Saralyn E  
Instruments: Trumpet, Bass Guitar
Styles: Classical, Pop, Rock, Blues, Marching Band

When I was in high school, I was the trumpet section leader for three years, which entailed lots of teaching in terms of marching. I also started giving music lessons to other students, starting with my friends. Giving music lessons spread from there. Since then, I've taught many students how to play guitar, bass guitar, and trumpet. Most of these students only needed a couple lessons to perfect a specific technique or to just get started. I would go to Crane Middle School regularly to work with their band students. While I was there, we would work on scales, technique, fun etudes, infamous high notes, and whatever else they wanted to learn.

I put an emphasis on proper buzzing techniques for new trumpet students as well as the right warm-up exercises. On any instrument I teach, I will stress the importance of knowing all your scales. This is very important for any instrument you may want to learn. For students who already know all major scales, I would move on to minor scales. I suggest to new band students to use Standard of Excellence by Bruce Pearson. For intermediate and advanced students, I would use the Rubank Intermediate and Advanced Method.