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Online Libraries
Real Books (hidden)
Trumpet Music (hidden)
Chamber Music
Trumpet Books for Lessons
Jamey Aebersold Tracks (hidden)

Practice Apps I use on my Google Pixel
Drum Genius
Tape-a-talk Pro
Seconds Pro - for developing practice routines
Amazing Slower Downer
Brain Focus or any Pomodoro app for your smartphone
ireal Pro - all the chord charts you might need for jazz/pop

Tonalify - Analyzes Spotify Playlists for Key and Tempo

Practice Tools
Snark Tuner
Basic Metronome and Tuner (Korg MA-2)
Better Metronome (Korg KDM-2)
Mechanical Metronome (Wittner Taktell Piccolo)- (I love this so much more than my battery powered metronomes)
My Gear
Instrument Microphone - SM-57
Looping Pedal - TC Electronic Ditto X2
Vocal Pedal - TC-Helicon Mic Mechanic 2
MIDI Controller - KORG TRITON taktile 49
Trumpet Monitor/Soundshield - Soundback Adjustable
Keyboard - Yamaha P90

the U-Bass for looping, instead of just playing guitar with an octave pedal: a bass/uke combo. Same range as a regular bass. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxTwqcvIkW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvrmC0PmTE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDy20irhd6o

New gear - sweetwater.com
Used gear - reverb.com or wwbw.com​

Sheet Music
J.W. Pepper 
Hickey's
​Create a profile on imslp.org.
NYSSMA Manual with Repertoire Lists.
​My Own Repertoire List (10-1-2015)
Teaching Tools
1) ​Piano Carpet 1 - $239 for some reason.
1a) Alternative to Piano Carpet, have a print shop print this image on a piece of vinyl

2) Portable travel keyboard - Startone MKR 62 - Thomann link
2a)Another roll up piano from Sharper Image Link
2b)Jalokee brand toy keyboard - 2 or 3 octave keyboard with standard key size, no headphone jack , Amazon link

3a) Floor Piano from Sharper Image - battery powered, aux in but no aux out? - $79.99
3b) Target/FAO Schwarz version - Straightforward toy version - battery powered, no aux jack $39.99
3c) Amazon floor piano from Sunlin - battery powered, no aux jack $59.99
3d) Amazon floor piano from TWFRIC - battery powered, no aux, 71'' - $47.99
3e) Toe Tap Piano 1 - Hammacher Schlemmer, only viewable in US

4) The makers of the original Big Piano - merely available to rent.
4a) Some people built their own floor piano and posted the plans.
4b) Here's the best homemade one i've seen link
4c) Here's one from a playground company, percussion play.com  ~$15k Link
4d) Here's one from Monsterpiano, ~$12k for 2 octaves! Link

Dalcroze props
Bag of Tennis Balls
Scarves for Creative Moment (example)
​Hand Drum (example)
Sidewalk Chalk
Photo of my homemade musical staff
Photo of a student's homemade circle of fifths
Photo of egg cartons
photo of Paper towel rolls
beach ball


Trumpet/brass props
PVC Pipe - .75 inches - replicating trachea
Coffee Stirrers
Lollipops
Magician's tissue paper runner
Pinwheel
Sand timers
Dice
Frisbee
Acrobat toy
Japanese Kendama
Dreydl
Expanding ball - Laban dimensional cross

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contact Chris at [email protected]
  • Home
  • Sounds
    • Sounds II
  • About
    • Artist Bio >
      • Courses Taught
      • Credentials
    • Projects >
      • Bennington Trails
      • Marta Sanchez Page
    • Photos
  • For Students
    • Practice Tools and Apps >
      • Music Reading
      • Classrom Playlists - Spotify Collab
    • Piano Lab Page >
      • Four Chord Songs - Spotify
    • Dalcroze >
      • Plastique Resources
      • McClosky Technique
      • Hellerau Research >
        • Hellerau Photo Gallery
        • Hellerau Connections
      • Distance Learning
      • H+G Singer Resources 2022
    • Brass >
      • Pentatonic Melodies
      • Holiday
      • Borrowed Works
      • Bugle Page
      • Practicing Playlists >
        • Trumpet Backing Tracks
        • Studio Playlists
      • Trumpet Playlists
      • Cornetto
      • Herb Alpert
  • For Teaching Artists
    • Readings >
      • Resources for Children
    • Quotes and Mantras
    • Teaching Tools >
      • Curiousities
    • Job Resources
    • Handouts