Marshall Gilkes trombone solo on Morning Smiles Transcription 

Fr tho, I'm in 8th grade and can barely play 3 above the staff consistently

@@twoplus6924 You should be by 1 year later, can you now? If not practice some octave jumps and you'll get consistent high A

​@@twoplus6924That's when notes get a little wonky, in my experience. It's also where some of my bad habits start to kick me in the butt. To play up there, if you need any guidance, just keep a steady airstream with more air coming out as you get higher. Additionally, keep your embouchure in check. You'll get no favors for having a loose embouchure, or moving it to compensate.

Marshall Gilkes, the trombonist soloing, wrote this piece. He does in fact hate his fellow trombone players😂😂😂

he doesn't hate them.. he's merely encouraging them to learn all their scales... lol

@@meanathradon Marshall Gilkes is my goddamn hero. I’m just messing around but yeah he’s damn inspirational

Yes, because the Bb above the treble clef and fast runs are easy compared to an uncommon key signature.

@@zackwoods5077 It doesn't help. The other aspects of difficulty you articulated are 100% valid.

Exactly right, I'm sure the jazz cats would appreciate tenor cleff too ... hahaha

@@lawsonmcguinnessmusic That's what I was thinking (Classical&Jazz cat) lol, this would be a lot easier to read in tenor clef

Probably didn't have 8va in the software... I take this is as a ledger line practice etude!!

This is my preferred way to read it tbh

Tenor clef

Yes! Any day is a good day

Heard that, blows me away how easy it sounds but then you try it and go.....oh....my bad

omg memory lane

I thought that too

Nah man you gotta turn that into an “I should practice more” moment! That’s what I’ve been doing and it’s going fairly well :)

oh no no no

Know em yet? Come on give it a try!!!

Fingerings?? Actually, the positions are not the problem! For example if you play a D in the 4th position in a lower octave, you can also play it in 4th in the octave above. Also, most of the notes above a an F (two ledger lines above the bass clef +1 can be played in several positions. The higher you go, the more choices you have for positions.

​@@johngreen3844 bassoon fingerings...

Thanks Paul!

Yep ... still better than tenor cleff though hahaha

Could you not just put them with 8va instead? It's really hard working out what notes some of them are😭

@@lawsonmcguinnessmusic there wouldn't be all that many fewer ledger lines in tenor either 😅

no its not lmao

His articulation is so clean you’d think he’s playing on valves on that chromatic lick

Post it!