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Improving finger coordination
£5.00Middle B is our last note before we reach the octave. In this lesson, we will look at more advanced ways to develop our finger coordination which will help with our practice and sight reading.
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Improving your dynamics
£5.00‘Dynamic Studies,’ very potent exercises that help develop your heavy lifting skills! Listen and follow the instructions carefully!
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Improving your range
£5.00Range Building. Range building is easy, providing you know how to do it! Let me show you.
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Improving your stamina
£5.00Trying to play for the longest you can. During this lesson you will learn a longer etude, so to help you really need to work on your breathing!
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Introducing a Bb major scale
£5.00Introducing a Bb major scale and developing our lip flexibility work up to middle C. Also introducing slurring and tonguing etudes.
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Looking at flats
£5.00I will introduce you to your first flat scale, Bb Major, which has 2 flats, as well as improving on your lip flexibility.
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More difficult pieces
£5.00We look at playing in a number of sharps and working on an extended ABRSM piece, testing your technique.
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One of the best feelings!
£5.00Playing a solo is fantastic! We concentrate on two solos and advise you on how to prepare them as well as showing you how to gain the best possible performance experience.
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Stay relaxed and breathe!
£5.00We work on reducing tension while playing and look at breathing techniques whilst working on a graded piece.
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The C Major Scale
£5.00Introduce the octave C, and play the C major scale. Use the scale to work on tongue and valve coordination.
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Working on a graded piece
£5.00We work on a Grade 4 or 5 piece. Discuss the difference between practice and performance. Musical interpretation is discussed.
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Building you Up!
£5.00This lesson is all about improving on your stamina, enabling you to play longer and better.
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Controlling nerves
£5.00We discuss how the mind can affect performance. Anxiety control. We discuss taking your playing to the next level.
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Finger exercises and valves
£5.00Chromatic scales and finger exercises. Strengthening finger dexterity. Alternative valve combinations.
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Focusing on accuracy and timing
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From flats to sharps
£5.00Now that we know a scale with 2 flats, lets learn a scale with 2 sharps – D Major.
We will also start on some sight-reading practise.
