FLUTE, CLARINET, SAXOPHONE, RECORDER LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
(for ages 7 and up)
What to expect during a typical Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, or Recorder Lesson:
- Proper posture
- Breath control/exercises, finger dexterity, tonguing
- Sound production
- Proper embouchure
- Fingering exercises
- Note reading, sight reading
- Warm up exercises, scales, etudes
- Major and minor scales and arpeggios
- Music theory, ear training, dictation
- Basic improvisations, and learning songs by ear
Our curriculum emphasizes a balanced posture, ear training, sight reading, proper technique, beautiful tone production, accurate intonation, musicianship skills, leads students through a sequential body of repertoire, scales, etudes, music history, and the history of the instrument. Our teachers will work through repertoire of any style with the student, helping them learn correct notes and adjust their technique for healthy playing and good tone production.
Begining students will start with the fundamentals such as instrument assembly, proper reed position, embouchure, efficient breathing and air stream, correct posture, correct hand and finger positioning, etc. At first the student may learn by ear, but for most styles, note-reading is essential, so the teacher will probably begin introducing theory right away. Learning theory might sound intimidating, but it is simply a matter of learning to identify notes by letter name on the page, then identify those notes with the correct fingering on the instrument. With enough time and practice, reading sheet music will become second nature.
Begining students will start with the fundamentals such as instrument assembly, proper reed position, embouchure, efficient breathing and air stream, correct posture, correct hand and finger positioning, etc. At first the student may learn by ear, but for most styles, note-reading is essential, so the teacher will probably begin introducing theory right away. Learning theory might sound intimidating, but it is simply a matter of learning to identify notes by letter name on the page, then identify those notes with the correct fingering on the instrument. With enough time and practice, reading sheet music will become second nature.
Advanced students will continue progressing with gradually more challenging exercises, learning more significant repertoire, developing even tone, articulation, vibrato, musicianship skills, learning how to perform on stage, etc. The next steps will depend on the style of music the student is interested in. A student with a good mastery of note reading as well as the major and minor scales will be prepared to play most band repertoire. Classical and jazz music tend to require more time, both because of the technical demands made on the player, and because of the amount of theory that must be learned.
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