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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 ...
Strategy for Scale Practice
Modern instrumental lessons provide limited capacity to hear, revise and monitor scale practice.
Tonguing Technique
In this individual saxophone lesson, the teacher encourages the correct technique for articulation on the saxophone.
Rhythmic Variation
In this group flute lesson, the girls explore some rhythmic variation to their piece.
Developing Breathing Creatively
In this group flute lesson, the teacher uses a prop to develop the breathing.
Brass: Air
This experienced Head of Brass discusses his approaches to teaching the essential elements of brass instruments.
Building Relationships
For Instrumental teachers, the need to develop relationships with individual schools and colleagues is strong.
Difficult Passages
This teacher offers some advice on strategies for approaching difficult technical passages.
Brass Basics
This instrumental brass teacher discusses the importance of establishing correct posture and instrument hold in begin...
Playing Other Instruments
This instrumental brass teacher acknowledges the importance of playing and modelling other brass instruments.
Developing Musical Context
Specialist instrumental teachers demonstrate detailed knowledge of the instrument they play.
Training the Ear
In this advanced trumpet lesson, the teacher uses a technique of matching the pitch, before professing to harmonising...
Developing Accurate Buzzing
In this advanced trumpet lesson, the teacher takes the student through a warm up which will be later linked to the ma...
Preparing the Breath
In this advanced trumpet lesson, the teacher takes the student through a warm up which will be later linked to the ma...
We Have Begun
In this Year 6 brass group lesson, it is possible to observe the conditioning of the group.