Welcome to
The Tuning Note

Lessons in:  Piano, Trumpet and Jazz Improvisation
Learning music is one of the best things you can do for your children or yourself!


Home Page
Information About Private Lessons
Check the current Lesson Schedule for availability!
Information About Master Classes
Information About Piano Tuning
Check my current schedule for when and where I'm performing
Learn more about jam sessions
Links to both Classical and Jazz Musicians, Venues, Education and more!
Frequently Asked Questions
How to contact me

RON'S
ONLINE MUSIC PORTFOLIO (OMP)
FOR TRUMPET LESSONS


RON'S HOME PAGE        RON'S GLOSSARY OF TERMS        RON'S AUDIO SAMPLES/VIDEO LINKS

RON'S SHEET MUSIC TO DOWNLOAD        RON'S GAMES AND LEARNING TOOLS        RON'S PERSONAL REPERTOIRE

Trumpet Playing - Main Page Instrument Studies Fancy Checkmarks Student's Pets Coloring Sheets (main / student's)


Hi Ron! Here are some trumpet related Audio Samples and Video Links to listen to...


Current Pieces...
Hannickel: CD Play-along - Sail Away! (accomp. only, qn=132)
TTN Play-along - Sail Away! (with click, qn=132)


Transcribing (Rhythms/Notes):
Transcribing: Transcribing Rhythms - 01a (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 01b (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 01c (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 01d (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 02a (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 02b (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 02c (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 02d (non-swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 03a (swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 03b (swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 03c (swinging)
Transcribing Rhythms - 03d (swinging)


Audition Related (Current)...


Exercises...
Long Tones:

       1 2 3
Low F# (2x) (0:22)

         1 3
Low G (2x) (0:26)

         2 3
Low Ab (2x) (0:28)

         1 2
Low A (2x) (0:26)

          1
Low Bb (2x) (0:26)

          2
Low B (2x) (0:31)

          0
Low C (2x) (0:32)

         1 3
Low D (2x) (0:28)

         1 2
Low E (2x) (0:30)

          1
Low F (2x) (0:36)

          0
Mid G (2x) (0:34)


------------: Play-a-long - All Long Tones Starting on Low C (4 counts each, qn=66)
------------: Play-a-long - All Long Tones Starting on Low C (8 counts each, qn=66)


The Routine: V. Slurs


Rubank Elementary: Page 7, No. 5 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Page 7, No. 6 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Page 7, No. 7 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Page 8, No. 3 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Page 8, No. 4 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Page 8, No. 5 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Lesson 6 Page 8, No. 2 (qn=80)
Rubank Elementary: Lesson 6 Page 8, No. 2 (qn=85)


------------: Play-a-long - Slurs, A and B (qn=66)


------------: Play-a-long - Chromatic (section A) (qn=76)
------------: Play-a-long - Chromatic (section A) (qn=104)
------------: Play-a-long - Chromatic (section B) (qn=76)
------------: Play-a-long - Chromatic (section B) (qn=104)
Little: Play-along - page 05, #03 (qn=72)


Scales!: Play-along - low F# Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low G Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low Ab Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low A Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low Ab Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low B Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low C Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low C# Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low D Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low Eb Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low E Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)
Scales!: Play-along - low F Major Scale (2 counts each, qn=95)


Jazz Related...
Improv Playing with D Dorian (concert C Dorian, qn=120)
Improv Playing with D Dorian (concert C Dorian, qn=141)
Improv: Playing with A Dorian (concert G Dorian) (32 measures, qn=108) (Sample)


Improv: Trading with Jazz Rhythms - Set 1s, D Dorian (concert C Dorian) (qn=96)
Improv: Trading with Jazz Rhythms - Set 2s, D Dorian (concert C Dorian) (qn=96)
Improv: Trading with Jazz Rhythms - Set 3s, D Dorian (concert C Dorian) (qn=96)
Improv: Trading with Jazz Rhythms - Set 4s, D Dorian (concert C Dorian) (qn=96)
Improv: Trading with Jazz Rhythms - Set 5s, D Dorian (concert C Dorian) (qn=96)
Improv: Trading with Jazz Rhythms - Set 6s, D Dorian (concert C Dorian) (qn=96)


