north bay trumpet
studio
What goes on in
a lesson?
A lesson includes a variety of
activities based on student need and teacher experience.
- performance of prepared musical
material
- evaluation of musical performance
- questions that prompt the student to
think
- suggestions for improvement by the
teacher
- guidance for musicality and phrasing
through guided imagery and storytelling
- indirect procedures-for example: if a
student has difficulty with insufficient air-working on
complete exhale (rather than inhale) or if a student has
difficulty with embouchure placement or pressure-working
on air-flow
- assistance in setting reasonable
step-wise practice goals
- development of a framework for
non-judgmental self-evaluation
- musical demonstrations by the teacher
- discussion and demonstration of
respiration as related to playing an instrument
- discussion and demonstration of body
use as related to playing an instrument
- discussion of practice flaws
- discussion of practice methods (both
musically generalized and trumpet related)
- discussion of musical priorities in
refining a musical passage
- discussion of musical interaction with
self and others
- musical interaction with the teacher
- discussion of teacher's musical
experiences
- discussion of teacher's lesson
experiences
- discussion of teacher's educational
experiences
- discussion of student performance
anxieties
- discussion of student musical
frustrations
- discussion of the "means
whereby" goals are accomplished
- discussion of the pitfalls of
"end gaining"
- sight reading (single line: alone;
single line: together; duets with the teacher)