A Young Personโs Guide to the Orchestraโlesson 1
Taught by Sarah Bullen
Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten.
Tuning
Taught by Lynne Aspnes
This tutorial on tuning from Lynne Aspnes is targeted at someone who is learning how to do this for the first time or who is exploring ways to improve and grow their tuning skills.
Learn basic note values in 4/4 time.
Taught by Angelica Hairston
Learn basic note values in 4/4 time with Angelica Hairston. She explains, “A rhythm tree is a great way to visual represent how our note values are related to one another.”
Placing 8-note arpeggios
Taught by June Han
June Han teaches how to place 8-note arpeggios using “Etude #20” from Studi di Media Difficultรก by Ettore Pozzoli. She says, “When you are in the learning process, it’s very important that you look ahead to the next note, and you try to grab them all at once.”
Discussing โAu Matinโ
Taught by the Dallas Harp Quartet
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Au Matin by Marcel Tournier. Grace Browning says, “A great thing about that piece is the imagery of a sun rising. That is not only something I love, but it also made me appreciate harp music in a new way.”
