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Jimprindle

Rummaging around my books and etudes that I have used for the 50+ years of my playing, I pulled out the Lew Gillis 20 etudes for advanced bass trombone.(1965, Southern Music, I bought it for $1.75). I have used that book and the 70 Progressive Studies with my students in the past and I’ve always lik...

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I never thought of it very much. I just pick up the horn and play. But when I was studying with Jeff Reynolds, in the mid-70s, he advocated running your tongue over the mouthpiece rim several times before playing. I think it just made him more comfortable and more relaxed when he was about to play. ...

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Back to the original post. I don’t know what the heck you’re talking about, all those releases sound fantastic. Having worked with and played with Toby while he was here in San Diego, I can say definitely he does not stop notes with his tongue nor do I think a glottal stop. He just stops blowing lik...

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I always respected his advice on the trombone bulletin board and the old Trombone Forum. What I did not respect was his vicious attacks on anybody who did not totally agree with him, including myself. I laughed at his comment that his foot tapping was his conductor. Just joking, he could not take th...

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I believe the original record album was to promote stereo phonic sound. If you had a good stereo, the left and right speakers featured each half of the trombones. It was incredible

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As a high school kid in the early 60s, this is my first exposure to what trombones could do. Especially bass trombones. I have heard, from anecdote, that this was one of Bill Reichenbach’s favorite albums to listen to You can find both sides on YouTube 60 years ago, but still some of the best trombo...

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Over 30+ years and about 600 students I had success moving students of all ages from beginning to advanced in 2-3 years with this combination: Breeze Easy volumes I and II Rubank Intermediate and Fink Studies in Legato Rubank Advanced I and parts of II Continuing at the college level (which some stu...

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Bass trombone: Ferguson LS, Minick L. Tenor: Bach 4G with tenor shank.

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Fantastic playing! That Barry Clements is every bit as worthy a player as Mark.

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When I got my Conn 72H in the mid-1960s, it came with a Remington mouthpiece. After a visit with George Roberts I got a Bach 1/2 G stuck it in there and it worked fine. Got me through many professional years as well as college and I couldn’t tell any difference at all. Except that the Bach 1/2 G mad...

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Doug Elliott wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:15 am
Us mouthpiece makers need to keep selling mouthpieces to stay in business, so just keep destroying mouthpieces so we can keep replacing them.

Something similar to that Minick said to me in the 70s. Couple of other techs that I know said the same.

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Today I was searching out an item that we need at our house, doesn’t matter what it is. But I realized that all the places I went to used to have a Tower Record store. I went to three or four places that used to have a Tower Records in my area. I can’t even imagine what that would be nationwide. Whe...

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Professional player I know, now retired for several years, who I will not name. He had a long time position with a symphony orchestra. He was very happy with his Minick L mouthpiece but in the mid 90s, hearing that bigger was better took a drill bit to the throat of his mouthpiece. “How did that go ...

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You are probably playing the 3B like your bass. The 3B requires less air and more finesse. Switching in the middle of a concert (or even worse in the middle of one tune) can be VERY difficult to control. Can you find a way to play the solo on your bass? Maybe change the tessitura if the high D is t...

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As a bass trombonist, I am not usually called upon to improvise. But have learned the situation to figure it out. More than 50 years ago, in college, I was the only trombone player in a group that was hired to play what we used to call “businessman‘s bounce.” Background music at hotel lunches. We so...

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Besides the obvious benefit of learning how to shape the oral cavity for different ranges—if you can whistle in tune it might help your pitch on the telescoping tube as well.

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Getting back to the original topic, “What did Minick do”. He worked on my horns many times through the 1970s up to around 1980 I think. He originally made my Conn 72H a double trigger F/G/Eb open wrap instrument in 1971. Besides that, I went to him several times for various repairs—replacing the 72H...

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Well, I have never liked King basses (Conn, Bach or Shires for me in my 50 yr pro playing). But I love their tenor, I have a vintage 3B Silversonic which I enjoy playing. But I know others are enthusiastic about King basses. My advice is to just keep it as is and enjoy it as you like, and then buy a...

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In the early 1970s when I was studying with people who had played with the San Francisco Symphony in San Francisco, they kept talking about this young high school player named Joe Alessi. I guess he’s done good for himself since then. Not a bit surprised that he plays bass as well as Tenor.

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Or, with Bb/F/G/Eb, you can play Bb major with the slide in 1st position 😂.....worked that out in 1974 Chris I figured that out as well, probably the same year on my Minickized Conn 72H B/F/G/Eb: you can do two octave Bb scales in 1st position with the valves. Showed that to a tuba player and he ju...

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I think you are overthinking. My doubling experience, learn each instrument. Trust your learning. When you pick up the tuba, the tenor trombone, the bass trombone, the clarinet, whatever, play that instrument not the one you "think" you are comfortable with.

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Silly question. Who in their RIGHT MIND drives Toyota Honda Ford etc. i’ve run across lots of people who like to play Holton Trombones, I never liked them. But they like them. Also people who swear by Wick mouthpieces. Not me. But they love them. People like all kinds of stuff. The important thing i...

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Next question, I had some wonderful experiences with Toby while he was in San Diego. I would be interested if he actually put those pieces together and played them and what he thought about them.

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Superb research as usual Mr (or should it be Dr) Yeo. We see these famous people in their accomplished positions, but know little of their background. Thank you for that.

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I stopped "practicing" decades ago. I perform for myself daily because I enjoy it and have no another musical outlet these past few months. True, my performance includes a lot of long tones, scale exercises, etudes, etc. but I am not playing those things to "get better" or to "maintain" but because ...

