
LEARN ABOUT TROMBONE PLAYING AND JAZZ IMPROVISATION
Books on BRASS TECHNIQUE
Great jazz solos transcribed for TROMBONE & TRUMPET
Discovering jazz? ESSENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS
PDF BOOKS
The Very Useful Trombone Book
Contains all sorts of useful information for trombone players including:
Practice tips
Daily routines
Tuning & intonation
Technique
Care & Maintenance
Instrument choice and more...
Free PDF (75 Pages)
Scales & Arpeggios For The Trombone
Major, minor & chromatic scales notated for the trombone. Essential for developing:
Sound Production
Breath Control
Coordination
Tonguing
Slide Technique
Free PDF (20 Pages)
Bebop Theory For Trombone
This PDF book explains scales, modes, and contains some cool patterns and jazz licks notated for the trombone in bass clef.
Chord Symbols
Scale & Modes
Patterns & Licks
Altered, Diminished, Augmented, Whole-tone...
Free PDF (43 Pages)
Vowel Sounds On The Trombone
Using vowel shapes to improve tone and play intervals more easily.
Free PDF (2 Pages)
Brass Websites
Trigger Exercises for Tenor Trombone
If you are new to the F-attachment trombone, these simple exercises will help develop co-ordination, sound & intonation.
Free PDF (9 Pages)
GREAT BOOKS TO IMPROVE TECHNIQUE
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New Method For The Modern Bass Trombone - Eliezer Aharoni
Arban’s Complete Method For Trombone - Jean Baptiste Arban
Modern Flexibilities For Brass - Scott Belck
Progressive Lip Flexibilities For Brass - Scott Belck
Tenor Trombone Method - Buddy Baker
Musical Calisthenics For Brass - Carmine Caruso
Long Tone And Flow Studies For Trombone - Vincent Cichowicz
Setting Up Drills For The Trumpet - H.L. Clarke
Advanced Lip Flexibilities For Trombone - Charles Colin
Complete Modern Method - Charles Colin
10 Minute Warm Up - Michael Davis
Flexus - Trumpet Calisthenics For The Modern Improvisor - Laurie Frink & John McNeill
A Systematic Approach To Daily Practice - Claude Gordon
to be used in conjunction with the following:
(i) Technical Studies - H.L. Clarke
(ii) Characteristic Studies For The Cornet - H.L. Clarke
(iii) Grand Method for Trumpet or Cornet - Saint Jacome
(iv) Lip Flexibilities for Trumpet - Walter Smith
Thirty Velocity Studies For Trombone - Claude Gordon
Technical Studies - Clarke-Gordon
The Remington Warm-Up Studies - Donald Hunsberger
The Original Louis Maggio System For Brass - Carlton MacBeth
Doodle Studies and Etudes - Bob McChesney
Method For Bass Trombone - Allen Ostrander
The Breathing Book For Tenor Trombone - David Vining
The Double Valve Bass Trombone - Alan Raph