This Week - 2nd February
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
1. Hand position
1. Hand position
1. Hand position
2. First 3 notes: G A B
2. First 3 notes: G A B
2. First 3 notes: G A B
This Week - 18th January / 22nd January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
3. Tonguing
3. Tonguing
3. Tonguing
4. Changing notes
4. Changing notes
4. Changing notes
Brecknock & Torriano
Primary Federation
Coleridge Primary
Orchestra
Compositions from the CLC
Fleet Primary
Brass
Cantaloupe Island
Herbie Hancock
with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet
(Make sure you listen to this - he's amazing!)
Our version
This tune is easy and great fun to play!
There are loads of rests and all the parts have the same rhythm.
Trumpet 1 - goes up to high C
Trumpet 2 - sticks to your first 5 notes (C D E F G)
Trombone - first 5 notes and a low B
There are three short bits to learn for each part.
Trumpet 1 bits
1.
Ta-Da!
4-beat rests
1 2 3
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
3-beat rest
2.
2-beat rest
tie
slurs
3.
2-beat rest
Trumpet 2 bits
1.
Ta-Da!
4-beat rests
1 2 3
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
3-beat rest
2.
2-beat rest
tie
slurs
3.
2-beat rest
Trombone bits
1.
Ta-Da!
4-beat rests
1 2 3
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
3-beat rest
2.
2-beat rest
3.
2-beat rest
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 2
Trombone
Over the first 8 bars:
Improvise!
Over the next 4 bars (when the chord changes):
Over the last 4 bars:
Your Performances
Send us a video or audio recording of you playing and, if you want, we can put it up here.
Here's Brecknock Year 5&6 playing it in Summer 2018,
after some workshops with saxophonist Tony Kofi.