Slide Technique on the Trombone

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  • čas přidán 4. 09. 2019
  • Chris Crenshaw and Elliot Mason discuss how you can improve your slide technique on the trombone!
    Learn more at the Jazz Academy: academy.jazz.org
    Elliot Mason - Trombone
    Chris Crenshaw - Trombone
    Eric Suquet - Director
    Bill Thomas - Director of Photography
    Aaron Chandler - Sound Engineer
    Richard Emery - Production Assistant
    Seton Hawkins - Producer
    Recorded September 20, 2013

Komentáře • 72

  • @muskop42
    @muskop42 Před 4 lety +274

    brave of you to assume I can find 5th position

  • @aisuyukichan
    @aisuyukichan Před 4 lety +186

    if only I can get a girl that looks at me like Elliot looks at Chris

  • @giantsparkplug3462
    @giantsparkplug3462 Před 3 lety +13

    Those slide positions on A-Train alone are worth the price of admission.

  • @Michael-Oh
    @Michael-Oh Před 4 lety +77

    I play sax so every note corresponds to a unique fingering so I can't even image how to approach the trombone when one note can be played on multiple positions and you have to pick the best positions to suit the tune?! Mind blown.

    • @steamfend333
      @steamfend333 Před 4 lety +5

      That's how it is with every brass instrument

    • @qtip7697
      @qtip7697 Před 4 lety +17

      steamfend All brass instruments are difficult, but with valve or button instruments, the concern of quick movement in between notes isn’t nearly as prominent as it is on the trombone.

    • @mikeyeyey8678
      @mikeyeyey8678 Před 4 lety +6

      Thats not true. There is many alternate fingerings on the sax

    • @Michael-Oh
      @Michael-Oh Před 4 lety +6

      @@mikeyeyey8678 Yeah there is but most of it is like the three ways to play Bb or F sharp and long fingerings for high notes or altissimo notes and that's really it. In fact, most players get by without playing alternate fingerings.
      Most notes on the sax are linked to one unique fingering. Imagine you can play a C,E,D with 5 different position combinations and you have to decide which one is best on the fly?! Brass players wtf stop trying so hard.

    • @Michael-Oh
      @Michael-Oh Před 4 lety

      @@qtip7697 WTF brass players stop trying so hard!

  • @robertharrison8762
    @robertharrison8762 Před 4 lety +25

    never thought this before while playing scales so I'll definitely implement it now I've got some tricky runs and licks for grade 8. thanks guys!

  • @hunterwest9702
    @hunterwest9702 Před měsícem

    I loved how the guy on the right was a little blown away when the guy on the left was explaining how to figure your positions out towards the end of the video.

  • @KevbSka
    @KevbSka Před rokem +1

    Wow this are great techniques hoping I can make this on my playing.

  • @mariemccann5895
    @mariemccann5895 Před 2 lety +4

    Awesome skill. I had no idea the instrument was so complex to play.

  • @AwayAwayandUp
    @AwayAwayandUp Před 4 lety +9

    Thanks Chris and Elliot!

  • @UnwrappingByMimiKoteng
    @UnwrappingByMimiKoteng Před 4 lety +10

    Amazing

  • @BernhardMichaelPlos
    @BernhardMichaelPlos Před 3 lety

    great video, thanks for sharing!

  • @mikesosa1146
    @mikesosa1146 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you!

  • @musicmanson
    @musicmanson Před rokem +2

    Chris Crenshaw on trombone technique 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

  • @Philbatrom
    @Philbatrom Před 2 lety

    Brilliant

  • @benjaminwilkin2960
    @benjaminwilkin2960 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks

  • @cheekywombat5910
    @cheekywombat5910 Před 4 lety +27

    Does anyone know what mouthpieces Chris and Elliot use? Thanks

    • @TheBoogie1127
      @TheBoogie1127 Před 4 lety +4

      Chris Crenshaw uses a Bach Megatone. Maybe a 5G? Elliot Mason uses a Monet mouthpiece.

    • @thomasweiland8157
      @thomasweiland8157 Před 4 lety +1

      Adrian Braga that’s not a monette

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Před 4 lety

      @@thomasweiland8157 you sure? It looks a hell of a lot like Wynton's Monette trumpet.

    • @thomasweiland8157
      @thomasweiland8157 Před 4 lety

      counterfit5 100% sure. The monette small bore mouthpieces are quite big yes, but not as huge as Elliot’s in this clip
      Looks like some heavy top mpc. From another manufacturer. Don’t no anything about the brand though.

  • @hanfpeter4190
    @hanfpeter4190 Před 4 lety +62

    6:06 so basicly
    this man just started to play wii music.

