I was recently asked for an alto trombone position chart, and realizing that I included one within my book Alto Trombone Savvy, but not here in my blog, I thought I should get busy. In case you’re not familiar with my book on alto, I consider it to be the missing manual for the alto …
I get a lot of requests for advice on playing the alto trombone, so I created a video that demonstrates a method for practicing the alto that I used when I first started out and still use today: playing tenor trombone music a fourth up so that you are playing the same partials on the alto, …
My long-time good friend and bass trombone extraordinaire Gerry Pagano is retiring from the St. Louis symphony next month after 27 years. That’s over 125 in dog years!! Gerry and I have talked much over the years about the fate of symphony players resting on the cities in which openings happen to pop up for …
I am often asked this question and I’m not sure I’ve ever given a satisfactory answer, at least one that satisfies aspiring alto trombone players. So let me take another whack at it.
Tools for helping musicians at all levels learn about jazz and play to their full capability.
This is just a fake book example for the type of website I can build for you. Just trying to use a little humor here!
