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tonebase Brass Course

Your First Lesson

Taught by renowned trumpet player

Kayla Solomon

Never picked up a trumpet before? Never fear, Kayla teaches you how to hold the instrument, maintain it, and make your first sounds. Spend a week with this lesson until you feel that you've mastered it!

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    Difficulty: 
    all-levels
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    Duration: 
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Course Syllabus

Your First Lesson

Never picked up a trumpet before? Never fear, Kayla teaches you how to hold the instrument, maintain it, and make your first sounds. Spend a week with this lesson until you feel that you've mastered it!

Breathing

Kayla shares some helpful tips about breathing, for those of you who have never played a brass instrument.

Learning Notes

In this lesson, Kayla teaches you your first twelve notes on the trumpet, from C to C.

Navigating Partials

How do we move from one note to another if they both use the same fingering? With simple exercises and demonstrations, Kayla clarifies this concept to get you making music in no time!

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Kayla Solomon
meet YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Kayla Solomon

Dr. Kayla Solomon is a prolific trumpet performer and educator based in Los Angeles, California, who finds deep fulfillment in sharing her passion for music and her commitment to sports and performing arts medicine.

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Kayla Solomon

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