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Welcome to The Tuning Note Lessons in: Piano, Trumpet and Jazz Improvisation |
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Welcome to The Tuning Note Lessons in: Piano, Trumpet and Jazz Improvisation |
           The Tuning Note Brochure 
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  NOW OFFERING "FIRST-ONE-FREE"! I provide lessons in piano and trumpet (beginners on up for each) and jazz improvisation (any instrument, but I require some beginning knowledge/experience with the instrument). My approach is to take things at the pace you would like to go. If you or your child has a busy schedule, we can work together to make sure you get the most out of our time together. There are always CDs to listen to, as music is so much a language of its own and hearing how it "should" be done over and over can be very critical to the student's success. I provide a list of recommended recordings, most from my own collection that I can share with you and always look forward to discussion of what you've listened to and learned. Regarding my background, you can read my professional bio on my personal website, www.chwalik.com/chet/bio.html, but in short I've played the piano since the age of 4 and went on to graduate from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Piano. I actually was there for five years, the first four of which I was a Jazz Trumpet Performance Major, but switched during the fifth year and graduated with a Jazz Piano degree. Prior to studying jazz I enjoyed years of success in studying many of the standard and not so standard 'classical' piano pieces, including several Sonatinas, Sonatas, and many, many others, including one of my favorites that I performed at a young age, the Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major no.23. It's such a beautiful piece! Also among my experience with the trumpet I've played with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Folsom Lake Symphony Orchestra. Home of the ‘OMP’ – Online Music Portfolio I'm proud to offer each student their very own set of web pages for their music lessons, better known as their Online Music Portfolio. Although each student receives a lesson sheet at the conclusion of each lesson, each web page includes:
Free DVD of each recital! One DVD will be given to each family. (There will be an extra fee for additional copies.) Trumpet students: keep in mind I have trumpets here for you to use temporarily (for only during lessons) while yours is getting repaired, left at school by mistake, not yet rented or purchased, etc. Piano Lessons: Methods/Materials used in teaching piano: • Faber and Faber; additional exercises and pieces are made specifically for each student as necessary • Magrath • As the student advances, more individual pieces are introduced (Sonatinas, Sketches in Color (Robert Starer), etc.) • Technical Studies and Exercises: Scales/Arpeggios • Theory: 1/2 steps and whole steps, intervals, circle of fifths, etc. For the more advanced students: • Bach (Preludes, Two-Part Inventions, etc.), Various Sonatas (one or more movements), etc. • Technical Studies and Exercises: Introduction to new Scales/Arpeggios; also Hanon, Czerny, Pischna and more Trumpet Lessons: Methods/Materials used in teaching trumpet: • Rubank (Elementary, Intermediate); First Book of Practical Studies (R. Getchell); other exercises may be taken from B.Pearson ‘Standard of Excellence’ series; also exercises made specifically for each student as necessary • Technical Studies and Exercises: Scales; exercises emphasizing slurring, tongueing, intervals, expression, etc. For the more advanced students: • Rubank (Advanced), Arbans, Embouchure Builder (L.Little), Advanced Lip Flexibilities (C.Colin), Etudes for Trumpet (V.Brandt) Additional materials include: • Rubank Selected Duets (H.Voxman editor); Practice Duets (Arthur Amsden) Also various solo materials Jazz Improvisation: Materials used in teaching jazz improvisation: • Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced o Recommended recordings for listening, listening, listening! o Play-a-Longs: Self-made midi recordings; recommended Jamey Aebersold and Hal Leonard play-a-longs o Various materials depending on instrument (including Hal Leonard ‘Jazz Guitar’, etc.) o Various transcriptions (from books, as wells as those assigned to be done by ear) • Some technical studies: Numerous scales and patterns; ‘Technical Studies for The Modern Trumpet' (Pat Harbison), etc. |
