[GIVEAWAY] 2023-24 TMEA Trombone Etude #3 55. Veloce Blazhevich [SPONSORED BY XO] 

I need that trombone cleaning kit: Brayden Skinner of the Flour Bluff High School Marching Band

I still have it! I’m planning to redo the ceiling and hang the paper roll from there. I think the wall of instruments is great but it can be visually distracting.

Unfortunately not. I have done other states before and the videos were not really watched by many people. These videos do take a decent amount of time to produce so it’s hard to justify if no one is going to watch them. I’m happy to help anyone with a lesson over zoom for any material, if that helps.

I think they stack up well. All of the XO trombones that I’ve been using have slides and valves that work well and are comparable. I think from a design perspective, they are good but sometimes specific. For example, the large tenor seems to have a fairly heavy bell and I don’t believe there are any other options. I personally own two Edwards large tenors, one that is overall heavy and one that is overall very light. They both have their uses. I would bring the lighter edwards for solos with piano, chamber music, commercial music (when playing a large bore) while the heavier horn is better suited for large ensemble playing or maybe a concerto in front of the group. I find heavier tenors more work to play but often the juice is worth the squeeze. This XO large tenor seems like it would be an easy drop in replacement for my heavier edwards. All this to say, I’m not saying you need two large tenors but since I have multiple I use them when they make my job easier.

I think this is clear in the end of the video but the giveaway is for a mouthpiece, trombone stand, cleaning kit, backpack/shirt but not an actual trombone.

ride of the valkyries?

Awesome video btw, my friend recommended the channel and I’ll definitely be staying

Practice slowly! The first and third etude are possible but you have to practice slowly. Hopefully my videos will be out soon.

My understanding is that listesso tempo means same tempo or same pulse. So in this case, dotted eighth=eighth. This is how Tony Baker, who selected this etude, plays it and also is what he writes on the TMEA website.

@@LowBrassU I've always played it as the 16th being constant so it's interesting to hear it in a different way.

@@jacksonmurphy1324I believe the reasoning is that in spite of the time signatures showing the 16th note being the beat, the main pulse is 1 beat per measure, similar to a waltz being conducted in 1. So the l’istesso applies to the main beat instead of the 16th.

Hopefully by the end of the week!

@@LowBrassU 🙏

I feel like I’m still learning them and at the end of the day they are more different than better or worse. With the large tenor, I don’t think I have the right mouthpiece match for it. I think a heavier weight mouthpiece would match up better but I don’t have a Heritage or Heavytop DW mouthpiece in a 4 or 5 size right now.

@@LowBrassUyes, xo large tenor is a canon

I’m working on them!

I actually did not double tongue in this etude. I only used a single tongue.