Trombone Lessons: Developing Range 

Yeah it right for trumpet not trombone

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do you mean scale?

Honored Ninja lmao I'm just wondering what a double octave Eb is

A shift is necessary at some point, both high and low- but it means you won't be able to play a phrase which has notes on either side of a shift. The exercises I use in this video (not taking your lips off the mouthpiece between notes) help to develop the range without these shifts, so definitely try them out and see how it feels.

Christopher Bill ok thank you!! It is very helpful!! Working on it everyday!!!

Christopher Bill do you use the trigger during the first exercise or is that cheating?

the higher notes get closer together so most of them can be played in first... no trigger :)

+Roy Killough ayy mah boi roy

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we both have the same range, although I think the baritone can go a bit lower and we a bit higher. Oh, and he is also talking about the 4th line F :)

Baritone BC or TC? From the description I assume BC. Trombone and Baritone have a similar range but the Baritone range is a bit higher and a bit lower, as I believe Baritones can go below the low E natural that is low 7th position on a tenor trombone. (Well so can trombones, there is just a break from E natural to Bflat (pedal tone)). In this he starts at the midrange F (fourth staff line in BASS clef); and plays up two octaves, the F above the staff which is sort of the top of the midrange as I think of it. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but that's the F above middle C. Most high school music for trombones rarely goes higher. He goes then to the F above that!And I've never been there. I have never tried to get above the Bflat above the F above middle C. Plus he talks about going an octave higher yet!

The baritone usually has only three valves, so it's range is pretty much the same as a tenor trombone with no F-attachment, although the baritone can generally go a bit higher. However, if a trombone does have the F-attachment, then it can go down past the low E under the bass clef, although it definitely starts to sound muddy if you don't have a large bore tenor or a bass. Since baritones generally do not have a fourth valve (which is equivalent to the f-attachment), the next lowest note after E would be a pedal B-flat, completely skipping all those notes between the two. If, when you say baritone, you mean euphonium, which is probably what you play since the baritone is not as common, then you probably have a fourth valve, since MOST euphoniums do, and you will be able to sort of go between E and pedal B-flat, but if it isn't compensating then you will skip a note.

He is talking about the F in the middle of bass clef

+Sean Griffin my baritone has four valves, but I can only hit a fifth below the target F, and I can't play lower than the low F. I converted from trumpet this year

More more air open your mouth as much as possible

There really is no limit. Most pieces in high school won't have you going past an F4 (the F first F above the bass clef staff). However, it is good to constantly be extending your range. Certain pieces (especially in jazz band) may have you up on a Bb4. But for starters, I'd work on just being able to play a one octave Bb scale, and just inch your way above that, note by note.

Ajax if you're still in high school, the lowest note I've had to play in classical literature was a Bb1, with the highest being an A4, but when I did Jazz, I had to go up to Eb5. Jazz almost always requires a great upper register for lead playing.

Shut up

Wrong F. Lol

Chargers Hackenberg lol same, i can hit a f above the staff no problem on tuba and trombone feels weird

He means push the air continuously and in a controlled way. Also; a pedal Bb is the Bb an octave below the low Bb on the staff, which is a Bb1. Pedal notes are essentially all 1st octave notes.

+Triffton thanks :)

I agree, to a point. The idea of the exercise in this video is to be able to develop the entire range WITHOUT changing your lips. I do roll my lip in, but it's after the high F and I see it as an extended technique- not a part of normal trombone techniques. (also, I don't think I mentioned rolling the lip in at all in this video?)

In a different video i watched sorry

Yeah totally. It's my own method to get extreme notes- if you find a different way that works, I say go for it.

shadowed assassin No, the "elusive high F" is large top line of the treble clef

shadowed assassin it's the F above the high Bb