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Trombone Methods

Arban's Complete Method for Trombone and Euphonium (Alessi/Bowman)
$56.95
transcribed and edited by Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic and faculty member of the Juilliard School, and Dr. Brian Bowman, Professor of Music in the college of music at the University of North Texas. Conveniently spiral bound for ease of practice. Published by Encore Music Publishers.
Arban tbn.JPG Arban's Famous Method for Trombone
$27.95
One of the best known of all instructive methods for brass instruments, edited by trombone virtuosi Charles Randall and Simone Mantia.
Blumefink.jpg Blume -- Thirty-six Studies for Trombone with F Attachment
$12.50
Rochut.JPG Bordogni / Rochut -- Melodious Etudes for Trombone
$14.95
This collection of vocalises of Marco Bordogni are arranged for trombone by Joannes Rochut. They are essential in training any trombone player in the use of legato, phrasing, and expression.
Schlossberg.jpg Daily Drills & Technical Studies for Trombone
$15.95
Faulise -- The F&D Double Valve Bass Trombone
$14.00
Daily Warm-up and Maintenance Exercises, written specifically for the double valve bass trombone because of a lack of this material available. Written by bass trombonist Paul Faulise, published by PF Music Co.
Gillis, Lew -- 70 Progressive Studies for the Modern Bass Trombone
$15.00
60 studies in the use of the F attachment valve, ten studies in pedal notes, circle of keys scale study. Published by the Southern Music Company.
Grigoriev -- 24 Studies for Bass Trombone
$13.50
published by the International Music Company.
artofbrass.gif Farkas, Philip -- The Art of Brass Playing
$15.00
The Art of Brass playing is a treatise on the formation and use of the brass player’s embouchure. It includes sections on the embouchure’s function, mouthpiece placement, moist versus dry lips, the lip aperture, articulation, mouthpiece pressure and breath control. A must for all brass players, this includes photos of the embouchures of Adolph Herseth, Philip Farkas, Edward Kleinhammer, and Arnold Jacobs, among others. This book has become a standard in brass technique classes and at conservatories everywhere.
artofmusicianship.gif Farkas, Philip -- The Art of Musicianship
$12.00
The Art of Musicianship explores the skills, knowledge and sensitivity needed by the mature musician to perform in an artistic and professional manner. It has been used since 1976 in brass classes and music appreciation courses across the country. Topics of discussions include; Musicianship, phrasing, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, articulation, intonation, ensemble playing and stagefright, to name a few.
Fink, Reginald -- Introducing Legato for Trombone
$12.50
Chord symbols are provided for an accompaniment. It is published by Accura Music.
FinkAltoClef.jpg Fink, Reginald -- Introducing the Alto Clef for Trombone
$12.50
A progressive and musical way to learn to read alto clef.
FinkTenorClef.jpg Fink, Reginald -- Introducing the Tenor Clef for Trombone
$12.50
A progressive and musical way to learn to read tenor clef.
remington.jpg Hunsberger, Donald, ed. -- The Remington Warm-up Studies
$12.50
An annotated collection of the famous daily routine developed by The Chief, Emory B.Remington. 63 of the studies used to train some of the worlds finest trombonists. Dr. Hunsberger also includes the text of interviews he conducted with The Chief before his death. Remington talks about his singing style, the correct way to tongue, a concept of sound, flexibility, a legato approach, security in the high register, and relaxation. Also contains 12 diatonic pattern scales, a Sample Routine, and an index.
Irons, Earl D. -- 27 Groups of Exercises for Trombone or Baritone B.C.
$11.50
Mr. Irons famous trumpet book transcribed in bass clef. Designed to develop breath control, lip flexibility and the muscular embouchure. Published by the Southern Music Company.
KoppraschTbn1.jpg Kopprasch -- Sixty Selected Studies for Trombone
$7.95
AM42102small.jpg Mehegan, John -- Jazz Improvisation 1: Tonal and Rhythmic Principles
$22.95
By John Mehegan, Preface by Leonard Bernstein. Revised and Enlarged Edition. The fundamental musical concepts used by every great jazz musician from Buddy Bolden to Dizzy Gillespie. Here for students, professional and amateur musicians and serious Jazz enthusiasts. More than 70 lessons that define and clearly systematize the basic principals of Jazz using more than 60 jazz standards as examples. Heralded by many Jazz greats.
marchsmall.jpg Playing with the Band - March Melodies for Trombone
$12.95
For Solo instruments and play-along CD with concert band. Includes marches by E.E. Bagley, Julius Fucik, John N. Klohr, John Philip Sousa and Carl Teike. You are always playing the melody; even The Stars and Stripes Forever Piccolo part is transcribed! Arranged by Larry Clark, published by Carl Fischer.
Rubank Elementary Method - Trombone Baritone
$5.50
Rubank Intermediate Method - Trombone/Baritone
$5.50
Rubank Advanced Method - Trombone or Baritone Vol. 1
$6.95
Tuneup.jpg Tuneup: Basic Training Intonation System
With a timbre engineered to expose pitch discrepancy immediately, the Basic Training audio CD provides the player with three crucial exercises per Key. The player first sings, then plays against the CD, listening for the “beats of pitch discrepancy. As the player moves his or her pitch to correct the beats, perfect placement is found and held, establishing a “groove” where the perfect, pure interval is easily recognized in context.

The first exercise, the Tonic Track Exercise, is a drone using a complex timbre quick to expose the “beats” of pitch discrepancy. By following the provided studies, the player learns the location of each Major and minor interval per key, places the interval in both scales and arpeggios, and uses the exercise for excerpt, solo and etude development. However, Basic Training does not stop there!

The second exercise extends the intervals learned in the Tonic Track Exercises to full, perfectly tuned chords . The Interval Study provides the player with eight separate patterns that focus on the Root, Dominant and Third of the chord and on movement within the chord. Here the player learns to apply the intervals within the context of the chord.

Finally, the difficult skill of playing minor intervals is honed in the Minor Interval Study. Two patterns are provided to ease the player into mastering major and minor intervals.

The Basic Training Text lays an ample foundation for musical acoustics as it applies to intonation and also provides step by step guidance on developing the ear and using the audio CD. Included in the text is a Note Tendency Chart to track your instruments' tendencies and alternate tuning methods to compensate for them.

The Basic Training Workbook is available for instruments in C, Bb, Eb, F and Bass Clef.
Tuneup: Basic Training for Bass Cleff instruments in C $54.00
Tuneup: Basic Training for Horn in F $54.00
Tuneup: Basic Training for Trumpet in Bb $54.00