Jake Grimsley

Adopt-a-Peer Lesson #2
Peer: Kevin Chiang (Trumpet)

Objectives:
 Student will feel confident with the entire range of the Bb scale on the instrument and
buzzing with the mouthpiece.
 Student will be able to play through “Jingle Bells” and “Happy Birthday” comfortably.

Procedure:
 Student and teacher will warm up singing through a Bb scale, teacher will model, student
will match.
 Student will play through Bb major scale from low Bb to high Bb, reflecting on buzzing
technique and embouchure.
 Teacher and student will sing through “Jingle Bells” rote song together, teacher will
model, student will follow.
 Student will attempt to buzz through “Jingle Bells” with just a mouthpiece, reflect
afterwards on how changes in embouchure felt.
 Teacher will go over fingerings to “Jingle Bells.”
 Student will attempt to play through “Jingle Bells” with instrument.
 Teacher will give critique, ask student how they feel with first rep of rote song.
 Student will play another rep of “Jingle Bells,” reflect on technique throughout.
 Teacher and student will sing through “Happy Birthday” rote song together, teacher will
model, student will follow.
 Student will attempt to buzz through “Happy Birthday” with just a mouthpiece, reflect
afterwards on how changes in embouchure felt.
 Teacher will go over fingerings to “Happy Birthday.”
 Student will attempt to play through “Happy Birthday” with instrument.
 Teacher will give critique, ask student how they feel with first rep of rote song.
 Student will play another rep of “Happy Birthday,” reflect on technique throughout.

Assessment:
 Student will be assessed based on proficiency in buzzing technique.
 Student will be assessed based on confidence in range and fingerings in two rote songs.
Reflection:

Kevin showed a lot of strengths in this lesson, a lot of which pertained to technique he gained

through the last lesson, where we focused more on fundamentals of embouchure and buzzing

technique than on anything else. There’s still a little bit more he can do with the upper range of

the Bb scale at times, but he showed more strengths than weaknesses during this lesson. The two

songs we worked on this time, “Jingle Bells” and “Happy Birthday” were chosen to hopefully

get him to adjust his embouchure for the higher register, and I thought he did well with

this. Blending technique from last lesson with rote songs on the actual instrument worked great,

and will hopefully help translate to more challenging pieces in the future.