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Introducing: tonebase Brass

Everything you need to grow as an artist, passionate hobbyist or educator.

Fundamentals & Technique

  • Breathing & Ergonomics – Improve airflow, endurance, and posture with practical exercises like The Breathing Gym and Alexander Technique.
  • Warmup & Injury Prevention – Incorporate daily warm-up routines and stretches to ensure sustainable, healthy playing.
  • Range Development & Comfort – Build reliable control, ease, and confidence across the full range of your instrument.

Gear & Musicianship

  • Transposition & Theory – Improve your transposing and clef-reading skills specifically geared for brass musicians, enhancing your musical literacy for improved confidence.
  • Brass-Specific Aural Skills – Develop your ear through targeted sight-singing and listening exercises crucial for performance. Hear the notes, hit the notes.
  • Gear & Instrument Essentials – Choose instruments, mouthpieces, and equipment that maximize ease, efficiency, and comfort in every range of your instrument.

Ensembles

  • Orchestral Section & Excerpts – Learn how to nail excerpts, win the audition, and blend into a brass section.
  • Brass Quintet – Explore the nuances of chamber music, learning how to communicate, rehearse, and perform effectively in a small brass ensemble.
  • Jazz Band – Develop essential skills for jazz playing, including improvisation, style, interpretation, and ensemble communication.

Instrument-Specific Mastery

  • Horn – Improve your high and low horn skills, play comfortably in all registers, and nail the start of notes with ease and confidence.
  • Trombone – Achieve slide technique mastery, clean articulations, and have high and low range clarity whether your playing in an orchestra or a jazz band.
  • Tuba & Euphonium – Cultivate a beautiful tone, building low-range confidence, and tips for doubling.
  • Trumpet – Access to all of the current tonebase Trumpet courses plus brand new guidance on warmup methods, mouthpieces, and general wellness instruction.

Instance access to 100s of courses!

Preview our curated selection of courses below. With lessons covering fundamentals, technical training, style and interpretation, you won't find a more thorough and enriching learning experience anywhere else.

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Buzzing: Building Sound, Range, and Flexibility

with John Turman

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Nailing Your Audition

with James Miller

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Trombone Fundamentals: Finding a Great Sound

with Paul Radke

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The Holistic Horn Player: Posture, Flow, and Air

with Amy Sanchez

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Euphonium Fundamentals: Tone, Tonguing, and Range

with Arisa Makita

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Tuba Instrument Care & Maintenance

with Blake Cooper

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Jazz Improvisation on the Trombone

with Jon Hatamiya

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Range, Dynamics, and Air Control

with David Byrd-Marrow

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Exploring Scales: A Complete Guide

with Brandon Ridenour

Your new instructors.

From elite orchestral players to up-and-coming virtuosos, here are just a few of our world-class instructors.

Allen Vizzutti

Renowned Soloist

Malcolm McNab

Top Hollywood performer heard on 100s of major films

Rex Richardson

Jazz Professor at USC

Amy Sanchez

French Horn, Professor at UCLA

David Byrd-Marrow

French Horn, Professor at Oberlin

John Turman

French Horn, Seattle Symphony

James Miller

Trombone, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Paul Radke

Trombone, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Jiggs Whigham

Trombone, played with Glenn MIller and Stan Kenton Orchestras

Jon Hatamiya

Trombone (Jazz), Professor at USC

Arisa Makita

Euphonium, ITEC Competition First Prize Winner

Blake Cooper

Top Hollywood performer heard on 100s of major films

Kyle Richter

Tuba, Disneyland Band

Brianne Borden

Top Brass Wellness Specialist

Why tonebase Brass?

With tonebase Brass, you’ll unlock a comprehensive, structured, and flexible learning experience that transforms your musical journey.

Structured Success Pathways

Get step-by-step guidance so you always know what to tackle next—no more aimless browsing or guesswork.

Expert Curation

Skip the noise and trust world-class instructors and industry pros to deliver clear, high-quality lessons.

Community & Live Events

Join live Q&A sessions, challenges, and workshops to stay motivated. Connect with like-minded musicians to share progress and feedback.

Flexible & On-Demand

Access all content on your schedule, whether you’re practicing at midnight or on a lunch break.

Real reviews from real customers.

Our members rate us at 4.8/5 stars. Here’s how a few of them transformed their skills since joining tonebase.

“Instead of scouring the internet for hours for performance tips and tricks, I now have access to a wealth of high-quality content from renowned artists at my fingertips!“

Omid S.

joined Sep. 2022

“Sincerely speaking, a few months with tonebase help me solve many issues I have had with my fingers for years if not decades.“

Giao P.

joined Mar. 2021

“We [in the community] all give each other wonderful, positive feedback. The teachers also give incredibly detailed ways that we can improve our playing."

Eric P.

joined Apr. 2020

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