Trombone Warm-Up Remember - When you practice at home START WITH A GOOD WARM-UP TO WORK ON YOUR TONE!!! In band, nothing is more important than playing with a beautiful sound. 1. Buzz! (2-3 minutes): start low and relaxed but get a BIG sound (use the "ninja breath ) siren up and down very slow (try to increase your range!) practice songs and LEGATO tonguing (try really easy songs from the book) 2. Remingtons (1-2 minutes each): From Low Bb From F From middle Bb 3. Lip Slurs! (2-3 minutes): start with 2 note lip slurs from F (high/low/high/low/high) go all the way to 6th position and back up eventually move on to 3 note lip slurs from middle Bb" 4. Scales: - (5 minutes) - see handout: C Major (at least go 5 or 6 notes and add a new one gradually) F Major - full octave Bb Major - full octave Eb Major (at least go 5 or 6 notes and add a new one gradually) Once you ve done a good warm-up play MUSIC!!! NOTE: If you are taking trombone lessons, it is fine to use a different method of warm-up and tone development if your trombone teacher has one they would like for you to use instead.
Advanced Band Fall Project (Trombone) The first Advanced Band rehearsal will be on Friday, December 9th. This project music be completed in order to attend! If you make sure to attend every band lesson and practice well enough to complete several items each time, you will make it! THE TROMBONE BOOK IN YOUR 3 RING BINDER MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU CAN CHECK OFF ANY OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS!! #1. Remingtons (these were learned in class - 6th position is fine) Low Bb F Middle Bb #2. Two Note Lip Slurs: high low high low high from F down to 6th or 7th position and back up #3. Bb & F Major Scales use the handout we completed in class to practice you must be able to sing and slide from memory play smoothly up and down in one breath you may have up to three free attempts to perform it perfectly per lesson...more than three and we ll try another time! #4. Page 14: ALL LINES (you must complete page 12 & 13 before you begin this page!) clap and count out loud - practice with a metronome @ 72 BPM! PLAY at the same tempo (slow and steady) use SMARTMUSIC or the CD to have fun practicing at faster speeds!!! you may skip #48 #5. C Major Scale use the handout we completed in class to practice you must be able to sing and slide from memory play smoothly up and down in one breath you may have up to three free attempts to perform it perfectly per lesson...more than three and we ll try another time!
#6. Page 15: ALL LINES clap and count out loud - practice with a metronome @ 72 BPM! PLAY at the same tempo (slow and steady) use SMARTMUSIC or the CD to have fun practicing at faster speeds!!! you may skip #53 #7. Eb Major Scale use the handout we completed in class to practice you must be able to sing and slide from memory play smoothly up and down in one breath you may have up to three free attempts to perform it perfectly per lesson...more than three and we ll try another time! #8. Page 16: ALL LINES (Mr. Beall or a private teacher can explain pickup notes ) clap and count out loud - practice with a metronome @ 72 BPM! PLAY at the same tempo (slow and steady) use SMARTMUSIC or the CD to have fun practicing at faster speeds!!! do not skip #59 #9. Rhythm Exercise #8 (included in this handout - Mr. Beall or a private teacher will need to give you a lesson on these rhythms) clap and count out loud! play in slow steady rhythm on your instrument (pick an easy note) practice to a metronome! (72 BPM is good) #10. Page 18: #60, 61, & 62 clap and count out loud - practice with a metronome @ 72 BPM! PLAY at the same tempo (slow and steady) use SMARTMUSIC or the CD to have fun practicing at faster speeds!!! #11: Dotted Quarter Note Handout (included in this packet - just follow instructions on the page) If you d like to qualify for JAZZ BAND read on to the next page.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JAZZ BAND Jazz Band is a really exciting and fun place to play trombone. The trombone is a featured instrument in the jazz ensemble! The jazz band music requires that you are achieving at a higher level than what is just enough to get by in trombone class. If playing in Jazz Band is one of your goals, you ll need to start working towards that right away! Don t wait until September it may be too late. The first JAZZ BAND rehearsal will be on Wednesday morning, November 8th! The deadline to qualify for JAZZ BAND will be Wednesday, November 8th. To qualify for JAZZ BAND you ll need to complete all of the regular band assignments (on the pervious pages) PLUS these by November 8th: Ab Major Scale (from memory) - Mr. Beall will help you add it to your scale sheet if you don t already have it. Accent on Achievement Pg. 20 (pg. 18 & 19 NOT required) Descending Chromatic Scale (starting on high Bb) - use the handout from Mr. Beall not the one in your book!
Now that you are in Advanced Band, we ll be getting to play some much more interesting and exciting music! One thing that makes this music more interesting is this useful note value... THE DOTTED QUARTER NOTE!!!! NOTE!!! This is NOT the same as a dot placed UNDER a note. You remember what that means...don t you? Hopefully you remember from beginning band that dot AFTER a note adds half the value to the note. So, a dotted quarter note is one and a half beats long! Ok, that s great Mr. Beall but WHAT DOES THAT SOUND LIKE?!?!? Well, let s start with an easy rhythm you already know and work from there. Clap and count this: Now, how would it sound if we tied the first three eighth notes together like this?: THAT is how to correctly count a dotted quarter note because... is exactly the same as this So...A dotted quarter note sounds the same as three 8th notes tied together. If a composer wants you to play this: They will most likely write it like this: Try it a few more times. The timing of THIS 8th NOTE is very important!! When do you think you should play (or clap) it?
Have you got it? Let s try adding a note on the next downbeat. How do you think this will sound?: and this... Once you can clap and count, and then play those on your instrument, you are ready for some examples. Here they are! Being able to perform these is absolutely required in order to: Please do the following to get this handout checked off on your projects: Label in the beats with a pencil (remember that?) Clap and count out loud (slowly!) Play on your instrument in a steady tempo (try practicing with a metronome!)
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon Chromatic Scale Descending (going down) Chromatic Scale: same note as F# Remember, the instrument doesn t know what it is doing. It can only reproduce what is in your head. If you can t sing and slide/finger then YOU don t know what you are doing (just mindlessly guessing) and the instrument itself has no chance! Ascending (going up) Chromatic Scale: same note as Bb same note as Eb same note as Ab B not Bb! Have you noticed that some fingerings can have two different note names? These are called enharmonic spellings. Examples are: A# is the same as Bb G# is the same as Ab F# is the same as Gb Eb is the same as D# Can you think of one more? (Hint: the note is between C and D!)