This page includes some demo files to help learning the 1920’s medley for Westminster Prep School Band. It’s a work in progress so I will update the demos as the piece approaches completion. 1920’s medley latest version at various speeds READ MORE
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What happens in your brain when you practice a physical skill
Here’s an interesting Ted-Ed video with some insights into what happens in your brain when you practice. Effective Practice [2:25] “Effective practice is consistent, intensely focused, and targets content or weaknesses that lie at the edge of one’s current abilities.” READ MORE
Excellent Rhythm Section Video lessons from Lincoln Center’s Jazz Academy
There are some excellent videos available on Youtube from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s JAZZ ACADEMY for all instrumentalists. Here is a collection of videos specifically aimed at Rhythm Section players in a Big Band. Rhythm Section as a whole Bass READ MORE
The Art of Big Band Drumming
Big band drum charts don’t spell out many details at all to drummers… unless they have done a lot of listening to the great big band drummers and know how to interpret the minimal info on a chart. By listening READ MORE
Bebop Scale
The bebop scale is a very handy scale to be familiar with for improvising and also it’s great to have under your fingers for big band and jazz charts that make use of this scale in their melodies. The bebop READ MORE
Musescore for your music diary or for other notation needs
There’s a free application for Windows or Mac called Musescore which is similar to Sibelius and Finale (somewhat co$tly music notation programs). You can download Musescore for free from MuseScore.org Here’s a handy tutorial to get you started or you READ MORE
Director’s notes for Southern City Shout (ABODA test piece)
The commissioned test piece for Intermediate Stage Band division of the 2018 ABODA band festival is Southern City Shout by Christian J Weber which can be purchased on webertrumpet.com here Demo Currently, a Sibelius computer generated demo with rough live READ MORE
Awesome Jazz playlists
Here are some awesome jazz playlists to check out and see which great artists you like Blue Note records playlist with mostly “hard bop” jazz that was the first style that got me into jazz when I was in high school READ MORE
AMEB Exam Schedule and resources
Exam Dates For the up-to-date schedule please visit the AMEB Adelaide site here Scale Resources Here’s a handy table to print out listing scales and speeds for grades 1 to 4. Tick them off as you achieve fluency at each READ MORE
Improvising tutorial for Bb blues by trombonist, Natalie Cressman
This tutorial is pretty similar to some of the exercises I like to do in lessons with my brass students. I’ll post it below for you to check out. Trumpeters keep in mind that you’ll have to transpose from concert READ MORE