5. Co-ordination
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Peter GaneLearn the slide technique that professional trombonists use and how to apply it in different situations to get the best tone quality, and time feel
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Circuit Training Unit 5: Coordination
Hello and welcome to Circuit Training Unit 5, Coordination. Here at the Guildhall, we have always taught students to move the slide in rhythm with the music.
Example Play
Can you play an example, say Figure 2, page 27? This slide action will be the same for both detached and legato playing.
Notice how Chris used the same slide action for both legato and detached playing.
Center and Focus
Moving on to center and focus:
- Awkward intervals, shapes, and whole tone scales can feel quite crooked.
- Take your time to center and focus.
For the next example, I will focus on the middle pitch and use the airspeed and pitch resonance to create a line, rather than exaggerated embouchure movement.
Importance of Subdividing
Subdividing in advance is something we all have to do. Yes.
- Try to feel the subdivisions of pulse within each note to sustain correct note lengths.
Peter's Center and Focus Study
Before I play Peter's excellent center and focus study, check for:
- Seamless joins between simple and compound rhythms.
- Well-supported precision between wider intervals with embouchure control.
- Sustained note lengths to maintain pulse and melodic line, particularly at the end of phrases.
Summary
In Unit 5, Coordination, we have looked at:
- Coordination and synchronization
- Center and focus
- Rhythm subdivision to consolidate
Work through this unit once again, and don't forget that all we have talked about can be found in Circuit Training, Volume 2.
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Meet your guru
Peter Gane is one of Britain's leading brass specialists and trombonists. At the age of 19 he became a member of the London Symphony Orchestra. He became a professor at the Guildhall School in 1971 and remains so to this day. He was elected a Fellow of the Guildhall School in 1981 and was Head of the Wind, Brass and Percussion from 1988 to 2008. He is Artistic Adviser to the Combret Music Festival, Aveyron, France.
A founder and former president of the British Trombone Association, Peter is a noted educator. He has a long-standing association with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra, where he has been professor of trombone since 1977 and 1984 respectively.
As a teacher, brass specialist and conductor he has taken masterclasses and workshops in many European conservatoires and with professional groups in Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Holland, Austria, Italy and the US. In 1996 his international reputation was confirmed by the presentation of the Neill Humfeld Award for excellence in trombone teaching by the International Trombone Association.
Peter's publications include: The Good Brass Guide, Trombone Books 1 & 2, published by Trinity Guildhall; Circuit Training for Trombone, volumes 1 and 2, Slide Systems, Five Games, Guildhall 125, World in Motion, Mansion House Fanfare, all published by Warwick Music; How Trombonists Do It, published by Brass Wind; and Brass Medals, published by the Associated Board.
That same Circuit Training approach is what Peter shares with you here: focused, repeatable workouts that build the slide accuracy, breath control, flexibility and tone you need to take real command of the trombone - whatever your level.
