BOB DOWELL
trombonist
LEARN ABOUT TROMBONE PLAYING AND JAZZ IMPROVISATION
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Books on BRASS TECHNIQUE
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Great jazz solos transcribed for TROMBONE & TRUMPET
Discovering jazz? ESSENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS
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PDF BOOKS
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The Very Useful Trombone Book
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Contains all sorts of useful information for trombone players including:
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Practice tips
Daily routines
Tuning & intonation
Technique
Care & Maintenance
Instrument choice and more...
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Free PDF (75 Pages)
Scales & Arpeggios For The Trombone
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Major, minor & chromatic scales notated for the trombone. Essential for developing:
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Sound Production
Breath Control
Coordination
Tonguing
Slide Technique
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Free PDF (20 Pages)
Bebop Theory For Trombone
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This PDF book explains scales, modes, and contains some cool patterns and jazz licks notated for the trombone in bass clef.
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Chord Symbols
Scale & Modes
Patterns & Licks
Altered, Diminished, Augmented, Whole-tone...
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Free PDF (43 Pages)
Vowel Sounds On The Trombone
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Using vowel shapes to improve tone and play intervals more easily.
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Free PDF (2 Pages)
Brass Websites
Trigger Exercises for Tenor Trombone
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If you are new to the F-attachment trombone, these simple exercises will help develop co-ordination, sound & intonation.
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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
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10 Minute Warm Up - Michael Davis
Flexus - Trumpet Calisthenics For The Modern Improvisor - Laurie Frink & John McNeill
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A Systematic Approach To Daily Practice - Claude Gordon
to be used in conjunction with the following:
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(i) Technical Studies - H.L. Clarke
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(ii) Characteristic Studies For The Cornet - H.L. Clarke
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(iii) Grand Method for Trumpet or Cornet - Saint Jacome
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(iv) Lip Flexibilities for Trumpet - Walter Smith
Thirty Velocity Studies For Trombone - Claude Gordon
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Technical Studies - Clarke-Gordon
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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
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