Euphonium/Jechasteen/Lesson 2

First Notes

Now that you know how to form your embouchure and how to control your breath, we will start to learn how to put that learning into practice. First, let's learn a note and how to play it.

In bass clef, this is a F and is fingered using the open fingering (no valves pressed). To play this note, first play it on a piano and match the pitch with your voice and then attempt matching that pitch with your instrument.