BILL WATROUS trombone embouchure maintenance

Great trombonist BILL WATROUS discusses and demonstrates trombonistic embouchure maintenance and control. Watrous emphasizes that the trombone be treated as "An expression of the voice...it's a vocal thing." Videotaped by Clyde Yasuhara on June 6, 1999.

[@FrankYoutubesHere]

My left ear is lonely.. :'(

[@xlfutur1]

if warmups were only that easy. Bill forgets that us mortals can't buzz our chops exactly like that. If we could, we would be Bill Watrous

[@jazzbone94]

he is extremely comfortable and honestly to me it seems like his mid range on the horn ha

[@boneofthewang]

Lol making jumps without calling 911 =D 4:00 was insane

[@handyandy56]

this guy is phenomenal - I wish I could train myself to play with no pressure in the upper ranges

[@bthrun90]

tough crowd lol. i would love to have been there even though i play the trumpet

[@SlikkTim]

Once I Loved sure sounds nice on the trombone the way he plays it

[@crtune]

Good advice from a master. Make MUSIC. . .make em GUESS what instrument it is. . . Imitate the human voice. . . Beautiful Bill. Thanks for posting this video.

[@trombonzen]

thanx a lot for making and sharing this video

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

How much are the ties on the back wall?

[@khbgkh]

it was also a direct quote by the most quotable man in the world.

[@SonicBoomC98]

I like the video. It would be a great video to show some people trying to improve on T-bone, but it would have been nice if he would have talked more about " how " to show them

[@sliderman7]

It makes sense that your warm-up has a bearing on the music that you are about to play..

[@bushka087]

i always thought he had the strangest embouchure in person, and now i realize it's because he can bend the corners of his mouth down so far and that's why he can play so high. I'm not sure i can believe that anyone can bend there mouth like that, if so it must take decades

[@khbgkh]

@tromboneJTS With the technique he's using, none of those notes are more taxing on his face. It's all dependent on his breathing muscles.

[@AidanRitchie]

Too bad that wasn't a triple G! And holy cow, he starts his warmup high. This is all very interesting.

[@wahappun]

@boneofthewang agreed... i was in awe.

[@xlfutur1]

@boneofthewang that was insane. remember the source though, its Bill Watrous. Anyone at this level makes it look easy. Watching this video would imply that anyone can do this, and unfortunately, that's not the case. Definitely something to work towards though. He forgets to mention the facial muscles he has developed over the last 40 years.

[@kramer3214]

@handyandy56 yeah me too. My biggest problem at the moment is playing with too much pressure at about high A and above. It ruins my endurance. Sure I can play super F but after I do i cant play much of anything for a couple of seconds after.

[@MikeRochaMusicAcademy]

very true

[@xlfutur1]

The greatest embouchure that ever picked up a trombone.

[@bulldog111111]

@ctyoungson neither are bowl haircuts

[@Tromboneuse]

Dayummmm that was a f****** warm up!!!! 0.0

[@mooorgaan]

He didn't say he was going to start on a triple G, he says 3 ledger lines above the staff. That's just a high G.

[@macree01]

@lazyeddie04 for the pedals yes... but hes talking about no getting any strain in the upper register, and if you look at Bill's embouchure... basically once he hits low b flat (octave above pedal) his mouthpiece basically stays in that same position throughout the rest of the range of the horn.

[@murdock283]

I know your comment is three years old, but I think you meant Mr. Mackey. He's the guy who says "MKAAAAAAAAY" a lot.

[@EatsSammichesGuy]

@OldDogsCanLearn It's stupid that your comment had no thumbs up, but the "Mr. Garrison" comment had 16 :/

[@20169442gamemania]

@bobilleg74 Neck straps for saxophones.

[@iamtafo]

this makes me miss my trombone, which i (lazily) abandoned in the 9th grade :(

[@collinbanks]

he never says there is a triple g 1:48, he says 3 ledger lines above the staff. that's not a triple g

[@AlejandroTrombone]

mm kay

[@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

This man reminds me of every band director I ever had. Gifted, capable, educated and very boring.

[@tromboneJTS]

Should you warm up in that register??? I think that is ridiculous. Like a pitcher throwing his fastball as his first warm up pitch of the bench? What about stretching first.

[@rdangelo]

Misquote of Berra. It's "90% of the game is half-mental".

[@neilemcleod]

omg... he just says the same thing over and over and over again

[@SuperTB4]

ohh man this is just sad. A lot of problems with tone that he has no clue of. Melodic, gracefull, this is just sad. :(