A Trumpet Video My Kids Love


My kids love this video, which I spotted on the Facebook page of a friend. It is on the song “Never go to Work,” an appropriate link for Labor Day weekend I think. Stick with the video a little for the section on the trumpet; it does explain the basics of practice well! Just insert the word “horn” and do what it says.

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