These duets will help with many areas of musicianship, including... *Breathing and phrasing *Tone quality *Sight-reading *Playing in a singing style *Intonation *Playing by ear *Adding fun and variety to your practice *Knowledge of different keys and time signatures
Here are some specific ways to use this material... 1. Listen to the guest artists over and over. Fill your head with the sounds of great players. Use the best speakers/headphones you have available. 2. Play in unison with the videos. 3. Play duets with the videos. 4. Play the duets with friends, students, and teachers who play your instrument and those who play other instruments. 5. Memorize the melodies and then play them in every key. 6. Play the parts for other instruments to work on reading different ranges and transpositions. For example, a trombonist could play the trumpet duets to work on reading tenor clef. |
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