Excellent Ian. Wish I'd had someone like you to teach me when I first started, and I wouldn't have picked up so many bad habits, and learned proper technique, right from the start.
Such important advice being given here! Perhaps along with the listening to music tip - I've found that it can be very beneficial to listen to accomplished vocalists as they sing melodies. Connecting the notes as a singer would. Thank you for providing this information.
Very good concepts I wish I would have understood 40 years ago as a frustrated student. I now think about the lips as the reed on a clarinet or string on a guitar. No one plays different pitches by adjusting the tension of a reed or twisting the tuning keys on a guitar. So don't try to play high notes by increasing the tention in your lips. I think of different registers as somehow raising the tounge and jaw to make a smaller air column like a smaller string on a guitar. You adjust the length of the string by pushing pressing on frets or on a trombone by the position of the slide. Positions of the slide equate to frets.
💯 % Chris Barber gave me that solid advise on the sound 👍 warm ups are vital you cnt just dive into DF lip trills , I would advise long tones softly get that airflow going . I dnt know about the tongue hitting the back of the teeth as I dnt have any but totally agree with do not push with the tongue. I used to hate major scales but now I love them. I try to cover 3 octaves. Great advise on this vid
I would like to give this more thumbs up, if I had more thumbs. Both of mine are up. This is obvious without being slightly obvious - what I think I mean is that it's explained so well that it sounds as if it SHOULD be obvious. Makes me want to RUSH into the practice room right now (instead of waiting for my daily 5pm that my wife agrees to). Not hard to see why he's one of the best on the planet (if not THE best) and one of the few that would be on everyone's top 5 list. Oh, wait - there are 15 thumbs down here. That's nuckin' futs, honest to god. Some people shouldn't be issued thumbs.
Bousfield’s comments about the high register have confirmed for me that it really is the air one should focus on. I certainly achieve much better tone (on the French Horn) when I lead with the air. So how should one START a note in a high register? How to get the air moving quickly enough right away so as not to hit a lower partial first? I’ve have had success lately by changing the the vowel, and therefore volume of my oral cavity and direction of airflow. Anyone have tips for high onsets? I should probably mention that I’ve only been playing for about 2 months, so my embouchure obviously needs to get stronger too. However, I have a lot of musical experience, and practice frequently, and the general principles of producing a high note should apply regardless of whether the note in question is “high” for everyone. My notion of “high” now starts around treble D (fourth line of the staff for a horn). The highest I can manage so far is the G above that.
This is SOO WISE. I've been playing Tromobone for my 5th year now and I've gotten a good feel for tone. How do you effectively practice going from the lower range to the higher range in jumps or just runs and still sound fluid and full. I'm trying to relax my lips and tongue more, but to hit or break through the air vacuum in the mouthpiece is hard for me( the accuracy to hold it after hitting it) Any advice? Or could I send a audio of me doing high scales to hear me?
Hey, I've playin for about 5-6 six years now too. Similar difficulty with large jumps--it's really tough--this book has helped me a ton. www.amazon.co.uk/Trombonists-Bass-Clef-Crees-Peter/dp/0570272300
Well aside from the obvious improved awareness of the notes when playing pieces, look at what he said about timing. Playing scales is an excellent way of improving your slide timing. Try moving your slide at the exact instant when you tongue the note. That'll improve your speed and accuracy. Another thing is tuning - really listen to every note in the scale. Is it bang in tune? I sometimes use a digital tuner app while doing scales.
You're not going to ever be able to sightread well if you don't know your scales. Sightreading, for all trombonists, is a skill you are required to be very good at.
Everything in this is gold.
It really is
Christopher Bill wow its really you!
oh fancy seeing you here christopher
Nope, you are the gold😁
Christopher bill you are awesome and your arrangements are awesome.
Thank you, Mr.. Bousfield. So insightful, incisive, helpful.
Brilliant - one off the best vids on brass playing on UA-cam, thanks Ian. This is all gold.
Every trombonist needs to watch this at some point in their lives
Thank you master!
And cheers for your interpretation of "blue bells of scotland", I enjoyed it so much, you're the man!
Fantastic. Wish I had access to this information back in the 1970s when I lived in Wyoming and Western Nebraska.
This is so true.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have been learning the trombone for only 3 months.
Excellent Ian. Wish I'd had someone like you to teach me when I first started, and I wouldn't have picked up so many bad habits, and learned proper technique, right from the start.
My practice always starts with breathing and listening to this. I can only recommend it for players at any level. Pure gold. Thank you Sir.
Best buzzing I've ever heard
look up Charlie Vernon buzzing. Pretty insane as well.
This guy dropped the most facts that I have ever seen.
