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As an instructor, Kait fosters self confidence in her lessons & courses to help students discover what the harmonica can do and how incredibly fun it is to play! Initial work is spent on understanding the instrument itself, it's basic note layout and how those notes are played. Students will learn breath control through a unique and proven technique that combines Pilates and yoga style exercises that build the muscles involved in supporting the breath *(a nice side-benefit is that because of the attention to developing healthy long and strong abdominal muscles, students tend to have fewer  back problems, better posture & super strong abs!) Primary focus is to build breath capacity and control. Exercises are also explored that help the player understand how important embouchure is to creating clean tones that are on pitch. (Embouchure is essentially the shape inside our mouths and how subtle changes to that shape can make the notes we play possible). Basic music vocabulary is also taught to enhance the the student's understanding of how the instrument is laid out.