Blues Related...
12-Bar Blues: List of Blues Heads (sorted by title; can also sort by composer or concert key) ***


Chwalik: Playing the C Blues Scale, Set 1 (trumpet with click, qn=80)
Chwalik: Playing the C Blues Scale, Set 1 (with rhythm section, qn=80)
Chwalik: Playing the C Blues Scale, Set 2 (trumpet with click, qn=80)
Chwalik: Playing the C Blues Scale, Set 2 (with rhythm section, qn=80)
Chwalik: Playing the C Blues Scale, Set 3 (trumpet with click, qn=80)
Chwalik: Playing the C Blues Scale, Set 3 (with rhythm section, qn=80)


Chwalik: Playing the Blues in C (concert Bb) (qn=108, 120)
Chwalik: Playing the Blues in D (concert C) (qn=108)
Chwalik: Playing the Blues in G (concert F) (qn=108)


Current Pieces...
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz - mm5-14 (trumpet with click, qn=82)
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz - "Section 2" (trumpet with piano, qn=82)
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz - "Section 3" (trumpet with piano, qn=82)
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz - "Section 4" (trumpet with piano, qn=82)


Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz (trumpet with piano, qn=73)
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz (trumpet with piano, qn=82) ***
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz (trumpet with piano, qn=100)
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz (trumpet with piano, qn=116)
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz (piano only, qn=82) ***
Behr, Franz: Springtime Waltz (piano only, qn=116)


Mozart: Cavatina (trumpet with piano, qn=72)
Mozart: Cavatina (trumpet with piano, qn=88)
Mozart: Cavatina (trumpet with piano, qn=108)
Court: Play-a-long - Autumn Leaves (trumpet only, qn=80)
Court: Play-a-long - Autumn Leaves (trumpet only, qn=96)
Court: Play-a-long - Autumn Leaves (accompaniment, qn=96)
Court: Autumn Leaves (CD version, qn=84)
Court: Autumn Leaves (CD version, qn=96)


Standard of Excellence Book
Australian Folk Song: Play-a-long - SOE Bk 2 p.2 #3 Botany Bay (qn=94)
Mozart: Play-a-long - SOE Bk 2 p.3 #9 Turkish March (qn=107)
American Folk Song: Play-a-long - SOE Bk 2 p.8 #34 Yankee Doodle (qn=96)
French Folk Song: Play-a-long - SOE Bk 2 p.19 #85 French Marching Song (dq=90)


Duets (Amsden)
Amsden
Duet #1 (qn=160) Duet #12 (qn=___) Duet #23 (qn=___) Duet #34 (qn=___)
Duet #2 (qn=108) Duet #13 (qn=___) Duet #24 (qn=___) Duet #35 (qn=___)
Duet #3 (qn=108) Duet #14 (qn=___) Duet #25 (qn=___) Duet #36 (qn=___)
Duet #4 (qn=108) Duet #15 (qn=___) Duet #26 (qn=___) Duet #37 (qn=___)
Duet #5 (qn=108) Duet #16 (qn=___) Duet #27 (qn=___) Duet #38 (qn=___)
Duet #6 (qn=120) Duet #17 (qn=___) Duet #28 (qn=___) Duet #39 (qn=___)
Duet #7 (qn=100) Duet #18 (qn=___) Duet #29 (qn=___) Duet #40 (qn=___)
Duet #8 (qn=108) Duet #19 (qn=___) Duet #30 (qn=___) Duet #41 (qn=___)
Duet #9 (qn=___) Duet #20 (qn=___) Duet #31 (qn=___) Duet #42 (qn=___)
Duet #10 (qn=___) Duet #21 (qn=___) Duet #32 (qn=___)
Duet #11 (qn=___) Duet #22 (qn=___) Duet #33 (qn=___)


