The warm up is a time when brass players should focus on the fundamentals of playing. In this video, I discuss my ideas about warm up and include playing examples of the different areas of warm up.
1:13 breathing exercise 2:26 mouthpiece buzzes 4:27 long tones 15:17 3 note jslurs 18:10 slow arpeggios 22:45 sweeping arpeggios 25:14 fast slurs for flexibility 27:08 tonging scales (staccato, legato, double, triple) 30:34 dynamics + crescendo tips: Metronome (60bpm) and tuner Use lots of air for low and high registers Face muscles only have to pull down, not up or back Stop and play notes with only your mouth piece if you have trouble, even in extreme ranges
don't mind me, just doing this for myself and others who want this 1:13 breathing exercise 2:26 mouthpiece buzzes 4:27 long tones 15:17 3 note slurs 18:10 slow arpeggios 22:45 sweeping arpeggios 25:14 fast slurs for flexibility 27:08 tonging scales (staccato, legato, double, triple) 30:34 dynamics + crecendo
@@cimarlizarazu Bolero is a piece of music, so I bet he’s using the sheet music from the piece as a reference point to which octave he’s trying play the warmup in.
Fantastically helpful video. It's great to see someone talking honestly, straightforwardly and down to earth about this topic, with rationale behind everything. Instead of just saying do this, do that and then you'll be a great trombonist... Awesome playing too.
Thank you so much for this priceless lesson. I have never studied my instrument and already I am improveing (maybe not in my spelling) So many things I was not aware of in technique. Thanks again
As a tenor trombonist in a community band, I had no idea such thought and exericises went into great t-bone performance. I've played h.s., college and now comm. band, and never been schooled in this. Thanks for the upload.
Great video!!!!!!! very helpful, thank you very much, I'm sorry I couldn't make it to Isla Verde Festival, but I hope to see you some day! Greetings from Argentina
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Hello! your videos are great and very interesting, and I was wondering if you could let me write the subtitles in spanish, that's my original language and it would help other spanish speakers the same way it helped me.
"For your embouchure make sure when you're doing these slurs and you're doing your long tones make sure that your corners are firm, your chin is flat and the muscles for the most part need to be pulling downwards, nothing back and nothing up, no smile embouchures as you're doing this." As someone new to the trombone, that for me makes the whole embouchure thing one little bit less of a mystery.
Nice video ! Just did the warm-up with you, on tenor :-), a nice way to open my lungs ! One thing I don't believe the "mouthpiece", I'm more into air & ear and the rest will de in place ! All the big names should do a video like this !!!!! Thanks
This was a great example of what strong fundamentals and exercises look like, but I’m just imagining trying to get kids in band class to do something like this. “Okay everyone, we’ve got 35 minutes of warmups to get through, so with the 5 minutes at the start of class being used for going through attendance and everyone getting their instruments out, and the last 5 minutes of class being spent putting everything away and cleaning up the room, that will conclude our 45 minute class period”.
@@DensonPaulPollard I understand that, I am a music educator and have taught beginning bands through high schools groups. It was just the idea that a “warmup routine” could take up the same amount of time as a class period of band (and be more difficult than most students that age are capable of playing) was an amazing thought. Most beginners want to skip any warmups and go straight to the loud and fast piece they think is the coolest, just getting them to do long tones seems excessive to most kids.
@@sccrguy610 This warm up isn't for "most kids." It is for kids that want to be a professional musician. If they think it is excessive, they shouldn't pursue trombone as a career...I think you are looking for a warm up designed for a more casual warm up and not for students that are obsessed with becoming a professional trombone player.
Can you believe the lips this cat has? BTW: Should trombonists do like the Brits and "keep a stiff upper lip?" ;) He has the most active lips when he talks that I have ever seen.
i have an equipment question, sir. how many mouthpieces did you go through until you found yourself with the current one you play on? also, what mouthpiece are you playing on currently?
Such a good tutorial as well as a great, rich sound. We also have Trombone tutorials at Brass Recordings if you're looking for other Trombone tutorials.
i can only buzz very low notes on the mouthpiece by blocking about 3/4 of the mouthpiece shank with my pinky. is there some embouchre trick/detail that would allow these notes without the backpressure?
Does anyone know what models of metronome and tuners he uses? my tuner wanders all over the damn place, and i don't think it's me :) his metronome is TINY
Hey Denson! Question for you. Ive been looking for some grips for my trombone, like yours, and I cant seem to find any.... Where did you get yours? Thanks, Addison!
Hello and thanks for sharing. I'm worried I can't move on from warming up yo actually playing, I mean when I try yo aply "fundamentals" to the repertorio, it all becomes useless and my sound doesn't improve.
Hi Juan, what my video demonstrates is many of the possibilities for exercises for a warm up. You certainly don't have to do all, but if you do, make it a dedicated practice session for only this and have another practice session later in the day.
I have a question: When I'm playing trombone, I always catch my self pressing too hard on the mouthpiece. I find this affects my tone quality and range after about an hour of practicing because the inside of my upper lip hurts and gets all fleshy-like (I don't have braces). Do you have any suggestions for breaking this habit of pressing too hard?
Tucker Wheatley its a holder thingy for the mouthpiece so that you can buzz into it without having to hold it. Makes it seem more like you're still playing the trombone when you're just buzzing. Dont know where to buy one lol
You may need to experiment with how you are using the air down there. Imagine blowing the air directly into the back of the mouthpiece in the low register. Also make sure you aren't too loose. Try blowing from the octave above down to the note maintaining the same quality of sound.
Lol did anyone else try to copy his buzzing on his mouthpiece at the very beginning and realize that the note he buzzes is an A? I was so confused when I tried to put the note into the horn and a fuzzy Bb came out XD
The thing that irks me is that when an instructor tries to make every possible thing about playing an instrument really difficult, but when in reality, it's not!
