Instrument Lesson Videos
Flute
Flute videos are provided by Amelie Brodeur of The Flute Channel on YouTube.
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Video #1: How to make a sound
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Video #2: Flute Breathing for any Flutist
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Video #3: Flute and Body Posture
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Video #4: Basic Embouchure for the Flute
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Video #5: Single Tonguing for the Flute
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Video #6: Learning Flute Scales - Basic Fundamentals
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Video #7: How to Play Low Notes on the Flute
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Video #8: How to Play High Notes on the Flute
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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.
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Video #1: How beginners can make the first sound with a good embouchure
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Please watch the first five videos in her playlist. (End with "scales made easy.")
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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.
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Video #1: Saxophone Embouchure Tutorial
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Video #2: How to Play Low Notes on Saxophone (A Breathing Tutorial)
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Video #3: How to Put a Reed on a Saxophone Mouthpiece (The Right Way!)
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Video #4: 17 Pro Saxophone Tips: Assembly/Disassembly
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Video #5: Are You Practicing the Right Stuff on Saxophone?
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Video #6: Saxophone Embouchure and How to Make a Good Sound
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Video #7: Saxophone Setup, Ideal Hand and Body Position
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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.
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Video #1: Beginning Lesson On Making a Tone
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Watch the first five videos in this playlist, up to "tonguing beginning lesson."
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The next set of trumpet videos are provided by Aaron Washington, via The Black Trumpeter, a YouTube channel.
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Video #1: How to Play Higher Notes on Trumpet for Beginners
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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.
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Video #1: Perfecting your right-hand position
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Video #2: How to Buzz - High and Low
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Video #3: Six Quick Fixes to Horn Playing
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Video #4: How to Hold the French Horn Like a Pro
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Video #5: Learning to Buzz
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Video #6: Play C on the French Horn
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Video #7: Is my French Horn in Bb or F?
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Video #8: Horn Mini Lesson #1 (Also watch mini lesson #2 and #3 as well)
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Video #9: How to Lip Trill on Horn
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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.
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Video #1: Breathing, Coordination, Embouchure
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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.
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Advanced trombone videos are provided by the Interlochen Centre for the Arts.
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Video #1: Metronome Practice
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Video #2: Articulation Exercises
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Video #3: Lower Register
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Video #4: Improving Your Fluency
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Video #5: Mastering the Upper Register
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Video #6: High Register Exercises
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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.
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The first three videos are provided by The Brass Teacher on YouTube.
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Video #1: Learning to Buzz
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Video #2: Best Brass Warm Ups
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Video #3: How to Tongue on your Brass Instrument
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The next two videos are provided by Brian Bowman, who was the world's foremost baritone player for many years before his retirement.
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Video #1: Lip Slurs
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Video #2: Tonguing Exercises
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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.
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Video Playlist #1: Learn All 40 Drum Rudiments
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The next videos come from a variety of other sources.
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Video #1: Mallet Percussion Basics