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Shawn Bell
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Get weekly video lessons from award winning Jazz trombonist and educator Shawn Bell.
"Maiden Voyage" Practice Guide
Free PDF handouts for all instruments @
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Lesson Outline
00:00-01:20 Intro
01:21-02:47 Sus chord music theory basics
02:48-05:24 Approach #1 Pentatonics
05:25-08:53 Approach #2 Modes and connecting across chords
08:54-12:57 Approach #3 Diatonic triads
12:58-14:15 Wrap up
Equipment
Horn: Bach 36
Mouthpiece: Griego Alessi 7-D
Trombone mic: Royer R 101
Vocal mic: Lauten Audio LA 320 V2
Interface: Focusrite Clarett 4 pre
Pre-amp: Audient ASP800
www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic
Stream Paper Canaries "B.A.C."
open.spotify.com/album/29v50jx83VkelJUFF5P5TH?si=Njz3kULoToK1z7mAeDXCYg
Join the virtual studio @
www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic
Support @
www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic
Sign up for a one on one lesson @
www.shawnbellmusic.com/
Albums available @
open.spotify.com/album/1YA2f4...
music.apple.com/us/album/trio...
Follow @
belltonebrass
belltonebrass/
Lesson Outline
00:00-01:20 Intro
01:21-02:47 Sus chord music theory basics
02:48-05:24 Approach #1 Pentatonics
05:25-08:53 Approach #2 Modes and connecting across chords
08:54-12:57 Approach #3 Diatonic triads
12:58-14:15 Wrap up
Equipment
Horn: Bach 36
Mouthpiece: Griego Alessi 7-D
Trombone mic: Royer R 101
Vocal mic: Lauten Audio LA 320 V2
Interface: Focusrite Clarett 4 pre
Pre-amp: Audient ASP800
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3 Steps To Better Intonation As An Improvisor
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Free PDF handouts for all instruments @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Join the virtual studio @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Listen to Paper Canaries @ czcams.com/video/kuDu9viblso/video.html Support @ www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic Sign up for a one on one lesson @ www.shawnbellmusic.com/ Albums available @ open.spotify.com/album/1YA2f4... music.apple.com/us/album/trio... open.spotify....
Paper Canaries feat. Myles Jasnowski - B.A.C.
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Listen @ open.spotify.com/artist/1eSDLTPSp3bCNryi5Ob6JS?si=1avXhPWqQAScfvL1QgS28w music.apple.com/us/artist/paper-canaries/1754259540 Follow @ papercanaries papercanaries Shawn Bell - Trombone Mitch Towne - Keyboard Myles Jasnowski - Guitar Bobby Scharmann - Bass Jeffery Johnson - Drum Set
How To Play The Blues On Non-Blues Tunes
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Stream Paper Canaries "B.A.C." open.spotify.com/album/29v50jx83VkelJUFF5P5TH?si=Njz3kULoToK1z7mAeDXCYg czcams.com/video/kuDu9viblso/video.html Free PDF handouts for all instruments @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Join the virtual studio @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Support @ www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic Sign up for a one on one lesson @ www.shawnbellmusic.com/ Albums available @ ope...
How Room Acoustics Impact Your Playing And What To Do About It
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Free PDF handouts for all instruments @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Join the virtual studio @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Support @ www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic Sign up for a one on one lesson @ www.shawnbellmusic.com/ Albums available @ open.spotify.com/album/1YA2f4... music.apple.com/us/album/trio... Follow @ belltonebrass belltonebrass/ Lesson Outline...
Should You Learn Jazz Standards?
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Free PDF handouts for all instruments @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Join the virtual studio @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Support @ www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic Sign up for a one on one lesson @ www.shawnbellmusic.com/ Albums available @ open.spotify.com/album/1YA2f4... music.apple.com/us/album/trio... Follow @ belltonebrass belltonebrass/ Lesson Outline...
Night In Tunisia a la JJ Johnson Practice Guide
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Free PDF handouts for all instruments @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Join the virtual studio @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Support @ www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic Sign up for a one on one lesson @ www.shawnbellmusic.com/ Albums available @ open.spotify.com/album/1YA2f4... music.apple.com/us/album/trio... Follow @ belltonebrass belltonebrass/ Lesson Outline...
How To Sound Great Even If You Aren't A Virtuoso
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Free PDF handouts for all instruments @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Join the virtual studio @ www.patreon.com/shawnbellmusic Support @ www.buymeacoffee.com/shawnbellmusic Sign up for a one on one lesson @ www.shawnbellmusic.com/ Albums available @ open.spotify.com/album/1YA2f4... music.apple.com/us/album/trio... Follow @ belltonebrass belltonebrass/ Lesson Outline...
"There Will Never Be Another You" Practice Guide
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"There Will Never Be Another You" Practice Guide
Is This Missing From Your Solos? 4 Types of Minor Major Ideas
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Is This Missing From Your Solos? 4 Types of Minor Major Ideas
The "Worst" Best Advice About How To Practice Improvisation
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The "Worst" Best Advice About How To Practice Improvisation
Should you Practice This Jazz Improvisation Exercise?
