[Trombone-l] Practicing

[Daniel Pliskin]

>What do you practice?  I'm not looking for exercises or routines--more,
>what kind of music to you play each day?  Do you polish everything you
>play to perfection?  Do you spend hours sight riding?


I mostly improvise or read jazz charts.

I generally have something big to work on, something like:

Skip that note that makes the phrase you’re in the middle of playing, sound 
trite.

Try playing everything slightly sharp (because I tend to play flat).

Work on plunger.

Arpeggiate chords up, down or both.

Slur everything like a blues player…


Then I play and have fun, while keeping that larger goal in mind.

I suppose that wounds like I’m not seriously working at anything, but 
lately, people have started commenting about how lyrically I play.  That’s 
something I’ve certainly keep in mind, but not something I’ve “worked” at.  
Instead, I’ve had loads of fun.

DanP