Warm-ups, Fundamentals, and Embouchure Conditioning for Trombone (8i06-1. 1) Ell Chasanov, Professor of Trombone Univesity of Minos at Urbana-Champaign, USA Email echasano@illinoixedu ww. crombone-a-ilino. com Part I: Body Warmup Breathing “instructions: Set metronome to 60 beats per minute. ‘Start with 4 id out and work up 101 in/out Blow up your breathing bag. Enpry lungs ofall air. Breathe ina constant rate, exhale ata constant rate (never stop or hol the ai). Do only 3-4 repetitions and then take a break Exercise: INHALS EXHAL “4 beats 4 beats 3 beats 4 beats 2 beats 4 beats beat 4 beats >. Embouchure, Slide Arm, Tongue Warm-up-WYork 10 maintain open partial seting down the slide air attack Toe ‘Toe airatiack Too Toe air tack Toe Toe arattack Toe Toe ‘ir atack Toe ‘Toe airatack Toe Toe Cpa Deven Repeated Longing Sve for Boxy quality ees Sixow Past TONGUE2 Part It: Embouchure Conditioning and Control NOTE: Start on any open partial note Use these conditioning exercises to build up 19 (or down from) each open paral and to develop strength, fleibilty. and connection between open partials Concentrate bth on focusrefinment of tone and consistancy of glssanda/connection ‘Iv ievery hell to buss with a plano or other pitch generator 4. Half Step Buzz Extension Exercise (on cutaway or mouthpiece) Dy beh ascending and ascending rane y y by Increasing Interval Buzz Extension Exercise (on cutaway or mouthpiece) Do both ascending and descending range a y Warmups/Furdamentas-ChasanovEmbouchure Conditioning (continued) gar Gis Exerc (on rombone) — Focus on slow lip glissando/bend benveen notes and quality of sow ‘Shivefora compete sss withou bumps or breaks. Use recording half speed listening to evaluate. “Asight pivot down ny be necestary o create a continuous gliss (iver up when ascending) (ith F valve) Warmups/Fundamentals-ChasanovEmbouchure Conditioning (cominved) 4, Advanced Range builing/Partial Gis Exercse-2ndto 10th Partial (on trombone) ‘Focus on slow ip slssando Bend between notes and quality of sound, Addi subtract partials ‘at extremes as srength allows, Strive for a complete lls without bumps or breaks Use recording al speed listening to evaluate. slight pivot down may be necessary create a continuons lise (pivot up when ascending). Do not sur higher than you can slur on the cutaway/off the horn at any point: the object i 10 build range, not damage muscle tsuel!? d-00 tle. Warmups/Fundamentals-ChasanovEmbouchure Conditioning and Control (continued) 5 «Quicker Lip Hexibily Shus-do ar varying temp with metronome. Check each slowy a fir, Strive for maximum muscular and air connection Between notes, Le flexing hot fliping. Evaluate wih half speed playback aa ~ Warmaps/Fumdamentals-Chasanov6 Embouchure Conditioning (cominned) Valve Extension Slur for Low Range Security Maintain Bs comeriho setting wits firm cormers throughout this exercise. A mirror will help, ‘Maincain open Bs partial seting and sound in trigger. No pivot adjustment necessary. 3. Mined Valve Slurs: Remember to pivot up for Ist trigger note (F partial) and then ‘back to Bs seting for oer. y : ‘ y meee 4.Peda extension srs: iv for pedal note, open aperture but don't lase cormer setting voy voy v 4 NOV yoy oy 4 4 a eyeceaim Cae 222 7 ae gee ce Warmups/Fundamentals-ChasanovPat It: Articulation, Side Coordination, Embouchure Control 1, Articulation matching through registers {ie glsses 10 enable enbouchure lees and to coordinate slide vii siss— + belts. Warmups/Fudamentas-Chasanov», Range extensionartialation matching: Maintain consistant tinbre & artiewation clarity Warmups/Fundamentas-Chasanov«Legato tonguing (evavate af at half sped) 1, Repeated note: Concentrate on comin of ar & tongue clarity ‘breathe anack = td dds db ‘breathe atack (ddd d breathe attack breathe atack breathe atack breathe attack td ddd ‘reat anack td Td ——sretheatack dd 2. Gliss & tongue: Concentrate om accurate, smoath slide motion from elbow) s ——~ et, 3. Combo: Foew on sie sped and smote tongue clarity Warmups/Fundamentals-Chasanoy