Learning The Trombone in 30 Days

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@Leontrombone 3 ай бұрын

I started trombone at age 7, and I had forgotten how difficult it was at the beginning. Keep practicing! Thanks for showing me all the effort we all had to put in. It reminds us that once we reach a good level, we shouldn’t stop after all that hard work.

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@Saxandtromboneenjoyer 19 күн бұрын

I think trumpet is way harder than trombone for me because of the tiny mouthpiece

@p1nd711 3 ай бұрын

Love that you took inspiration from Hadestown for your piece! The opening number is the reason i play trombone today

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Thanks for watching!

@ferrin_perchance 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this! I’m a bass trombonist, and it’s always interesting to look back at where we all start! Can’t wait to try this piece out :)

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@theshyguy627 3 ай бұрын

nice to see a fellow bass trombonist in the comments

@annedvdmeulen Ай бұрын

Nice progress man, I started as a child and never actually realized that it is difficult to learn. Props for getting the basics down, but i have to say lessons are the key to master any instrument including the trombone. If you really want to have some progressive songs to play try 40 progressive etudes from Sigmund Hering its an amazing book which starts easy. At the end you will have a grear starting point for playing a lot of songs!

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! And for the recs!

@PinkPookie.E Ай бұрын

I’ve played trombone for a couple years now and I’m definitely going to try this piece! 😂 it’s sounds honestly really fun to play and I have to say you learned faster than I did, everyday I’m still learning new ways to improve my sound!

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Send me a video of you playing it!! Thanks for watching!

@antoniobriseno1193 3 ай бұрын

Love the journey! I like that you were open about skipping 2 weeks, made me feel better about not practicing guitar but inspired me to get back at it

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend!

@TheMainAccount23 Ай бұрын

Ive been playing 5 years now. Sounding good, keep working on the basics and things get way easier from there!

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@valentinzwerschke 3 ай бұрын

Just discovered this channel. Looks really interesting and well made! Keep on going with this entertaining but also informative content 🎉

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@kateatherton4235 Ай бұрын

found this channel by accident. I have been learning to play trombone with a brass band for the last 12 months (music written in treble clef B flat) and am enjoying it loads. The ability to pitch-match with an actual person and trombone is wonderful. So please to hear your progress and definitely keep on going with it.

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

That’s awesome, thanks for watching!!

@leo54371 18 күн бұрын

That part from hadestown is what made me start learning!

@therealalexpoole 11 күн бұрын

It’s so good! Thanks for watching!

@AllisonMartin Ай бұрын

Yo, really well done! Having good slide control and being able to navigate the partials isn’t easy, especially in 30 days! Hope you have more fun with trombone in the future 🎉

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@gothcosplays Ай бұрын

My neighbor’s son plays trombone, I hear his playing all the time, and I think he has been playing for several months now, but based on how much I hear him playing: You are definitely picking up on it faster than he is.

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

Haha thanks for watching

@gothcosplays Ай бұрын

@ Anytime. These videos really are very interesting

@sergiocabada2385 3 ай бұрын

Yes! Loved your trumpet video, and now we get my favorite brass instrument, trombone!! Keep it up :)

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@joeselivonchick4153 2 ай бұрын

You shouldn’t regret mouth piece buzzing at all! I am a college student majoring in tuba performance and music education. My teacher who is the principle tubist of the Oregon Symphony actually encourages it because it has less resistance which makes you over train and that makes playing in general easier. It also helps you with training your ear. So definitely keep buzzing on the mouth piece!

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

That’s good to hear! Thanks for watching!

@mossybro9847 3 ай бұрын

Loving the video! I’m currently learning French Horn and really enjoying my time with it. I’m roughly college level on trumpet, and middle school level grasp on trombone, and Horn has had the hardest learning experience so far. I’d love to see you tackle it at some point.

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I did a little french horn in college and it was ROUGH! I'd love to try it again, just waiting for one in my price range lol

@cyberpatch 3 ай бұрын

If you are fine with beginner level single horn, the Verus Scholar is around1,200 and I thinks it's on sale rn @@therealalexpoole

@jonathanwingmusic 2 ай бұрын

Cool project! As a composer myself (with a background in piano, cello, guitar, percussion/drums), and I dabbled in clarinet once a few years ago, I have always found brass to be among the most mysterious of all, most likely because of the system of embrouchure + partials and therefore can be a bit intimidating to write for. Compared to a piano or string instrument where the production of the pitch is very visual (you hit/strike/pluck the pitch where you want, what you see is what you hear kind of thing). I've studed numerous orchestration books so I have a working understanding of brass and their idioms, but even still every time I write a passage for trombones (especially) I sweat a little bit in fear it may not even be playable, even though it might be very easy on piano lol. I sometimes think of doing something like this, learning the basics of a brass instrument just to wrap my head around the idioms better, but I honestly don't think I'd have enough time in my life - that's time that would take me away from my other instruments and composing, and from what I hear brass instruments in particular are quite demanding to keep up. If only time were infinite haha. Anyway, do you find having learned these brass instruments that your composing for them has improved? Or is it about the same?

@therealalexpoole 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Keeping up with all the instruments is definitely the hardest part. I haven’t picked up the trombone for a serious practice session since this video came out haha. But in terms of writing, I think learning the basics of an instrument has helped me write for them 100% better. If I can play it, I know a professional can! I also have a better idea of what is going to feel better to play which helps with orchestrating/giving different parts to different instruments. I would definitely recommend it! Finding time is the hardest part. Especially with something as loud as brass, I couldn’t practice late into the night or really early in the morning like I can with a softer instrument.

