Trombone Lessons: Personal Warm Up 

I remember back in my senior year of high school, I did one of my oddest warm-ups at all-district. At my all-district auditions, they just crammed everyone into a giant auditorium and we all warmed up there. There were about 75 trombonists, and only me and one other guy were bass trombonists. So the two of us, being pretty good friends, did a warm-up that just involved playing things as loud and low as we could...(which I would never would do now, since loud pedal tones make a terrible warm-up). The two of us began competing with each other. He got down to somewhere in the double pedals, and I could only get to pedal C-B back then, so he kinda won that. But then, the next thing we knew, we had started a low note/volume contest between all the other trombonists, which then spread to other instruments. It was so funny, even though I'm pretty sure it detracted from everyone's audition. I did pretty well, but the thing I remember most from that whole experience was me and my friend starting an unofficial low note contest for pretty much everyone there. Good times, haha

CHIS HAS A beatiful VOICE

that interval training is working really well for me!!! thank you for uploading this, as well as the breathing

I've really been enjoying these videos. I'm trying for All State Jazz this year, so hopefully these videos, along with others I've been watching, will help me get there.

I am a Professional Trombonist and I have benefitted from this. Thank you Carole in Toronto

Thanks Chris! Hope you stop back and check comments from time to time. I'm glad I found this video. Just getting back to trombone after 26 year hibernation!

Wow he played a high F so easily. So jelly...

I'm an intermediate-advanced horn player, (by your system) but I still find these lesson videos valuable. The mouthpiece breathing exercise really helps, thanks!

Thank you so much for this! I really appreciate it!

Great site Chris. Thank you.

Great lesson man

Im a 8th grade trombone player and my band director makes us do the breathing up to the 4 12 and we do the buzzing of the 2 octave b flat scale and also do the long tone one to 3 notes

@Brianna Limon: Indirectly they do. If you start straight away playing fast and high without having fully awaken your body, you will get tired and cramped quickly. So you can't really get to the peak of you playing.

Im going to start praying to you every night

Nice Chris! All good stuff. Try some pitch bending exercises as well. Eventually playing Bb scale all in first position etc. Art Farmer had some of these pitch bending ideas in his book "The Art of Art Farmer" also check out "Flexus" by Laurie Frink and John McNeil. Thanks for sharing your great warmup ideas!

thanks, it helps

thanks im in 5th (only playing for like 3 weeks:( ) and this help so much

god man i play trumpet but this is so good that top f is just addicting

I personally do the technique you start at 5:30, although I think a beginner probably cannot do the full extent of what you were demonstrating.

Hi Chris,I really love your videos. You were saying to make sure that you don't raise your shoulders when you breath. So you think it's okay to take in a breath from your lower lungs, and then when you try to continue to breath and fill your upper lungs, you raise your shoulders?

Hey! Fellow music student/trombonist here. Love your video lessons. Just wanted to (politely) point out that you reversed 4 and 5 at 3:10. I wouldn't have said anything, but I'm kind of a grammar nazi when it comes to music theory. Anyways, keep up the awesome work, and I look forward to hopefully some more lessons from you.

Is this the choir room at SUNY Purchase?

This guys is really good! I'm 14 I barely picked up the trombone 5 months ago. I had a great start. I seem to have a natural talent for it. This is the first and only instrument that I have ever played. One day I plan on being ale to do what this guy is doing just as easy

I need some advice. So, I have been playing the Trombone for 3 1/2 years. Honestly, I am not the best player. However, I would like to study Music Therapy. In order to do this I have to audition. Do you have any tips? Thanks I really appreciate your time! p.s. Nice trombone skills :)

I've heard many different theories on mouthpiece buzzing. I've heard that you shouldn't do too much "just" mouthpiece buzzing because it can be harmful to your playing (which I agree with). I just want your input, how long would you say you buzz? No more than 10 minutes a day??

how long have you been playing trombone?

My warmup process is a lot shorter and less intricate than yours. Mine mostly consists of low long tones, pedal tones on the mouthpiece, scales, and playing the harmonic series. Then again, my range is a pedal G (G1) to the upper Ab (Ab4), so I don't need as much time.

What kind of trombone are you using? Is it the F, D or Bass attachment trombone???

I have a really important question. How can you play your high notes so easily because I am in the 6th grade band at my school and we have to play our scales in warm-ups. Recently,we learned our high E-flat scale and I just can't reach that high E or D even if I practice so hard.

im a starter in trombone playing im in six grade can you give me tips plaese

Can you post a version of you just warming up (full session) without the talking? #nooffense - it would be a great resource for beginning trombonists

i have a question for you or many of the viewers do the warm up exercises really help you get better

It is a pity that not speak English :( your videos are great!!

Very informative video thank you! But for the breathing exercise, when you breathe out, should you be breathing out cold air or warm air?

which trombone is that?

Wow you’re amazing what a gift!!! Sorry I had to spy on you a bit just wanted to see who you were😀

Anyone else feel like he was showing off at 8:18

Holy crud... I know I'm late and all, but how do you get that high?? And fluid with trombone

boy, I am NOT worthy....makes it look SOOOO easy...I struggle to get a good clean F above the clef consistently, after a 50 year hiatus ( I am nearly 70 ) I have returned to my horn with gusto but struggling with range. Practice daily and do plenty of long tones, lip slurs, and just playing and trying to expand the range...any advice would be welcome.

Do you support girl trombonist?... I feel like there aren't many guy trombonists that support girls. There is literally like 5 girls who play it in our entire school.

what am I doing here I play violin lol.. meh idc this is interesting

I AM LITERALLY STUCK ON THIS PEICE AND I HATE IT I SUCK AT PLAYING LOW NOTES

what mouthpiece are you using?

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You can sing?