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Trombone Basics
Slide Positions
The trombone differs from all other brass and woodwind instruments in the area of fingerings or in the case of trombone, slide positions. On a trumpet, when a valve is pressed, a fixed amount of tubing is added to the airway. This is not the case with the slide trombone. The player must find the correct position by listening and following general rules of slide positions. There are 7 different slide positions.
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Bass Clef Sign - Sign used by lower pitched instruments to read music
Music Reading Basics
Staff - 5 lines used to read music.
Time Signature - The number of beats per measure and the kind of note that receives one beat.
Measure (Bar) Line - A vertical line which divides the staff into measures.
Measure - The space between two measure (bar) lines.
The Music Alphabet - Music uses only the letters A through G. Each note is either on a line or in a space on the staff.
Line names: E, G, B, D, F
Space Names: F, A, C, E
Double Bar - The end of a section of music.
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Lessons 1 - 8
First Notes
1. OUR FIRST NOTE
2. A NEW NOTE
3. UP AND DOWN
4. WATCH YOUR RESTS
5. LOTS OF BREATH
Whole Rests and Notes
Whole note - 4 beats in 4/4 time
Whole rest- 4 beats in 4/4 time
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Slide Position Chart
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6. DIVIDE AND CONQUER
7. BRASS AND WOODWIND DEBATE
8. DRUMS TO THE FRONT
Quick Review
Measure (bar) Line
Divides the staff into measures
Measure
Space between two measure lines
How many measures in “DRUMS TO THE FRONT”?
What are the lines called at the end of a section?
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Slide Position Chart
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Lessons 9 - 16
2 counts
Half
Note
Half
Rest
2 counts
9. HOW ABOUT A HALF NOTE
10. DIVIDE AND COUNT
Attention: Rests are important. Be sure to count rests.
11. ALL BY YOURSELF
Clapping Practice
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Slide Position Chart
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12. MORE HALF NOTES
13. HALF NOTE TESTER
14. HALF AS MUCH
15. TAKE A BREATHER
16. HALF NOTE STOMP SYMPHONY
The Time Signature - At the beginning of every song you will find a time signature. The time signature indicates the number of beats in each measure and what kind of note receives one beat. Every song you have played to this point has 4 beats in each measure.
Link to mp3 Files
Slide Position Chart
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