Thank you so much, I've been struggling to play the trombone and I really think this definitely is going to help me!
Beautifully said
Man, this covers it all!
BRAVO Ian!! SPOT ON!!
Bravo Mtro. Bousfiel !!!
Very helpful advice.
Wwonderful - a great communicator and teacher
Priceless information Mr. Ian Bousfield... Thank you so much!
I hope you can come to Perú some day!!! :)
Such important advice being given here! Perhaps along with the listening to music tip - I've found that it can be very beneficial to listen to accomplished vocalists as they sing melodies. Connecting the notes as a singer would. Thank you for providing this information.
Thank you, very important
great tips!! Thank you
Thanks to you. Mr. Bousfield. I understood that some trombonists should just play with no attempts of teaching!
This is a phenomenally good and helpful video.
Great!!-makes me want to study again.
Very good concepts I wish I would have understood 40 years ago as a frustrated student. I now think about the lips as the reed on a clarinet or string on a guitar. No one plays different pitches by adjusting the tension of a reed or twisting the tuning keys on a guitar. So don't try to play high notes by increasing the tention in your lips. I think of different registers as somehow raising the tounge and jaw to make a smaller air column like a smaller string on a guitar. You adjust the length of the string by pushing pressing on frets or on a trombone by the position of the slide. Positions of the slide equate to frets.
💯 % Chris Barber gave me that solid advise on the sound 👍 warm ups are vital you cnt just dive into DF lip trills , I would advise long tones softly get that airflow going . I dnt know about the tongue hitting the back of the teeth as I dnt have any but totally agree with do not push with the tongue. I used to hate major scales but now I love them. I try to cover 3 octaves. Great advise on this vid
Excellent
I've heard this before from another Great Trombonist. Will Sudmyer. You both have the same embouchure!
Great video, hope you make more😀
Thanks you. Ian! very good information.
cheese
obrigado professor
Thanks for the advice. No wonder I'm not using my air correctly. I was pushing with the tongue.
Crews Owen same man
I would like to give this more thumbs up, if I had more thumbs. Both of mine are up. This is obvious without being slightly obvious - what I think I mean is that it's explained so well that it sounds as if it SHOULD be obvious. Makes me want to RUSH into the practice room right now (instead of waiting for my daily 5pm that my wife agrees to). Not hard to see why he's one of the best on the planet (if not THE best) and one of the few that would be on everyone's top 5 list. Oh, wait - there are 15 thumbs down here. That's nuckin' futs, honest to god. Some people shouldn't be issued thumbs.
Well done
Maestro!
Wonderful video. Thank you for the tips. What is your practice routine if you don’t mind me asking.
What he said is also applicable for other careers.
Bousfield’s comments about the high register have confirmed for me that it really is the air one should focus on. I certainly achieve much better tone (on the French Horn) when I lead with the air. So how should one START a note in a high register? How to get the air moving quickly enough right away so as not to hit a lower partial first? I’ve have had success lately by changing the the vowel, and therefore volume of my oral cavity and direction of airflow. Anyone have tips for high onsets? I should probably mention that I’ve only been playing for about 2 months, so my embouchure obviously needs to get stronger too. However, I have a lot of musical experience, and practice frequently, and the general principles of producing a high note should apply regardless of whether the note in question is “high” for everyone. My notion of “high” now starts around treble D (fourth line of the staff for a horn). The highest I can manage so far is the G above that.
This is SOO WISE. I've been playing Tromobone for my 5th year now and I've gotten a good feel for tone. How do you effectively practice going from the lower range to the higher range in jumps or just runs and still sound fluid and full. I'm trying to relax my lips and tongue more, but to hit or break through the air vacuum in the mouthpiece is hard for me( the accuracy to hold it after hitting it) Any advice? Or could I send a audio of me doing high scales to hear me?
Hey, I've playin for about 5-6 six years now too. Similar difficulty with large jumps--it's really tough--this book has helped me a ton. www.amazon.co.uk/Trombonists-Bass-Clef-Crees-Peter/dp/0570272300
Listen do the scales twice the speed. That's fun😂
Mr Bousfield has played on the Star Wars prequel trilogy soundtracks I believe
testing
I don't understand why scales are important
Well aside from the obvious improved awareness of the notes when playing pieces, look at what he said about timing. Playing scales is an excellent way of improving your slide timing. Try moving your slide at the exact instant when you tongue the note. That'll improve your speed and accuracy. Another thing is tuning - really listen to every note in the scale. Is it bang in tune? I sometimes use a digital tuner app while doing scales.
You're not going to ever be able to sightread well if you don't know your scales. Sightreading, for all trombonists, is a skill you are required to be very good at.
It unifies you and the instrument!
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