TROMBONE YOU ARE CREATIVE YOU ARE A MUSICIAN YOU CAN DO THIS
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TROMBONE BASICS Use the online videos listed with each topic to help you you at home. www.BasicBand.info
LEFT HAND - Thumb Thumb up and on on the the bar - First finger by mouth mouth piece piece - Other Other fingers fingers in the box box
– Trombone Video Lesson 1 –
RIGHT HAND - Two fingers fingers on top top - Thumb Thumb on on bott bottom om - Wrist pushes the slide out, fingers catch it it
– Trombone Video Lesson 1 –
EMBOUCHURE - Put your lips together like you’re you’re saying “M” - Push fast air through your tightly tightly closed closed lips - Rest the mouth piece piece on the center of your lips lips
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PLAYING POSITION - Sit up stra straigh ightt - Point Point the the bell bell up
BREATHING
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- in on “OH” out on “TOH” - Never Never stop stop the air - Stop your your sound sound by breathi breathing ng in
TOH
TONGUING
- Say “TOO” - Tongue goes against the back of your your top teeth
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THE MUSICAL ALPHABET Online Video Lessons for Everyone www.BasicBand.info
FORWARDS
BACKWARDS
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Q & A ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1) What What lette letterr comes comes after after G ?
forwards in the alphabet, does the sound go up or down? 2) When When we mov move e forwards in
backwards in the alphabet, does the sound go up or down? 3) When When we mov move e backwards in
PENCIL GAMES ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WITHOUT looking at the previous page, fill in the missing letters: forwards:
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A __ __ D __ __ __ __ __ C __ __
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E __ __ __ B __ __ __ F __ __ __
backwards:
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C B __ __ F __ __ __ __ A __ __
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F __ __ __ __ __ G __ __ __ C __
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DUPLE RHYTHM PATTERNS
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Be expressive when performing with your voice and with your instrument!
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TRIPLE RHYTHM PATTERNS
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Be expressive when performing with your voice and with your instrument!
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SEVEN POSITIONS Trombone Video Lesson Less on 3 www.BasicBand.info
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all the way in
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hand 4 & slide bell & bell
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7 as far as you can reach
FIRST FIVE NOTES Trombone Video Lesson Less on 7 www.BasicBand.info
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B MAJOR SCALE B = DO (concert B )
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DUPLE SONGS HOT CROSS BUNS
MI RE DO (rest)
DO-DO-DO-DO RE-RE-RE-RE
MI RE DO (rest)
MI RE DO (rest)
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
MI RE DO RE RE
MI MI MI (rest)
RE RE RE (rest)
MI SO SO (rest)
MI RE DO RE RE
MI MI MI (rest)
RE RE MI RE
DO ---------------------------------------
MI ------- MI RE
DO ------ DO (rest)
RE ------- RE FA FA
MI RE RE DO (rest)
SO ------- SO FA
MI ------- MI
RE FA MI RE
DO ---------------------------------------
GO TELL AUNT RHODIE
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LIGHTLY ROW
SO MI MI (rest)
FA RE RE (rest)
DO RE MI FA
SO SO SO (rest)
SO MI MI (rest)
FA RE RE (rest)
DO MI SO SO
DO --------------------
MI ------- RE
DO MI RE RE
DO --------------------
AU CLAIRE DE LA LUNE
DO DO DO RE
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TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
DO DO SO SO SO
LA LA SO (rest)
FA FA MI MI
RE RE DO (rest)
SO SO FA FA
MI MI RE (rest)
SO SO FA FA
MI MI RE (rest)
MI MI-MI DO-DO-DO MI MI SO (rest)
RE RE-RE
TI-TI-TI
RE RE FA (rest)
MI MI-MI DO-DO-DO MI MI SO (rest)
RE MI-FA
MI RE
DO ----- DO (rest)
SKIP TO MY LOU
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TRIPLE SONGS ROW YOUR BOAT
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CHROMATIC SCALE ALWAYS REMEMBER - The Chromatic Scale is Scale is when you play every note on the instrument, in order, up or down. - When you go up, up, use use sharps sharps ( ). When When you you go go down, down, use !ats ( ). - It can start and end end on any note. note.
