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Introducing the Clarinet 3

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.

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Introducing the Clarinet 2

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.

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Introducing the Clarinet 1

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.

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Introducing the Left Hand: Cello

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

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Introducing the Bow: Cello

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

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Cello Posture

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

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Introducing the Bassoon

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the bassoon to beginner students.

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Developing Technique Creatively

This experienced string teacher uses a variety of creative games and props to explore advanced flexible wrist and fin...

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Developing Tone

In this advanced violin group, the teacher explores strategies for developing tone.

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Effective string crossing

In this advanced group violin lesson, the teacher breaks the difficulty of 'string crossing' into smaller component p...

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Developing Violin Staccato

In this advanced group violin lesson, the students are taken through a series of tasks and activities to develop the ...

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Setting Expectations

This experienced teacher discusses her approach to setting expectations for her pupils in a Suzuki violin lesson.

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The First Lesson

This flute pupil recounts her experience of a friendly first lesson at school.

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Suzuki Method in Schools

This teacher has 35 years’ experience using the 'Suzuki' method and is also a teacher trainer. She discusses her wor...

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The Saxophone Embouchure

In this short clip, the student exhibits a good saxophone embouchure - flattening the bottom lip, teeth on top, with ...

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Strategy for Scale Practice

Modern instrumental lessons provide limited capacity to hear, revise and monitor scale practice.

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Scales and Tuning

Scale practice is an important way to develop technique and tuning.

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Tonguing Technique

In this individual saxophone lesson, the teacher encourages the correct technique for articulation on the saxophone.

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Connecting Physically with Singing

In this Y8 classroom music lesson the teacher takes the class through a series of vocal warm up activities which conn...

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Facilitating Creativity

This teacher talks us through her approach to her role in the context of her Y9 composition lesson.

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Professional Isolation and the Visiting Teacher

This experienced teacher offers some advice on the relationship between the visiting instrumental teacher and the sch...

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Relationship with Schools

This experienced teacher discusses aspects of the relationship between the school and the visiting instrumental teach...

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Teaching WCIT

This teacher discusses the pedagogy, content, challenges and solutions of whole class teaching.

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Brass: Air

This experienced Head of Brass discusses his approaches to teaching the essential elements of brass instruments.

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Woodwind Teaching

This woodwind teacher discusses his experiences working in a music service.