Things to do over the summer… Here are some projects, techniques and tools that should keep you occupied! Sight Read! Play in public Nursing homes Homes for the aged Churches Summer camps and festivals Street corners + parks Malls Make a CD! Record and edit a CD Play duets With other trombonists as well as non-trombonists With CDs With yourself on tape - in unison, octaves, or separate parts Play with CDs Tune-up CD Excerpt CD - single instrument or whole orchestra Trombone solo recordings Other instrument recordings Play Bach chorales, duets, trios, hymns, excerpts by yourself Arpeggiate down through the parts - balancing to the melody Arpeggiate up through the parts - balancing to the bass Record the melody and play the bass, etc. Buzzing With piano With music input into Finale With Band in a Box With Tune-up cd or tuner With fixed pitch recorded by you With music recorded by you Play any music up the octave, down the octave, in tenor clef and alto clef - also up and down octaves Transcribe anything and learn to play along with the recording Band in the Box As a rhythm machine, i.e., nothing but drums Drums and bass Drums and full rhythm section Improvise rhythms on one pitch Improvise scale patterns with only drums Improvise scale patterns with full accompaniment Change styles and tempos for all of the above Do all of these things singing, buzzing and whistling Play a phrase 5 times with a differing character each time Record and listen for your degree of success Do all of this in your head without even playing to get ideas Have someone suggest characterizations and try to satisfy them Input music into Finale Make arrangements Compose a piece Compose exercises Input rhythmic etudes and solos and play along Transpose music to try it in different keys and ranges Conduct through your music and click your fingers Sing along Buzz along Do it with Band in a Box Do it with a metronome Generate solos and melodies on Band in a Box Play it on the computer and play along Edit them to make them more idiomatic for the trombone Edit them to gain better understanding of style Practice euphonium, alto and bass trombone Explore websites online to get new ideas |