@jonathanwingmusic 2 ай бұрын

@@therealalexpoole great points! I actually started learning cello a few years ago and it has completely transformed my skills with string writing - so there is something to be said about that. With brass instruments in particular, I think one of the things which can blow my mind after looking at my orchestration books, is how intervals which appear close together on a piano (or even a string instrument) such as a 2nd or 3rd, depending on the interval might require an insane position shift from 1st to 7th (or on certain wind or valve brass instruments this can require a surprisingly complex fingering)! So this influences my confidence in writing fast alternating chromatic parts which might be super easy on piano. Anyway I might considering picking up a brass instrument in the future to learn even just the basics to wrap my head around it - perhaps not unlike yourself I learn best with hands-on activity rather than reading about it second-hand. It's encouraging to see you do it and hear your story! I found you first from your trumpet video - having done both, which do you reckon was the most fun and easiest (considering this context or learning brass for writing)?

@Agoodpro Ай бұрын

Interesting... I did the exact same thing on exactly January 15th, 2024, where I began playing as part of a 30 day challenge in attempt to learn something new, and man... it was definitely a journey. I did this because I honestly I had nothing. And by 'nothing', I mean no talents or skills to display, and any hobbies to do, so I needed something. But I find this pretty cool and quite surreal considering I did the same thing. For only 30 days, you actually sound really good. But that's where imma stop with critique as I'm only 11 months in lol. But yeah, I encourage you to continue with the trombone as it is very rewarding and fun.

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

That’s awesome! I’d love to hear how your progress has been through your time! Thanks for watching!

@Agoodpro Ай бұрын

@@therealalexpoole Of course! Throughout the journey of learning the trombone, per other people's opinions from band directors, past trombone players, private tutor, etc, they all said I progressed faster than the average player and am around high school level. And to be honest with you, especially currently, it can be difficult to believe, but I'm still pushing through. The trombone has shifted the course of my life in a new direction that has brought me so many new experiences and new ones to come in the future. So, coming from someone self-taught, hopefully you make the most out of the trombone. It's arguably the most expressive brass instrument and the one closest to the human voice, so it can basically sing. So yeah, do your best along this journey and don't practice for 2 hours a day like I did lol. Have fun!

@BrianNotRian 3 ай бұрын

Wow, in only 30 days that's really good!! Next you should try Euphonium/Baritone.

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! As soon as I see one in my price range, I’m there!

@c97f Ай бұрын

Concentrate a bit on eliminating that breathy sound to your tone. I was able to make progress on that by using lip tension. Play like you have a straw between your lips and you're squeezing down on the straw. But (and this is important) keep your jaw open. Leave space between the teeth on your upper and lower jaw. Not only will you get a less breathy tone, but it'll take less air and you'll be able to play longer notes. The air that goes in to that breathy sound is all lost air. Don't confuse the lip pressure with higher notes, you can get higher notes with air speed (arch the back of the tongue) and vibrating a smaller section of the middle of your lips. Note: I'm only 3 months in to re learning to play after a 30 year hiatus and I was only a beginner when I quit in the 90s. So take this advice with a grain of salt.

@therealalexpoole Ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice, and thanks for watching!

@sphbecker 3 ай бұрын

Those high Ds sound great for only 30 days!!

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

@pyrosorus9880 3 ай бұрын

Just for clarification, the tuning slide is not the main slide. It is the small one that you do not move while playing.

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

That’s embarrassing… is the big one just called the slide?

@pyrosorus9880 3 ай бұрын

@@therealalexpoole yeah tuning slide is just for tuning not playing

@cristianx0x0-t7o 19 күн бұрын

love this instrument just learn notes and different songs thats honestly how I do it

@therealalexpoole 11 күн бұрын

Good advice, thanks for watching!

@ninjaplays-wu7iz 3 ай бұрын

If your thinking about doing another i reccomend the sax its not to hard to learn but you can play lots of songs

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

I've got a sax! It's on the list!

@phoenixalbin2778 3 ай бұрын

To change up from brass instruments, flute/piccolo would be cool

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Ooh! That's a good point thanks for watching!

@brad3nnn 3 ай бұрын

Ok the piece at the end kinda ate tho

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@incognoto8475 2 ай бұрын

good job

@therealalexpoole 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@johnspence5689 3 ай бұрын

I don’t know if this would apply to you but I always found it a lot easier to play with a larger bore trombone.

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Jupiter_125 21 күн бұрын

5:55 that is not a tuning slide it’s just called slide

@multiplegamesman 2 ай бұрын

5:55, so the thing that you move around to make notes is the slide, the tuning slide is the thing at the back of the instrument to make your notes sound more in tune. understandable mistake though

@therealalexpoole 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

@multiplegamesman 2 ай бұрын

Also I just wanna say, your day 30 piece was incredible for that short time period. I started in 6 grade and I probably wouldn’t have been able to play that part as well as you until mid 7th

@oliverdiamond6594 3 ай бұрын

why'd he keep calling the slide the "tuning slide" lol. I cringed every time he said it.

@wowhi5830 3 ай бұрын

i mean it technically is a tuning slide

@therealalexpoole 3 ай бұрын

My bad! Thanks for watching!

@KeepingItcool-hk3wi 3 ай бұрын

Even band directors refer to it as a tuning slide. Big whoop if you find it "cringe" 😂

@bossm60 3 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that Oliver!

@multiplegamesman 2 ай бұрын

It’s an understandable mistake. My band director started on trombone but a lot of band directors who started on something besides as a trombone, I’ve noticed they often using tuning slide interchangeably even though it technically is different