Instrument Lesson Videos
Flute
Flute videos are provided by Amelie Brodeur of The Flute Channel on YouTube.
Video #1: How to make a sound
Video #2: Flute Breathing for any Flutist
Video #3: Flute and Body Posture
Video #4: Basic Embouchure for the Flute
Video #5: Single Tonguing for the Flute
Video #6: Learning Flute Scales - Basic Fundamentals
Video #7: How to Play Low Notes on the Flute
Video #8: How to Play High Notes on the Flute
Once you are finished, you may choose any other video in Amelie's playlist that you are interested in. Make sure that you are actually trying out the things that she is suggesting as you watch the video.
Clarinet
Clarinet videos are provided by Michelle Anderson, who plays clarinet with the
Vancouver Opera Orchestra and other organizations in the Lower Mainland.
Video #1: How beginners can make the first sound with a good embouchure
Please watch the first five videos in her playlist. (End with "scales made easy.")
Once you are finished, you may choose any other video in Michelle's playlist that you are interested in. Make sure that you are actually trying out the things that she is suggesting as you watch the video.
Alto
Sax
Saxophone videos are provided by Jay Metcalfe via Better Sax, a channel on YouTube.
Video #1: Saxophone Embouchure Tutorial
Video #2: How to Play Low Notes on Saxophone (A Breathing Tutorial)
Video #3: How to Put a Reed on a Saxophone Mouthpiece (The Right Way!)
Video #4: 17 Pro Saxophone Tips: Assembly/Disassembly
Video #5: Are You Practicing the Right Stuff on Saxophone?
Video #6: Saxophone Embouchure and How to Make a Good Sound
Video #7: Saxophone Setup, Ideal Hand and Body Position
Once you are finished, you may choose any other video in Jay's playlist that you are interested in. Make sure that you are actually trying out the things that he is suggesting as you watch the video.
Trumpet
Trumpet Videos are provided by Brett Manges via eTrumpetLessons, a YouTube
channel.
Video #1: Beginning Lesson On Making a Tone
Watch the first five videos in this playlist, up to "tonguing beginning lesson."
The next set of trumpet videos are provided by Aaron Washington, via The Black Trumpeter, a YouTube channel.
Video #1: How to Play Higher Notes on Trumpet for Beginners
Once you are finished, you may choose any other video in Aaron's channel to watch. Make sure that you are actually trying out the things that he is suggesting as you watch the video.
French
Horn
French Horn videos come from a variety of sources.
Video #1: Perfecting your right-hand position
Video #2: How to Buzz - High and Low
Video #3: Six Quick Fixes to Horn Playing
Video #4: How to Hold the French Horn Like a Pro
Video #5: Learning to Buzz
Video #6: Play C on the French Horn
Video #7: Is my French Horn in Bb or F?
Video #8: Horn Mini Lesson #1 (Also watch mini lesson #2 and #3 as well)
Video #9: How to Lip Trill on Horn
Make sure that you are actually trying out the things suggested in the videos as you watch them.
Trombone
The first trombone videos are provided by Christian Lindberg, on the YouTube
channel Trombone Daily.
Video #1: Breathing, Coordination, Embouchure
Watch the first four videos in this playlist, then watch the videos on the following topics: body position, moving your slide, how to get high register, improving high register, legato, exercises for legato, tonguing, and breathing.
Advanced trombone videos are provided by the Interlochen Centre for the Arts.
Video #1: Metronome Practice
Video #2: Articulation Exercises
Video #3: Lower Register
Video #4: Improving Your Fluency
Video #5: Mastering the Upper Register
Video #6: High Register Exercises
If you have extra time or interest, go back and watch other videos in Christian Lindberg's playlist. Make sure that you are actually trying out the things suggested in the videos as you watch them. Also note that while you are not assigned them, the videos for the other brass instruments are semi-useful for all brass players.
Baritone
Baritone videos are provided by a variety of teachers.
The first three videos are provided by The Brass Teacher on YouTube.
Video #1: Learning to Buzz
Video #2: Best Brass Warm Ups
Video #3: How to Tongue on your Brass Instrument
The next two videos are provided by Brian Bowman, who was the world's foremost baritone player for many years before his retirement.
Video #1: Lip Slurs
Video #2: Tonguing Exercises
When you are finished, you may watch Brian Bowman's other videos, or you may watch the trombone videos that seem the most interesting to you, as the trombone and the baritone have similar mouthpieces. Make sure that you are actually trying the things out suggested in the videos as you watch them.
Percussion videos are provided by Drumeo, a YouTube channel.
Video Playlist #1: Learn All 40 Drum Rudiments
The next videos come from a variety of other sources.
Video #1: Mallet Percussion Basics