be introduced to examples of professional musicians demonstrating the optimum quality of sound on the instrument. The instruction provides a list of prescreened videos with URL links to Youtube.com. Students are encouraged to watch two videos from the list between each class session.
Supply List
1) trombone, euphonium/baritone horn, or tuba in good working order 2) trombone: slide oil or slide cream (with water spray bottle); euphoniums/baritone horns and tubas: valve oil; old rag for capturing instrument moisture 3) pencil and paper for notes 4) printouts of the instructional materials used in class
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
The teacher has written and updated his own curriculum for this class. The written lessons will be posted prior to the corresponding class session. Additionally, the teacher includes a list of Youtube videos of professional brass players carefully screened to be content appropriate.
Joined April, 2020
4.9
43reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
The teacher has over 3 decades of experience as a beginning band instructor and private brass instrument teacher. His specialization is the trombone and euphonium (a.k.a. baritone horn). Reviews
Live Group Class
$60
for 4 classes2x per week, 2 weeks
50 min
Completed by 11 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
4-12 learners per class
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