[Trombone-l] how do I get that blaring edgy sound?

[Daniel Pliskin]

I was in music school and playing guitar in one of the big jazz bands.  It was a crazy notion, but I wanted to learn oboe.  I had never played a wind instrument, at the time.  I found one that was dreadful, but I could afford it and took a few lessons.  Then I headed out on my own.  I made my own embarrassing wimpy reeds, but I could play them for hours, with my undeveloped embouchure.  Then I heard a Handel oboe concerto and decided to learn it.  It must have taken me the better part of a year but I did it.

This was clearly not the way to learn oboe, but I still play double-reeds, some 36 years later.  And when I put a little time into getting up to speed on English horn, I'm actually quite good at it.

My point, to this lawyer to be is that you should always make sure that you're having some degree of fun on your instrument.  Fun is ultimately what will keep you practicing.  Yes, I would prefer that you learn to master a mellow sound on trombone, as well, but by all means go for the fun when you can find it.

But perhaps nobody has actually answered your question.  You mentioned, if I remember correctly, brash and buzz.  Were you talking about the sound when one trills an "R" (actually "RR", in Spanish), while playing?  One way or the other, if you like Latin Music, it's a trick you'll want to develop.

DanP


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