Daily Routines for the Student Trombone Player

"Daily Routines" for the Student Trombone Player is intended for junior high school through early college students, but also works perfectly for those more advanced players wanting to hone a particular skill or play a gentle yet all-inclusive daily routine.

The routines in this book provide a comprehensive way to ensure that you practice all your fundamental trombone skills every day. Practicing fundamentals is the most important practice session of your day because when your fundamental skills improve, everything you play gets better. "Daily Routines" contains eight routines: Breath Support, Intonation, Slide Technique, Ear Training, F Attachment, Tenor Clef, Alternate Positions, and Duet Routine.

Each routine is further divided into seven skill categories: long tones and buzzing, crescendo/diminuendo, flexibility, subito dynamics and articulation style, resonant low playing, articulation (first on one note and then moving around), and range (first high and then low).

By combining the seven skill categories with each routine, "Daily Routines" assures that all of your fundamental skills will improve equally over time.