When the musicians and teachers at pBone Music developed the series of Early Learning pInstruments, developing elementary learning pathways for music was paramount. Early exposure to playful instruments like the pBuzz and pBugle can help develop a child’s sensory and fine motor skills, encourage self-expression, and stimulate imagination. By encouraging their creativity, pBuzz and pBugle help build confidence and nurture their natural music talents, all while having great fun!
Learners discover how to use air to create a tone in ways that give that tone shape, clarity and pitch. With pBuzz, the simple slide demonstrates how pitch and notes are created through the lengthening of a tube, and it’s a short step to playing a more advanced instrument, including the pBone full-size trombone or the smaller pBone Mini.
The pBugle showcases these basic music skills by presenting harmonics first, With low, medium and high tones, it’s easy to understand how every pitch is part of a harmonic series using the pBugle. After the pBugle is learned, it’s very easy to move to pTrumpet (or the smaller pCornet) in which valves are introduced and the note ranges expanded. This has opened the door for elementary school trumpet playing, for both elementary school band, modern band horn sections and elementary mariachi programs.
The pBugle is designed in the key of Bb. Without valves, it won’t musically fit with typical Mariachi guitars and music. That’s not a problem, though, as the pBugle is simply a learning instrument, giving young students important lessons in making a tone, creating harmonics, and moving air. With these skills, the students can move easily to pTrumpet and learn the fingerings they need to play mariachi trumpet quite quickly!
Interested in getting started? By the time a student is physically ready to handle a metal trumpet, including the pTrumpet hyTech, his or her skill level can be quite impressive.
Contact us for any pInstrument questions you have.