[Trombone-l] New student and dental issues

Sat Aug 13 20:15:55 CDT 2022

I concur with George’s list. I use those books too.  Reg Fink wrote some really good stuff. I don’t think he ever got his book on basic rhythmic patterns written. He passed three years after I met and hung out with him at ITF ‘93. He told me it was to be his next book because the students he was getting at OU couldn’t play basic rhythmic patterns.  Two of my students went to OU later, after he passed. I’ve worked with all my students on rhythm. It sure helps with sightreading.

Linda Landis, Lead Trombone Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Private Teacher

> On Aug 13, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Ralph Whitfield Jr. via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> 
> George,
> 
> No need to apologize…I’m right up there with you!!
> 
> I don’t know where time went!
> 
> Ralph
> 
> Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr.
> Bass Trombone, Gadsden Symphony Orchestra
> Founder of Grand Avenue Brass
> Owner of Rainbow Brass Music co.
> "Trombonist by Nature, Engineer by Necessity!"
> 
>> On Aug 13, 2022, at 2:29 AM, George Butler <georgebutler3rd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Oops!  I meant to write, "I apologize, Ralph."  :-). (Don't get old, kids.)
>> 
>>>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 10:26 AM George Butler <georgebutler3rd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I wrote this five weeks ago, saved it to my "drafts" folder, and promptly forgot about it.  I apologize, Paul!  (Duh!)
>>> 
>>> For the longest time (mumble, mumble), I used the books of the late Reginald H. Fink, a Remington student who was longtime professor of trombone at Ohio University.  Most are published by Accura Music.  My favs:
>>> --Introducing Legato
>>> --Introducing the F-Attachment
>>> --Advanced Musical Etudes:  112 rhythmic and melodic studies in bass clef, based upon Blazhevich's *School in Clefs for Trombone*
>>> https://www.accuramusic.com/collections/trombone-methods
>>> 
>>> You'll notice on that Accura page that there is an *Advanced Rhythm and Technique Etudes* in bass clef, based upon the Blazhevich *Sequences*.  I've never looked at this, but I'd think that these would be too hard for a tenth grader, even simplified without the C clefs.
>>> 
>>> Also note on the Accura page that there is a new edition of Donald Hunsberger's *The Remington Warm-up Studies*.  Of course, you might just teach these by rote, as Irvin Wagner does.
>>> 
>>> There is also a Reginald Fink collection of vocalises by Concone, Marchesi, and Panofka called *Studies in Legato*, published by Carl Fischer.  These are more advanced than the *Introducing Legato* mentioned above.
>>> 
>>> I know that many teachers dive right into Bordogni vocalises--what we used to call *the Rochut book*--but I like to start with easier things:
>>> 
>>> --Giuseppe Concone, *40 Legato Studies*, Concone's opus 17, edited by Donald Miller, published by Ensemble Publications.
>>> http://www.enspub.com/pages/00/00540.htm
>>> Piano accompaniment is available in various editions at IMSLP:
>>> https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fe/IMSLP336101-SIBLEY1802.22865.03f4-39087009887029score.pdf
>>> 
>>> --Heinrich Panofka, *24 Progressive Vocalises*.  Encore Music Publishers (Wesley Jacobs, retired tubist of the Detroit Symphony) had these for trombone, for trumpet (euphonium T.C.), and for tuba, as well as the piano accompaniment.  They all seem to have gone out of print recently, but perhaps a retailer might still have it on the shelves.  Freebie piano accompaniment from IMSLP, if you'd like to see if it's worth tracking down:  https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/88/IMSLP321839-SIBLEY1802.22746.d4bf-39087009893944score.pdf
>>> 
>>> --*Bel Canto for Trombone*, edited by Robert Beringen, published by De Haske, available in the U.S. from Hal Leonard dealers.  About a dozen easier vocalises by Tosti, by Marchesi, by Concone.  The set includes the piano book, the trombone booklet, and a CD with model tracks performed by Ian Bousfield, and other tracks with piano only:
>>> https://www.musicshopeurope.com/bel-canto-for-trombone-dhp%201084522--400?returnurl=%2fsearch%3fq%3dbel%2bcanto%2btrombone%26substoreid%3d
>>> 
>>> Interestingly, there is a euphonium version of this, the same vocalises (by Tosti, by Marchesi, by Concone) that are set a third or so lower than the trombone version, something that I sometimes find useful for a student.  The solo euphonium book is set in B-flat treble clef in the first half of the book, and the same etudes printed in bass clef in the back of the book.  Steven Mead is the soloist on the CD model tracks:   https://www.musicshopeurope.com/steven-mead-presents-bel-canto-for-euphonium-dhp%201064158--400
>>> The piano accompaniment is available as a separate book:  https://www.musicshopeurope.com/steven-mead-presents-bel-canto-for-euphonium-dhp%201064164--401?returnurl=%2fsearch%3fq%3dbel%2bcanto%2beuphonium%2bpiano%2baccompaniment%26substoreid%3d
>>> 
>>> The Blazhevich of our time is Brad Edwards, professor of trombone at Arizona State University.  My guys have not gotten very far in *The Intermediate Trombonist*, but maybe they are a bit too young for it?  
>>> Anyway, take a look at the sample pages and decide for yourself: https://www.trombonezone.org/books/
>>> 
>>> One admirable extra with Brad's work is that he usually has different versions for tenor and for bass trombone.  
>>> 
>>> My favorite of Brad's books, the one I'd take to a desert island, the one that I use with my older students, is still *Simply Singing*.  See it, sing it, buzz it, play it.  Very nice English and Irish folk tunes in contrasting keys and styles, with nicely-done duets throughout.
>>> 
>>> I hope others can chime in, as I'm always on the search for new things for the kids.
>>> 
>>> --George Butler, Lasnamäe Muusikakool, a children's music school in Tallinn, Estonia
>>> https://www.muusika.tln.edu.ee/est/opetajad/?opetaja=george-butler
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 7:08 PM Paul Johnston via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>>>> I had mine taken out in college on Christmas break also in the mumbles,
>>>> mumbles.  I remember having the teeth taken out on Monday, stitches out on
>>>> Friday morning and I think I started facetime on the horn that evening or
>>>> at least Saturday for sure.
>>>> 
>>>> I think I would have the student double check with the oral surgeon or
>>>> dentist (whomever does the extraction) to make sure.
>>>> 
>>>> Paul
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 10:05 AM Ralph Whitfield via Trombone-l <
>>>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Folks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Been real quiet.  Here are some questions for the group.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a new student who informed me that she is going to have her
>>>>> wisdom teeth removed "soon".  She says next week but her grandmother
>>>>> thinks later than that.  Regardless, how long should she abstain from
>>>>> playing after having her wisdom teeth removed?  I have mine done over a
>>>>> Christmas break back in the "mumble...mumble...mumble...s".  I don't
>>>>> remember how long I laid off the horn.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My thinking is a week, 2 at the most?  What are your thoughts?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On a second topic...this particular student is around early high
>>>>> school.  What method books should we be looking at?  I've had her as a
>>>>> student for about 2 months now and we have been working on tone
>>>>> production, air support and tonguing...all things that really doesn't
>>>>> need music to play.  Now, I want to start some methods. What is the
>>>>> current thinking for method books for this age?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ralph
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
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