Taught by renowned trumpet player
Kayla Solomon
This course provides the first month of instruction and practice for a complete beginner on the trumpet. World-renowned player and educator Kayla Solomon discusses all the fundamental skills you need, provides an introduction to music theory and ear training, and shares an abundance of play-along etudes and exercises. This is a perfect resource for teachers to share with their beginning students, as well!
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!
Basic Music Theory On The Trumpet
If you're new to music theory, this is a great place to start. Kayla teaches just the basics that you'll need to read your first pieces.
Key Signatures and Scales
What do key signatures tell us? And how are they related to scales? Kayla answers these questions and more, touching on the difference between whole steps and half steps as well.
Learning Your First Pieces
Using her own interactive system of clapping, singing, and fingering, Kayla takes you through your first elementary songs on the trumpet.
Common Problems and Solutions
Beginners tend to run into all sorts of common issues when they're first getting started. Kayla explores some of these in hopes of anticipating some of your questions.
Reading Practice
Kayla teaches your first etude, this one from a collection by Robert Getchell. She shares some strategies for those of you who may not be super comfortable reading notes just yet.
Simple Etude Play-Alongs
Kayla plays more etudes from the Robert Getchell book. Practice them on your own and reference this lesson to hear how the music is supposed to sound.
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Unlock Course →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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