Long Tones
Every brass player has heard of the idea how important long tone practice is, and how the old time players relied it. My question is; what kind of long tones Continue Reading →
Fire Up Your Engines!
by Kirk Lundbeck Oxygen; without it life would cease to exist. The air we breathe gives life to everything around us and without it our trombones would be silent. This Continue Reading →
Embouchure and Slide
This month I want to focus on the fact of how much the embouchure has on pitch variation. An easy test to find out how much is to play with Continue Reading →
Thanks, Dickie!
This month I wax poetic about our debt as trombone players, and all brass players as well, to Richard Wagner for realizing the potential that brass instruments and trombones in Continue Reading →
Trumpet Audition Strategies
The last 2 months I’ve focused on trombone audition strategies, so this month I thought I would talk about the same topic for the trumpet, as I understand we have Continue Reading →