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In the 70's I had the privilege of going to a few sessions at Hoyt's Garage. Earlier I had the gotten the first books Tommy had published (the Date publications, probably the best stuff of all Tommy's published music). Over coffee at a break I asked Tommy about his training and how he thought to wri...

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A trombone player and a tuba player passed by a bar....
Don't laugh! It could happen.

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According to Wikapedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Band_Bossa_Nova Alan Raph is listed as the only trombonist and Clark Terry as the only trumpet/flugelhorn

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Studies in Legato (etudes by Concone, Marchesi & Panofka) edited by Reginald Fink. A little simpler than the Bordogni/Rochut but nice melodies and fun to play. I also like the etudes in the Blazevich Clef Studies. If you don't want to deal with alto and tenor clefs see if you can find Blazhevich Ad...

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Read a bar or two ahead and once this becomes a habit it'll really help your reading. Bruce also mentioned this. Playing Broadway shows on the road where you have usually 1 rehearsal,then perform 8 shows a week and sometimes hundreds of pages, the only way I could handle reading "surprises" was not...

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"Manhattan Vignettes" for trombone trio is awesome.

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My private teacher had me learn alto clef first, after that tenor clef was easy. I taught it to students by having them learn all the first position notes first, then the other notes are relative to them. The R. Fink book is very good.

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The Remington long tones are excellent, but just a start. Back when I was doing 4-6 hours of practice a day (I call it my apprentice years), I was doing at least an hour of long tones, only about 8 minutes of them based on the Remington. In the mid 70's, Phil Teele and I would get together after a r...

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It really varies. For awhile, the bigger orchestras were competing over big equip, bigger mpcs, big loud bass trombone sounds. I think that changed in the late 1990's early 2000's. Now I think the examples being led by Boston, NYC (don't know about Chicago or others) is to use the instrument that fi...

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Going with what Bruce said about having the slide in exactly the right position to get the overtone in tune. If you are using a tuner, do not find the position for those low notes (the 2nd partial) by tuning in that register, instead tune the note 1 octave higher (4th partial, and even the 8th parti...

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What works for me (advice from Jeff Reynolds) is to form an embouchure and (without buzzing) touch the mpc to your lips. I do it in increasing lengths -- 1 second, 2, 4, 8, 16. As the entrance gets closer, do the same thing but blowing warm air into the instrument as Bruce suggested.

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I had the privilege of hearing GR in concert in 1963 while a HS school student, then again in 1965, 1966, and 1968. I did not exactly have a lesson, but in those last few years I sat with him in receptions (drinking a lot of scotch with him) pulling out my Bach 1.5 G and having him tell me how great...

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One of the best tuba players in town uses an oversize Eb with valves that throw it into BBb and who knows where else. All Ebs are not the same. I use a 3/4 size Weril BBb most of the time I am called for tuba, very similar to the same size Yamaha, plays about the same as the Yamaha and is a lot chea...

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The ITA Journals have found a new home

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I am downsizing and have decided to get rid of my ITA Newsletters and Journals. I have been a member since the beginning and have Volume 1, No. 1 (1973) to Volume 46, No. 4 (2018). Probably a 100 or more publications. Only missing Volume 27, No. 2 (1999) and Volume 46, No 3 (2018). They are free to ...

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Was the LS mayde for Jeff? There's also the Ferguson Jeff Reynolds which Minick Made for Jeff. Little bigger on the Rim than the L but with a smaller Backbore. I think Ferguson posted on the old trombone bulletin board that the LS was made for Jeff. It wouldn't surprise me that Jeff worked with Lar...

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I find I get a better overall result on a 1 1/4G. If I'm playing low on a large tenor or want my bass to sound like a large tenor, I use a Ferguson V, which is close to a 1 1/2G, I think on the slightly smaller side.... The Ferguson V is a copy that Kanstul made of the Minick V. I got one of the fi...

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I just listened to Nelson Riddles "The Joy Of Living" album in it's entirety on YouTube. Wow! What a tour-de-force for GR. Definitely a sound to emulate! How much "sweetening" was done in the recording studios in that period (late 50's-early 60's)? For those of you that played with or heard George ...

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He's also wearing a sword of some kind, which seems unlikely. They're pretty expensive, and musicians have rarely made enough money for luxuries like that. Musicians as late as the Civil War were issued swords. It was not unusual for a field musician to be armed.. When I was in an Army band during ...

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Your lungs will not change size, but how you do breathing exercises will help. David Vining has a great book about that http://www.mountainpeakmusic.com/breathing-book-for-tenor-trombone/ You Tube stuff as well. Over my 50 years of pro playing I have borrowed and created lots of exercises. You can p...

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I know nothing about this stuff, but I immensely enjoyed seeing my old friend, mentor, and trombone idol Miles Anderson endorsing this product. If Miles likes it you know it is good, if he didn't like it those who know (the very eloquent Miles) know he would use the most profane words in the America...

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One of my favorite Dick Nash ad lib solos is Mr. Lucky on Tuttis Trombones.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wPyvjbedo8&list=PLTwSK3gTU8estI0rMg2xtYcXgFKJ7Y964&index=28&t=0s. So well constructed, virtuostic, musical, true to the harmonies. The cup mute solo by Rosolino that follows is pretty good too...

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One of my first gigs moving to San Diego was playing with the SD Sym... Janocek Sinfonietta. I was playing 4th I think, and the regular bass trombonist in the last year of 30 was playing 3rd. At that time we were on the old plywood risers (the orch has upgraded to permanent risers, more substantial....

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1st laugh out loud with your section players that some idiot arranger doesn't get it

2nd I just do it with dynamics, super soft for the closed notes, louder for the open. Like the doo-wah singers of the 1950's

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