An Idea for your new DVD

[alpina]

Easy ...... Make it for Tenor this time 8) .

 

[Pete Thomas]

At 7:45:35 PM 13/03/06, alpina wrote:
Easy ...... Make it for Tenor this time 8) .

It will be. probably alto and tenor. begiiners to intermediate. Now we have DVD technology it's possible to have navigation menus for what you want unlike when the first one was made which was just for video. The producers decided it should be alto, but now we have the technology it can be both

 

[alpina]

Great news Pete,

I liked the layout of your first DVD. I refer to it reguarly.

The only thing I did not like was the really small score that was
included.

 

[Pete Thomas]

At 8:00:18 PM 13/03/06, alpina wrote:
Great news Pete,

I liked the layout of your first DVD. I refer to it reguarly.

The only thing I did not like was the really small score that was
included.

Well, I had no control over production, I just did the course and presentation, so the next one I'll get more involved on that side of things I hope

 

[philippe]

* First a booklet including the music featured would be useful.
* What always amazes me in the 1000s of books and instruction material out there is that you hardly ever see any exercises to practice your time. It's all scales, patterns etc. So that kind of exercise would be good.
* Tuning (intonation) and overblowing etc. should be covered.
* For beginners, choosing the right mouthpiece/reed combination.
* Technique: why it's important, and how to get good at it.
* Maybe how to get started with ear training.
* How about some 'hot licks': a question and answer section where you play simple phrases to be repeated by ear (with solutions in booklet)
* For advanced players, special effects (like the Cannonball Trill, alternate fingerings...)
* Establishing a good practice routine

... for starters...

 

[Pete Thomas]

Wow, yes all added to the to do list. Thanks

 

[philippe]

At 5:19:45 PM 14/03/06, Pete wrote:
Wow, yes all added to the to do list. Thanks

Well, how about a DVD series!?
Philippe

 

[david_tannahill]

How about taking a real live beginner or intermeidate player and using them as prop to demonstrate how to do things? It is really fantastic seeing an expert in action but seeing a mere mortal (under your supervison, of course) might give the less experience some confidence. It would get boring to do that for the whole DVD but maybe for one or two key excericises or techniques...

 

[Pete Thomas]

At 2:20:11 PM 15/03/06, David Tannahill wrote:
How about taking a real live beginner or intermeidate player and using them as prop to demonstrate how to do things? It is really fantastic seeing an expert in action but seeing a mere mortal (under your supervison, of course) might give the less experience some confidence. It would get boring to do that for the whole DVD but maybe for one or two key excericises or techniques...

Funny you should say that...

 

[philippe]

There's a language method that works on that principle (and works really well)... the 'Michel Thomas' method. Too much of a coincidence!?
He uses one slow and one fast learner.
P.