Below are some basic practice ideas I put together a few years ago for my college students. They apply, in most cases, to players at every level. Daily Practice What should I practice? 1) Warm-up/fundamentals 2) Range exersize/soft practice (alternating…
Month: October 2009
Updated Design
Updated the website design a couple of days ago. It looks fairly similar, with a few upgrades. Hopefully it’s still an intuitive, clear layout, which is important to me! Let me know if you have comments… I also renamed some…
Trombone History: 17th Century Timeline
I finally had to break up the 17th century of the Trombone History Timeline into 2 parts, first half and second half, because it was getting too big. I also added in some of the images that I had included…
Jazz Trombone History: Zue Robertson, Herb Flemming, Tom Brown
Added three more early jazz trombone history entries to the 20th Century Timeline: c. 1910—C. Alvin “Zue” Robertson, a New Orleans native, tours with the band that accompanies the famous Kit Carson Wild West Show. He becomes a member of…