Trombone Sound and Attack

This video summarizes the teaching of Denson Paul Pollard regarding the topics of sound and attack on the trombone.

[@austin5920]

Lol "the F above that", I wasn't expecting THAT far above!

[@salomone5765]

Samee. I was like that was more than above, that was beyond.

[@Keygo]

I can't even begin to imagine how much I would learn from you in just one sit-down lesson with you.

[@frankzerus911]

WOOOW THAT HIGH F!!!!! Sounded like a flute!!! And thanks for the tips!

[@martin1024]

The F above that! That escalated quickly

[@ergottwheels]

Excellent video. I didn't know you articulate like that in the pedal range. I have to give that a try. Please keep the videos coming. You are equally an excellent teacher and performer!

[@DScottMoore]

Paul, Thanks for posting this. I had a terrible bout w/ Valsalva Maneuver-related stuff and rebuilt my playing back in '92 using the same ideas you present here. It was interesting to have worked on this sort of thing with speech experts, too. This condition affects many trombonists, and I spend a lot of my time helping students adopt this style of playing. This video will surely help a LOT of folks.

[@ggarzagarcia]

and this is why trombonists are the best kissers in the brass family. Thanks, Dr. Pollard!

[@kenerfourth5317]

Gerardo Garza García Trombonists aren't just the best kissers--we're the best lovers, period; Of course, nobody handles the sliding part better. We are proficient in 7 different positions (and hundreds of micro-positions) And we tongue everything!

[@dschwalbz1]

Great Stuff as always, Mr. Pollard!!!

[@RayFallon]

just found three of your videos (range, trill, tone/attack) and watched/listened. Excellent. Thank you. Going to use this while practicing.

[@asank5]

This is brilliant. THANK YOU.

[@AnimatedCreated]

Excellent video! Your video is a great explanation for tone especially! Never seen or heard these concepts explained so well!

[@GiancarloLocatelli]

FANTASTIC!!!!

[@laplexs]

Thanks for posting this interesting video Mr. Denson.. All those things are very important... thanks

[@nbuuck]

Extremely helpful. I have such an excitement to go and practice in this moment. Thank you! The suggestion of buzzing a note to match the same note from a piano is an interesting one because for most of my trombone playing time I've imagined that our lips buzz at a few distinct levels - the pedal level, first octave (Bb down to E in seventh), second octave (F down to B), etc.) - and the slide tubing does the rest of the work. But I've also noticed in my later years of playing that hearing the note you're about to play in your head and trying to match your embouchure to that specific pitch (especially above F3) improves my accuracy. Undeniably from your example, one can buzz seemingly any pitch through the mouthpiece without the aid of the trombone itself... which I never considered. I grew up assuming that anything played through the mouthpiece alone was effectively in first position, comically.

[@discjunzhengDVDReplication]

Thank you!

[@allanmelgar9404]

Such a fantastic lesson!

[@francisdtrombonist4378]

very nice adviser!!! I learned a lot!!!

[@123jorgek]

you are the besth my friend Denso

[@svenlarsson]

Brilliant!

[@leokreiner5652]

Very helpful!!

[@3kingkool]

Love it.

[@alfredocalvet9317]

He is a great pedagogue

[@heirtothepwn]

More More!

[@jkara7843]

I can realize ! But i can't move my eyes the same way! 13:30

[@austin5920]

I think some may think not to tongue that 1st note when you say "continuous cycle of air" (and that may be what you mean). I used to just start playing by blowing, and I'd miss the note a bit when I would. I've found that after breathing, filling your mouth with air and actually tonguing the starting note instead of playing it simply with air.

[@lolloPelz]

Very helpful!! Thank you very much! I've always had problems with the tongue.

[@user-xr4ip8uf3y]

喋っとることわからんけど、ジェスチャーがあるからとても分かりやすい

[@manfx6616]

Jazzか？

[@zeevgilman9460]

👍👍👍

[@JoeShmoe102]

Hey Dr. Pollard, what would be the best way to expand lung capacity?

[@wilfredogarcia6466]

play a note for as long as you can then time it and try to past that time the best way is to start on B flat than when you get confortable switch to F natral then when u get real conforteble try a high B flat 👌it works

[@wilfredogarcia6466]

play a note for as long as you can then time it and try to past that time the best way is to start on B flat than when you get confortable switch to F natral then when u get real conforteble try a high B flat it works

[@estebanmonestel9009]

Do it as Wilfredo Garcia says, but make sure that the note never loses the sound and tone quality

[@tromboneman4517]

Simply practice this exercise: inhale for 2 beats, exhale for 2 beats, inhale 4, exhale 4, so on and so forth until you can’t go further. This helped me greatly with increasing my lung capacity.

[@shophar]

Isn’t the Wind active as well?

[@salomone5765]

I wish I had a piano next to me to practice

[@leogolive]

I’m not the smartest man in the world by any stretch of the imagination, but the slide looks like it moves slightly ahead of the note sounding. That would mean that all three things are not moving at the same time, would it not?

[@landonhuff8875]

I know this might seem like a rhetorical question but can I take this theory and apply it to a tuba!? Because right now I'm trying to figure out tonguing while buzzing with such a big mouthpiece.

[@landonhuff8875]

Especially when trying to play low notes!

[@Alex-eq5uy]

@@landonhuff8875 did you figure it out

[@alexmart1888]

what mouthpiece do you use?

[@johnhouston5921]

Alex Martinez, I believe that Dr. Pollard plays on a Laskey 93D.

[@spe0384]

4:13

[@MastodonRockss]

lol don't kiss meehh! Great advice though. Thanks DPP!

[@FK-kr3xs]

What trombone brand is it ?

[@bpaudel2767]

Tommy songs Hawk Dr Pollard plays his Antoine Courtois Signature Model “Creation”.

[@user-xx1bh2bg1g]

ac550

[@davemiller7633]

Is there a reason why it is bad to inhale and delay an attack?

[@JuiceAddict]

It creates a build-up of pressure which can result in an explosive attack. It can also stimulate the valsalva maneuver, causing stuttering on the t-bone.

[@Godooable]

"Don't be tense! stop being tense! relax!" Do these statements not cause the opposite problem?

[@williamrobinson6059]

Godooable Not necessarily. Depends on the player.

[@dnarbredlih]

If being told to relax makes you tense that seems like a personal problem rather than the educators problem.

[@Godooable]

Couldn't you boil everything in this video down to "sound like this" and allow the student to match it through trial and error? It would make everything much easier to understand.

[@dylanle8239]

Seems like a troll comment to me. This is the equivalent of saying, why doesnt an olympic coach just tell someone, run as fast as me, and just match it through trial and error

[@Godooable]

you puff your cheeks in the low register. If you present to us to not puff our cheeks why do you do so in direct contradiction?

[@williamrobinson6059]

Godooable it cannot be avoided entirely