  • @a_literal_brick
    @a_literal_brick Před 4 lety +14

    You can tell how expensive the trombone on the right is by the amount of metal filling the space in the back

    • @paulbrewer2374
      @paulbrewer2374 Před 4 lety +9

      On the other hand, Chris is playing a vintage King 3B. I have one and it's a gem - that trombonists would pay a lot for.

    • @PumilateVFX
      @PumilateVFX Před rokem

      @@paulbrewer2374 how does the tone compare to a student trombone

  • @steamfend333
    @steamfend333 Před 4 lety +60

    I don't even play trombone. Why am I here?

    • @douglasdiggins8296
      @douglasdiggins8296 Před 4 lety +6

      Brass is great for that. I play trumpet but I love finding out stuff about Trombone, French Horn and Saxophone.

    • @peng2816
      @peng2816 Před 4 lety +2

      It probably was in your recommended list.

    • @Slynell1
      @Slynell1 Před 4 lety +1

      Me either but you can learn from every situation

    • @oliviapereira364
      @oliviapereira364 Před 4 lety +2

      I play violin. I'm here to learn Harmony. And it's working, brass instruments have a different approach to harmony due to coming from the harmonic series to filling the notes in between (violinists usually start from scales and then "jump notes" to intervals- I mean when playing, from a technical/practice approach, of course we take harmony classes, but it's not the same as when you need it as a first approach towards your instrument).
      Trying to find the same notes in different positions in a trombone works a bit like a quizz to me, since I don't know squat about trombones and sliding, so the only way I have a chance of trying to keep up is going along the harmonic series (in this case maybe a brass player can do the same I'm doing here and study harmony from the dividing of a string POV- 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and so on). I think we should be less isolated in our bubbles, which is more easily said than done...

  • @tigere.3462
    @tigere.3462 Před rokem +1

    Wow

  • @thatrecord5313
    @thatrecord5313 Před 4 lety +14

    Can't really make wrist movements on my plastic trombone...

    • @a_literal_brick
      @a_literal_brick Před 4 lety +14

      Get a metal one

    • @danchase3333
      @danchase3333 Před 4 lety +3

      B R I C K. obviously this person has a plastic one for a reason, i’m sure they’d had a real one if they could, I have both, you just need to practice, it can be done with the plastic.

    • @a_literal_brick
      @a_literal_brick Před 4 lety +4

      That Record in all seriousness, you’re gonna want to get a real trombone as soon as possible. I used to only have plastic in middle school, and they’re pretty much garbage for practice. A decent metal one will be more expensive, but even a terrible one in the same price range as a pBone would be better. If I were you, I would start saving up and asking around if anyone has an old horn that you can take/buy/borrow. It’s definitely worth getting metal. Hope that helps

    • @yaboi-km2qn
      @yaboi-km2qn Před 3 lety

      I had a plastic one so i could carry it to school (I had to walk for like 20 minutes) but then I spent £70 on a second hand one that turned out to be the slide of one model and the bell of another but even that was an improvement.

  • @andrewnguyen6211
    @andrewnguyen6211 Před 4 lety +1

    What was the song they were playing thru at the end doe

  • @grifelad3933
    @grifelad3933 Před 4 lety +1

    The A Train!!!

  • @lindabocskai5686
    @lindabocskai5686 Před 2 lety

    I used to prefer keeping a handkerchief in my hand while I was playing on my exams.

  • @shanefitzgerald517
    @shanefitzgerald517 Před 3 lety

    Chris Crenshaw can confirm... all Italians are art critics

  • @JazzFan76
    @JazzFan76 Před 4 lety +39

    I'm guessing with valves trombones, you play like the trumpet..

    • @Sphagetti__
      @Sphagetti__ Před 4 lety +15

      There is actually specific valve trombone technique. Basically what you do is you buy a normal trombone and then just follow this video! :)

    • @heber991
      @heber991 Před 4 lety +1

      The valve trombone is like the trumpet but make sure you can handle the weight and do lots of stretching because I have one and play for hours at a time and my back starts to hurt. Overall it does the job and sounds amazing when someone knows how to play it

    • @cicadaboi101
      @cicadaboi101 Před 4 lety

      @Julian Solano
      Pretty much.

  • @recastle8051
    @recastle8051 Před 2 lety

    7:17 we played this song in jazz one day.

  • @lotussibert6482
    @lotussibert6482 Před 3 lety +1

    Play like an Italian man angry at his family, I gotchu lmao

  • @strutskirill
    @strutskirill Před 3 lety

    Жаль, инструменты ободранные.

  • @myseanmiller3186
    @myseanmiller3186 Před 4 lety

    That boy is bad lol...

  • @pipamusa
    @pipamusa Před 4 lety +4

    So good. I’ve been going over these ideas with a beginner student so right from the start we are considering alternative positions where appropriate so it becomes habit