Trumpet
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the trumpet!
-For beginner and intermediate trumpet students
-Use with B-flat trumpets and cornets
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the trumpet
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, lip slurs, articulation, facility
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
-Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for trumpet. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 49: Play By Ear (Trumpet)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-F, G, & A
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 50: Mix It Up (Trumpet)
Sight-read using:
-D minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 51: Make A Beat (Trumpet)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-B-flat only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 52: Power Up (Trumpet)
Instrumental technique:
-Long tones and breath control with dynamics -
Video 53: All Together Now (Trumpet)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-F major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Divisi
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature -
Video 54: Your Choice (Trumpet)
Sight-read and improvise using:
-D, E, & F
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature
-Pick-up note -
Video 55: Bonus Level (Trumpet)
Sight-read using:
-F major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up note
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 56: Get Ready (Trumpet)
Warm-up using:
-F, G, A, B-flat, & C
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 57: Inside Info (Trumpet)
Music theory & fundamentals: Repeats, 1st & 2nd endings
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Video 58: Sync Up (Trumpet)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 59: Catch The Groove (Trumpet)
Echo rhythms using:
-E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 60: Play By Ear (Trumpet)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-C, E, & G
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 61: Mix It Up (Trumpet)
Sight-read using:
-F major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 62: Make A Beat (Trumpet)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 63: Power Up (Trumpet)
Instrumental technique:
-Lip slurs -
Video 64: All Together Now (Trumpet)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-A minor key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Divisi
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 65: Your Choice (Trumpet)
Sight-read and improvise using:
-C, F, & A
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 66: Bonus Level (Trumpet)
Sight-read using:
-C major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up note
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 67: Get Ready (Trumpet)
Warm-up using:
-G, F-sharp, E, & D
-New note F-sharp
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-"C" time signature -
Video 68: Inside Info (Trumpet)
Music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics
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Video 69: Sync Up (Trumpet)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 70: Catch The Groove (Trumpet)
Echo rhythms using:
-F-sharp only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 71: Play By Ear (Trumpet)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-D, F-sharp, & A
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 72: Mix It Up (Trumpet)
Sight-read using:
-E minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-Dynamics: mp, mf, & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes
