70 Progressive Studies FOR THE MODERN BASS TROMBONIST By LEW GILLIS 60 STUDIES IN THE USE OF THE F ATTACHMENT VALVE ‘TEN STUDIES IN PEDAL NOTES CIRCLE OF KEYS SCALE STUDY $15.00 SOUTHERN MUSIC COMPANY | | B24 | . L70 PROGRESSIVE STUDIES FOR THE MODERN BASS TROMBONIST FOREWORD Ie is presumed chat the student, when beginning this book, has already had some basie inseruction in Trombone and bas acquired some agility in ies performance. This book is not extremely dificult inthe sense of being tricky or chythmically hard but is designed co assist in the uses of the valve positions and pedal notes necessary to modern day Bass Trombone playing. Tm preparing this book on Bass Trombone, I fele that the proper approach to the mastery of the take each of the valve postions separately, beginning with V1. Each succeeding group of exer- crument was an extensive study of each of the valve positions. The following exercises cscs takes the next postion bue at the same time uses the preceding ones. In this manner ee last ‘group of valve studies (Vo7) also includes V1, V2, ete Following the sixty valve studies are ten studiesin the use ofthe pedal notes. These studies ace extreme in the use of the pedals and are designed to give a full scope of their use. In these ten studies the suggested valve postions are omitced, ‘The final portion of the hook is 2 scale study. ‘This study cakes the student through the circle of keys with the use of broken scale passages. All of the possible valve uses are incorporated in ehis eudy bur, as in the pedal studies, the suggested valve postions are omicted Lew Gillis INDEX Position Chart 2 Sinty Svudies in the use of the F Attachment Valve A. Ise Position C-P 5 B. 2nd Position B-E 9 , Eth Position Bb-Eb 1s D. th Position A-D a E. b 6th Position Ab-Db 2 F. 6 7th Position GC 3 ‘Ten Seudlies in Pedal Notes 38 itele of Keys Scale Seudy 8Bass Trombone Position Chart be 2. 8 Yeo vil wa. ee = © os of 2 8 4 8 8 vel ves 6 7 vel vd vbb vg vb Ub. 3 2 3 4 6 7 vgs vee WT velo vb2 vt v85 whe vb7 | | | | | Pedals ys ‘This chae for “F* actachment only MEETS ud70 Progressive Studies MODERN BASS TROMBONIST HE F ATTACHMENT VALUE tet Position (7° U Quickly va va pad cs ty ssn Campy eeMartial tempo ; | podModerately a. ) SSeS = az =e voy v * 6 a v .Moderately fast quiekiy = =B24an Poston Moderately i. quickly zzFasta Quickly - Int Beau2 Snoothly Moderately fast pod5) Moderately fast Martial tespo 7 =a is. ma Sea ise ?hath Position Slowly fee. 21 SEE Fore be Martial tempo p-224| we fess tg tT see ¥ ip = = Spa oe l= a at Moderatery ase = 2S) sages B-224v Snootnty. a Ta a 25. B.224pea242 \ Moderately5th Postion Staccato vs FA A waxtial toapo 224ee 2 Moderately B24pevasQuickly Va Moderately p22Quicklypedth Patton 7) - a V6 V6 a fetete, - aE Sere errs of ras 20502 85 1 1 a fete tos. - FSS SSS aes teh "2s 2 14s 1 oy ve se See an SSS ov SSS SS © wogeratery Beasdartial tempo B228Hs i “t B22Quickly SSS SSS au aiatietee es = 2 SSS re vw 8 "| {i tt 224Moderately fast p282 Moderately33 bh Postion v7 Slowly Martial compo 224| Moderately fast T= B224quickly . _ —_ | ee ae BS Gee maaa Slowly Quickly Parry‘TEN STUDIES IN PEDAL NOTES pom63. Bs 2 = 64. pew62S Sa ee ’ o 2nd tine gee Lower peedSES SSS = ne2es === SS. SS Gi i veges SSS SSSCIRCLE OF KEYS SCALE STUDY Ss ee ry Se — lay ges SSeS eS {6 aesby on CIRCLE OF KEYS SCALE STUDY =e otf, stie effet aaa Jor eS Ss Sit-eee 5 anette, Se JR SSS eS sem ste tr, B224