Author: ben

Nothing should bug us more than throwing the slide out to a position and getting nothing! This usually happens in slurred passages but actually can happen anytime. Why? Because the Continue Reading →

The company that makes the pBone tenor plastic trombone has come out with a smaller alto version in Eb. Unfortunately those who were disappointed in the tenor version will be Continue Reading →

Every brass player has heard of the idea how important long tone practice is, and how the old time players relied it. My question is; what kind of long tones Continue Reading →

This month I want to focus on the fact of how much the embouchure has on pitch variation. An easy test to find out how much is to play with Continue Reading →