Music Lessons for Trumpet
Textbook for undergraduate brass methods course focusing on brass instrument techniques and pedagogy.
Students wire up their own digital trumpets using a MaKey MaKey. They learn the basics of wiring a breadboard and use the digital trumpets to count in the binary number system. Teams are challenged to play songs using the binary system and their trumpets, and then present them in a class concert.
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