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Should you Practice This Jazz Improvisation Exercise?
The Most Important "Non-Jazz" Tune You Should Be Practicing
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The Most Important "Non-Jazz" Tune You Should Be Practicing
5 Bebop ii V I Licks I'm Practicing, And You Should Too
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5 Bebop ii V I Licks I'm Practicing, And You Should Too
Is This The Greatest Jam Session Tune Of All Time + FREE STUFF
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G7b9 or G7alt, And Why You Should Care
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I Should Have Practiced This 20 Years Ago
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I Should Have Practiced This 20 Years Ago
There's Some Bebop In My Funk: How To "Play Changes" On Funk Tunes
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There's Some Bebop In My Funk: How To "Play Changes" On Funk Tunes
Upper Structure Triads: Streamlined Modernism
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Essential Music Theory For Improvisation Level 2: 7th Chords and Diatonic Harmony
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Essential Music Theory For Improvisation Level 2: 7th Chords and Diatonic Harmony
The First 5 Standards You Should Learn AND How To Practice Them
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The First 5 Standards You Should Learn AND How To Practice Them
Essential Music Theory For Improvisation: Level 1
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Essential Music Theory For Improvisation: Level 1
How To Mix Trombone If You Aren't An Audio Engineer: Part 2
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How To Mix Trombone If You Aren't An Audio Engineer: Part 2
How To Record Trombone If You Aren't An Audio Engineer: Part 1
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How To Record Trombone If You Aren't An Audio Engineer: Part 1
The Most Important Standard You Probably Aren't Practicing
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The Most Important Standard You Probably Aren't Practicing
Thanks Shawn. Good luck with embouchure wrangling - may the Buzz be with you!
Are you still accepting students? Sent a website correspondence but never heard back
Sorry for not getting back to you. I had a lot of new students sign up this summer, and it must have slipped through the cracks. What is your name? I'll find the email and get back to you.
@@ShawnBellMusic it should be under AJ Arriaga I mention a Baritone Concerto that I intend to take to NABBA solo competition
Man Your voice 😯. Do you sing as well?
Ha! Me singing is something no one wants to hear.
@@ShawnBellMusic but people would easily believe you if you tell them that you sing bass😄. You've got that warm timbre. Your voice is really good for narration too.
This is such a good technique to make it less overwhelming! Thank you so much!
Awesome life hack in general. 💪🏼
Do you have a special set of headphones. I haven't found a pair I can comfortably wear while playing the trombone.
I use Beyerdynamic DT 770 studio headphones for recording these video. I have semi-large ears and these fit entirely over my ear. This helps with comfort for me. They also have a soft velour like ear pad. They have a "closed back" design and do block out a lot of the acoustic sound in the room so they may not be the best for regular practice. If you are looking for a nice pair for practice, you might want to try the same company's "open back" model (DT 990). These will let in nearly all of the sound that is happening in the room. I put a link below. They are on the expensive side, and due to the fact that they are studio headphones, you may notice a different listening experience than you are used to as they will be tuned to be "accurate" rather than to "sound good". Depending on how much experience you have with studio headphones this can be surprising to people. www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DT990Pro--beyerdynamic-dt-990-pro-250-ohm-open-back-studio-headphones
@@ShawnBellMusic all over the ear pair of headphones I have tried get in the way of the trombone when I am playing. Forcing me to either hold the trombone differently or wear the headphones incorrectly.
Thanks for this video, very helpful :)
I thought I was done drinking for the day
I like the approach attempts over time periods. Three more attempts sound a lot more manageable than three more minutes, even if those attempts take 30 minutes
This is it! You summed it up better than I did in the video.
This is some pretty good advice for more than just music
Like weening off of drugs
I like your advice about three more reps for practice, but three more of a certain period of time is much harder. if I'm feeling burned out with making a new track, for example, it's easier for me to say, "I'll try three more new musical ideas" than "I'll try for three more months.". if I'm demotivated, giving myself more time might not really help. what would you say about this?
I think you are on the right track with thinking about 3 new musical ideas as metric for your "3 more". Each new idea is basically an attempt at the thing you are working towards. I think the comment from @NephiylusBaphson captures the way I think of it in an even better way than I stated it in the video. (see comment on this vid) They basically say, think of it as 3 more attempts even if a single attempt may take a sizable amount of time/effort. Some of this also comes down to knowing yourself and knowing what style of work is best for you. I tend to be very process oriented in how I practice and compose. Because of this, using lengths of time really helps me track my progress. For you, it may be more successful to focus on outcomes (finishing a track, booking a show, etc.). I think either way can be effective as long as you have approaches for nudging yourself forward just a little more even when you think you might be stuck. In my experience, this is often where the good stuff really lies.
@@ShawnBellMusic thanks for your reply! and thanks for the advice; nudging forward is often what it takes, from the times I've experienced this. I will definitely use this in the future!
