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

[Steve Cordingley]

I'm no expert (on anything at all really - which is why I so rarely post).
I guess Bill is right - a kind of controlled overblowing - but I have an
Olds P16 (so small bore) that's very difficult to get this sound on without
evrything going to pieces.  My '64 3B on the other hand, 'sizzles' with very
little effort, especially middle register and above, buttery below...  My
feeling is that is a sound the 3B does both well and easily - especially the
older ones.

Steve C



2009/5/2 Daniel Pliskin <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com>

>
>
> 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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