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Brass - beginners

Getting started

Getting Started

Warm ups

1st 5 notes

The first 5 notes - C D E F G

Trumpet: first 5 notes

Trombone: first 5 notes

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Click on the triangles to hear the notes on your instrument.

Arpeggio Pattern

Trumpets
Trombones
Clapping exercises
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1. Clap the exercise.

2. Listen to it - click the yellow triangle (4 beats count in).

3. Try it together.

4. Do it again on your own.

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1. Play the exercise.

2. Listen to it - click the yellow triangle (4 beats count in).

3. Try it together.

4. Do it again on your own.

Cs and Gs

1. Play the exercise.

2. Listen to it - click the yellow triangle (4 beats count in).

3. Try it together.

4. Do it again on your own.

Cs, Es and Gs
6 Cs Es & Gs - Full Score.png
7 C D E - Full Score.png
Cs, Ds & Es
Merrily
14 Merrily - Full Score.png

Accompaniment

Demo

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Lion Sleeps Tonight
DEMO
ACCOMPANIMENT
Bass Line
Middle Line
Lion sleeps - Trumpet 2.png
Top Line
Lion sleeps -melody.png
Two Blues Tunes

Two Blues Tunes

8 E F G - Full Score.png
Es Fs and Gs
9 C D E F G - Full Score.png
Cs, Ds, Es, Fs & Gs
Jingle Bells (tune)

Jingle Bells

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DEMO
Accompaniment
All parts
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The low notes

The Low Notes

These are the 7 lowest notes on your instrument.
Starting on C and working down in semitones.
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Click the yellow arrows to hear the notes and try to match them on your instrument

Relax your lips as you go down.

Trumpets: Try to remember the fingerings in order - it's a really useful pattern:


Trombones: It's a bit easier for you - just push your slide out a bit further for each note.

Use your ears!
Unless you've got very long arms, you probably won't be able to reach the last note yet.

Jingle Bells (part 2)

Jingle Bells

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Part 2

Trumpet 2 demo
Accompaniment
All parts
Jingle Bells trp2.png
Jingle Bells (bass line)

Jingle Bells

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Bass line (trombones)

Trombone demo
Accompaniment
All parts
Jingle Bells trb.png
Jingle Bells (verse)

Jingle Bells

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verse tune

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More tunes

More easy tunes

3 high notes

3 higher notes

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When you can play Cs comfortably, try the Trumpet 1 parts for:
Mercy Mercy Mercy
St Thomas

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