Sounds like you are saying if im burnt out, burn myself out more.
Musicians are a different breed
You are a great teacher. I hear these things in solos others play but now i hear them and know what they are. Thank you.
Thanks! Confirmed my thinking on the subject. I always felt like practicing in a "dead" room where the finest flaws were evident was painful...but...good for the player ultimately. Kind of like a baseball batter swinging two bats to warm up. Make it tough in practice, then, easier in performance...good for your (metaphorical) "muscles".
"some days you win, some days the horn wins" to paraphrase Dizzy Gillespie. If I can get my practice spread out into a morning session on fundamentals and other sessions on materials including new stuff, that has been helpful. Love your content Shawn! Big fan!
Big on the drone with scales. Been using it for my scales and arppeggios for the past 4 months or so and its helped so much
Great video. Number one thing but most forgotten by any player (often teachers as well). Good stuff.
Thanks, it's insightful to see how you methodically approach this issue.
Thanks Shawn. I played when I was a kid, but unfortunately gave it up after about two years. Today I purchased a trombone at a flea market and videos like yours will hopefully get me back into the swing of things (no pun intended).
How about F minor pentatonic over the Gb maj7? (I meant for meas 2: I see you’ve done that at the end.) 😉
I can't remember the song, how is it called?
This dorian-like "scale" is awesome! Thx for sharing this nice approach to it. Very appreciated
👌🏼
Great info! Thx so much! ❤
Talented🤲
Brah, you're so f@kin' groovy! ❤
I almost believed that it was you who was playing
@@Kobyakk Ha! Believe me, if it wasn't me playing, it would be more in tune.
I start applying all of this to my chromatic harmonica and the bone! ❤❤❤ Much love from Munich Germany
Thanks for the kind words and for checking out some of the videos.
@ShawnBellMusic Bro, you are so motivating, and handing out so many "go to"-steps with every single video. Unbelievably valuable.💪🏼 Will soon join your patrons for sure. You deserve it,...please keep on creating such good content.
Bro, you are a king in terms of education, motivation and musical knowledge. And so modest on top. Thanks for sharing all this great stuff! 🙏🏼🙌🏽 Very appreciated!
This channel is amazing, not just the video lessons, but also the " shorts-section" is packed with extremely valuable concepts and ideas to work on. I never took trombone lessons, playing for 15 years though, but finally i really know now what to work on, to stop sucking on the horn. Thanks so much for all your content.
Super demo, great explanation - this is the best teacher you could wish for !!
I love that you add practice strategies with these it’s great for students and teachers alike
15:37 it;s actually a Ab-Bb triplet in the 8 bar :D
great stuff! but why do you play sccops like a separate tone like that? and the appogiatura ib the blues phrase as long as the other notes?
In this case I was trying to match the way Clifford Brown played each of these ideas in his solo. The blues one was tricky as he does kind of a half valve thing but with tongue. I find that sound tough to match on trombone. I probably could have indicated some of these with grace notes rather than scoops to more accurately represent what Clifford played.
@@ShawnBellMusic ah! understood!
I'm totally incapable of buzzing the gradual changes of notes. Don't know how Shaw does it so easily.
ahhhh I love those ‘easy’ examples which you play! I can actually very easy learn new licks from them or just memorise them all and try to apply them in my very begginer-level playing :D
maybye a lil more sustain?? i feel like your sound is ‘dead’ way too soon - but i think it’s due to the recording and mixing, not your playing itself :D
Sounds great Shawn!
Congrats on the new album!
Great video Shawn! I never really thought about the name of that collection of notes (I play ideas like this fairly often). Thanks for the great content and swingin ideas!
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just started playing a few days ago and these videos have been super useful, short and straight to the point! thank you very much
This dude is smaller than the trombone!😮😂🤣
Zero overlap between you and me! Goes to show how much great music JJ made. My faves: "Laura" from J.J. In Person "Blue Bossa" from We'll Be Together Again "Misty" from Standards: Live at the Village Vanguard "Walkin'" from Walkin' (Miles Davis All-Stars) "Amazing Grace" from Tangence I actually like the late JJ stuff the best: it's as though he was composing on the spot.
Those are great ones as well! So hard to choose just a few from such a large body of work. I agree about the later stuff. I really love his playing on the other Village Vanguard album "Quintergy" in addition to "Standards".
How do I become one of your students?
If you complete the lesson sign up form on my website, we can get the ball rolling and see if we can figure something out. I put the link below. www.shawnbellmusic.com/learn/
Thank you for sharing this important information for many of us !
IM putting down my alto an tenor saxophones down for a bit . going to pick up a trombone tenor .to start i been just useing the mouth piecec .when i get my horn i will follow thank you
great stuff
You should explain and show the buzzing much more without mouthpiece before doing it on the mouthpiece, cause in the pencil exercise you aren't buzzing your lips
Shawn: I just listened to and worked with this video. Very helpful; practical, clear, well illustrated by the examples. I'll be listening several time and using these ideas as I work on RC with my local teacher. Thanks