![]() You can also experiment with changing the starting pitch and therefore what part of your range you are playing in. Speed it up or take it higher: Once playing the scale in quarter notes gets easy, increase the challenge by practicing it in 8th notes until this is comfortable. As we develop the ability to do this, we end the common bad habit of shifting up or down on the mouthpiece for the upper or lower register, giving us a more connected approach that doesn’t get us “stuck” in transition.Ģ. Practicing it in two octaves gives us the added challenge of maintaining one embouchure position for a wide range of notes. The Scale I’d start by practicing the scale from low E to the E two octaves up, in quarter notes, with a metronome, at whatever tempo is challenging but doable to maintain a steady beat and visualize the notes of the scale. I hope some of these practice ideas below prove to be both enjoyable and useful. We only have 7 positions, so it is important to get specific with the exact note you are playing rather than just associate it with its corresponding position, otherwise it is very easy to confuse two notes in the same partial with each other and can cause a disconnect with truly hearing what we are playing at all times. I’m sure it’s true for all instruments, but especially on trombone, it is essential to visualize everything you are doing, to both hear and to name the sequence of notes rather than just throw your slide out to a position and hoping for the best. ![]() Like everything new we learn, the fastest way to get this scale under your fingers is slowly. All this to say, practicing chromaticism is a worthwhile endeavor that will keep you busy for the entirety of your musical life. Being able to think chromatically gives us a better capacity to transpose, to embellish melodies by chromatic approach, and to link between musical and harmonic arrival points. Not only does practicing it give us greater facility on the instrument and make it easier for us to navigate the larger distances between half steps on the horn, but it is also musically very useful. Once you have found the best trombones, the chromatic scale is hands-down the most difficult scale to play : the way the horn is set up, certain places in the scale demand the slide to travel a huge physical distance lightning fast just to go from one note to the next half-step up! Therefore, this is a scale I’ve spent (and continue to spend) a great deal of time working out on. By Music Minds Staff 0 Comments By Natalie Cressman, Trombone Player for Trey Anastasio Band
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