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Ed Neumeister -  Trombone Technique "through music" Back to the order page.

CONTENTS

About Ed Neumeister
About the CD Recording
Forward
Introduction
Philosophy
Daily Routine
Concepts of practicing
The basics
Breathing

        Section One: Melodic warm up (*15 min.)

Melodic warm up text
Etudes 1 - 24

  • Section Two: Athletic stretches (5 min.)

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    Athletic stretches text
    Stretch exercises

  • Section Three: Flexibility and Rangebuilding (10 min.)

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    Beginning lip flexibility and range building text
    Beginning lip flexibility and range building exercises
    Advanced lip flexibility and range building text
    Advanced lip flexibility and range building exercises

  • Section Four: Tongueing (5 min.)

    • Tongueing text
    Basic scale and tongueing exercises text
    Scale and Tongueing exercises
    Chord exercises

  • Section Five: Building Technique with Music (60 min.)

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    Building Technique with Music text

  • Section Six:  Improvisation (10 min.)

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    Improvisation text
    Examples of improvisation exercises text

    * Minimum suggested practice time when spending approximately two hours per day working with the instrument.
    See page 14 for complete suggested 'Daily Routine"

     
    Look through the table of contents to the left for an overview of what's in the book.

    See and hear a sample of one of the etudes.