Trumpet Time 102: Articulation-Enunciating the Notes
#creative In this one-week, 4-session class students will learn the essential techniques to articulate the notes clearly and cleanly in the various registers of the instrument. This class is open to all valve brass instruments.
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. Students are expected to practice 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, in order to develop the skills taught in the class. The students will play for the teacher and each other during each class. Class Notes and Exercises are provided by the teacher for each session. Written exercises will be linked to accompaniment tracks available on Youtube.com.Assessment
Learner progress is assessed through attentive participation and evidence of home practice through increased skill development. Students will either be recommended to enroll in the next course, repeat the course, or sign up for private lessons.Class Experience
This class focuses specifically on mastering the basic articulations of playing a brass instrument. Articulation Lessons for the four sessions are: 1) The Physiology of Articulation: How to Start the Note and Stop the Note 2) Up and Down: Articulation in for Each Harmonic 3) Keeping it Consistent: Articulation and Rhythm 4) Let's Go Faster: Velocity Training 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) lessons wrap-up; 5) assignment for the next session.
Learning Goals
The student will. . .
1) learn to aurally identify the difference between a clean versus undefined articulation
2) understand the internal physiology of how to produce a clean articulation while maintaining a transparent tone
3) practice the skill of a clean articulation to both the beginning and the ending of the note
4) learn the techniques to transition through the different overtones of the instrument with both "tonguing" and "slurring"
5) learn techniques to increase velocity without losing clarity of articulation
Other Details
Supply List
1) instrument in good working order (trumpet/cornet, French horn, baritone horn/euphonium or tuba, ) 2) a music stand 3) valve oil 4) rag or paper towel for capturing moisture from the instrument 5) pencil and paper for notes
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
The teacher wrote and updated his own curriculum for this course. He also supplies a list of videos on Youtube of professional trumpet players. The videos have been screened to be age and 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. He performs on both the trumpet and trombone. Reviews
Live Group Class
$55
for 4 classes4x per week, 1 week
50 min
Completed by 12 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-15
4-12 learners per class
