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Sputtery tonging on Trombone when playing music
For some reason, whenever I play a piece of music (in this case, H. Vincent's 'Air for Baritone/Cornet'), I find that my tonging is very stutters and rough between notes, yet if I play one note, low ...
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Trombone - meaning of "do not clip notes"
I'm studying with the Alessi & Bowman version of Arban's method for trombone and euphonium.
Quite often, for instance when studying slurs, grace notes and arpeggios, one advice is to not clip a ...
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I don't recognize the symbol on top of this note. What is it, and how does it affect the note?
This is a picture of the note and the symbol. It's part of a blues trombone solo. I would like to know what the symbol is and how I should play it.
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Who was the first composer to notate a trombone smear?
I've been listening to Henry Fillmore's "Trombone Family". It brought me to thinking, how long have trombone smears been around in written sheet music? Was Fillmore, a.k.a. "Father of the Trombone ...
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