PART II
Duet #43 (qn=___) Duet #50 (qn=___) Duet #57 (qn=___) Duet #64 (qn=___)
Duet #44 (qn=___) Duet #51 (qn=___) Duet #58 (qn=___) Duet #65 (qn=___)
Duet #45 (qn=___) Duet #52 (qn=___) Duet #59 (qn=___) Duet #66 (qn=___)
Duet #46 (qn=___) Duet #53 (qn=___) Duet #60 (qn=___) Duet #67 (qn=___)
Duet #47 (qn=___) Duet #54 (qn=___) Duet #61 (qn=___) Duet #68 (qn=___)
Duet #48 (qn=___) Duet #55 (qn=___) Duet #62 (qn=___) Duet #69 (qn=___)
Duet #49 (qn=___) Duet #56 (qn=___) Duet #63 (qn=___) Duet #70 (qn=___)


Movie Themes
(links will play 2x automatically unless marked otherwise)
John Williams Play-a-long: Star Wars Medley (Main Theme only) (qn=80)
John Williams Play-a-long: Star Wars Medley (Main Theme only) (qn=96)
John Williams Play-a-long: Star Wars Medley (Princess Leia's Theme only) (qn=72)
John Williams Cantina Theme, with count-in (trumpet only, qn=80)
John Williams Princess Leia Theme (YouTube)
John Williams Princess Leia Theme (YouTube: nice video montage)


John Williams: Play-a-long - Raiders of the Lost Ark Theme (trumpet part only, qn=80)
John Williams: Play-a-long - Raiders of the Lost Ark Theme (trumpet part only, qn=100)
John Williams: Play-a-long - Raiders of the Lost Ark Theme (trumpet part only, qn=120)


John Williams: Play-a-long - Hedwig's Theme (trumpet part only, en=140)




Past Links...


Previous Pieces...
Williams: Play-a-long - May The Force Be With You (trumpet only with click, qn=92)


Gurlitt: Play-a-long - Morning Song and March (qn=108, 120)


John Williams: Play-a-long - Jurassic Park (both parts, qn=58) (plays only 1x)
Graham Lyons: Miles Away (both parts, qn=108)
Graham Lyons: Miles Away (both parts, qn=140)
Graham Lyons: Miles Away (both parts, qn=180)
Graham Lyons: Miles Away (both parts, qn=200)
Graham Lyons: Miles Away (no click; both parts, hn=112)
Beethoven: Play-a-long - Ode To Joy (part 1 only, qn=108)
Beethoven: Play-a-long - Ode To Joy (both parts, qn=108)
Beethoven: Play-a-long - Ode To Joy (part 2 only, qn=108) ***
English Folk Song: S.O.E. - Shepherd's Hey (qn=72)
English Folk Song: S.O.E. - Shepherd's Hey (qn=82)
English Folk Song: S.O.E. - Shepherd's Hey (qn=92)


Herriot and Cable: The Little House in Db (trpt part, qn=144)
Herriot and Cable: The Little House in Db (both parts, qn=144)
Herriot and Cable: The Little House in C (trpt part, qn=144)
Herriot and Cable: The Little House in C (both parts, qn=144)


Smith, Leonard B.: Iliad in G (trpt part, qn=88)
Smith, Leonard B.: Iliad in G (both parts, qn=88)


---------- Play-a-long:  Taps (in Eb, qn=92)





Some Video links to check out:


Maurice Andre Haydn Trumpet Concerto (Allegro)
Maurice Andre Carnaval of Venice (Arban)


Dizzy Gillespie No More Blues, part 1
Dizzy Gillespie And Then She Stopped


Brahms Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
(Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein)
4th Movement starts at 35:25; melody from Pearson book starts just after 41:07


How to Hold the Trumpet MakingMusicFun.net
How It's Made Discovery / Science Channel's "How It's Made" Trumpets episode
How Trumpets Are Made Yamaha Trumpet Factory Tour with Jens Lindemann







This web site designed and maintained by Chwalik Internet Enterprises.
2007-2024 Chwalik Internet Enterprises. All rights reserved.