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Episode hosted by Bill Stevens · Season 8, Episode 11 Help baritone and euphonium students solve 10 common problems with tone, articulation, pitch, valve coordination, range, intonation, notation, and instrument response. Bill Stevens shares focused corrections to try in your next rehearsal. This companion teaching guide turns the episode’s ten problems into short rehearsal checks […]
Season 8, Episode 10. Identify common trombone problems, test a focused correction, and help students hear the difference. Trombone troubles can sound deceptively similar. A late note may come from slow slide movement, uncertain rhythm, or articulation that happens before the slide arrives. A wrong pitch may be an inaccurate position, the wrong partial, or […]
Trumpet students can struggle with everything from airy tone and cracked notes to excessive mouthpiece pressure, poor articulation, intonation, and sticky valves. In Season 8, Episode 9 of The Music Educator Podcast, Bill Stevens explores 10 common trumpet problems and practical ways music educators can diagnose and correct them. This episode covers tone production, embouchure, […]