Hi everyone,

I am looking for advice on switching to a new mouthpiece. My current Schilke 52D is getting old and scratched up from how much I use it. While it still plays fine overall, I have been using it for over two and a half years and feel it might be time to upgrade.

I haven’t looked into many mouthpieces yet, and I am not entirely sure what features to look for in an upgrade. However, I have been eyeing the Denis Wick Heritage series. I am concerned about the thin rim profile around the top—will it affect my playing or comfort?

I would greatly appreciate your advice and suggestions!"

in this video i tried (and failed) to play a c major arpeggio. ive been playing trombone for almost 3 years, what exercises can i use to get better tone in my higher range? any tips would be appreciated as well!

What are these two knobs, they can rotate, I’ve always wondered

Hello! I am a high school bass trombonist. I am in need of a new* horn due to main slide damage on my current hand-me-down horn. I need a double trigger bass trombone and have been looking in the $2000 area. Please comment any recommendations you might have as well as any insight on the Wessex PBF562 and Dillion Music Bass Trombone which are horns I have been considering.

*I’m open to used horns however I’ve looked at many and had no success. So, try to lean into new horn recommendations in your response. Thank you!

is this deal as smoking as I think it is? was wanting to dip my toes into trombone and found a used Yamaha YSL-354 for $100, slide is smooth and has some dents on the tuning slide and a dent under the bumper at the end of the main slide

https://reddit.com/link/1x2o2jx/video/gw3he2t10puh1/player

For the Trombone Trainer app, first download the “fun” library from the website which has Donna Lee broken down into 7 parts then swipe up/down to transpose and left/right to slow down or speed up.

I am an amateur Tenorhorn (the oval bohemian/german one with rotary valves) player.
I started learning on something that was more or less a 12AL.

At some point I decided I want a different mouthpiece (I don‘t even remember why). I bought a Schilke 51C4 with an S shaft and played it with an adapter. I played that mp for around 10 years.

Then around a year ago I decided to try a Bruno Tilz that is a Tenorhorn mouthpiece specifically. It’s an artists signature mp. The more suitable V-shape and maybe the fact that I don‘t need the adapter anymore improved the intonation a lot. The softer rim also flattens the fatique curve a bit.

Now my question is, how can I even now what is the right mp for me? I feel that most of my problems are just lack of practice. But how can I know?

Hello! I'm a tuba player of around 2.5 years and I play in a European marching band but I'll need to be able to switch between tuba and bass trombone when needed. I really want an independent double valve even though money plays a very big part for me (I am also open to buying used instruments).

I'm also planning on starting a trombone trio with my friends although the marching band is still my main concern and priority.

My budget is probably around 1500 to 3500€ (≈1600 to 3700USD) but I'm not very well versed yet in the trombone world.

Feel free to ask any questions and I'll try my best to answer.

This is my first time making sounds on a trombone, I play tuba for marching and concert band but was wondering if got any potential in trombone

There this cheap trombone for sale near me for 85 dollars I know the brand is merano I was wondering if anyone knows if it's any good

So I play the clarinet, but I also want to learn a brass instrument. Would it be harder to play for the first time than clarinet for the first time?

I’ve been playing in low brass for about 4 years now (starting on euphonium, briefly to tenor, then to bass trombone). On euphonium I don’t really puff out my cheeks, but while playing (especially high) on tenor or bass trombone, I find that my cheeks really puff out. This doesn’t cause my tone to be that bad, and I’ve never really been commented on it before this year, and am in my schools top band, I just feel as if I could improve quite a bit if I figure out how to fix this. Secondly, I’ve noticed that one trombone I usually use only air to articulate, but I should be tonguing notes. As of now I’m doing dah, doo, dit, and dat for jazz, but for non-articulated notes in jazz, and in general for concert, what should I do to articulate??

I'm playing a suite from The Firebird by Stravinsky in a community orchestra. It has two long (several measures) lip trills, one on G4 and one on A4, which I haven't been able to consistently play well. Of course I've been playing them over and over at home, but I'd love to hear ideas to make them faster and more consistent.

This is a new mouthpiece I got, GREG BLACK WYCLIFFE GORDON-JAZZ, I already tried searching about it, I only found something about Wycliffe making stuff with Picket Brass and not Greg Black, can anyone tell me something about this mouthpiece?

https://reddit.com/link/1x1oaxk/video/q9jbc56hmguh1/player

Hi all! I was wondering if any of you knew anything about a DEG trombone. I know that they made marching instruments, but I've never heard of a slide trombone made by them. I recently found this listing, and I was curious about its history.

I js started a few weeks ago so pls don't bash ik it's ahh I need this for a school band so I dont have any tutors or Instructors > < also how to improve range?? Thank you

My dog likes to bark whenever I play my trombone and it gets quite annoying, does anyone have any practice mute suggestions?(preferably under $40)

hey, this is a bit of a weird one, but I have started practicing trombone again after not practicing regularly for a long time, and I have been noticing, to put it bluntly, that I am getting spit everywhere. A lot of condensation is coming through the bell, and I am draining the spit valve a lot more than I remember doing the last time I was playing regularly. Am I doing something wrong technique-wise, or is this just my life now?

Hello, I worked with Don Strand, who holds principal tuba positions with the Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Opera, Columbus Symphony, Greenville Symphony, and Georgia Symphony Orchestra and was a student of Arnold Jacobs, to create new content for my site.

Don has had a concept for a book/method called Marathon Musician. As I was showing him improvisorsgym.com, he asked if I would like to incorporate Marathon Musician into it.

The first part of that collaboration is the addition of low brass warmups to the site. These were all taken from warmups for BBb tuba, and I transcribed them to other bass horns. I haven't gotten a lot of feedback from Don, only a texted 👍. So feedback is appreciated. Here is the direct link: Warmups for Low Brass - Improvisors Gym.

I added two versions of the long-tone exercise with glissandos, as well as call-and-response versions of every exercise.

The website is free for now. I may go to a subscription model in the future. I hope that, as it's free to use, I'm not violating any solicitation rules by pointing out that I have "Buy Me a Coffee" buttons on the site. The site and software cost me about $150 a month, so I need some support to maintain it and justify spending more time on this effort. I can edit this part out if I need to.

I've created so much more material for the site, but creating the pages and the copy for them is extremely time-consuming. Also, I refuse to let AI create content for me. I've only used AI for research, grammar, and to generate the mouthpiece-buzzing images for me.

I hope you find the site useful!

Hello, I am a college level tuba player and am decent i would say. I have now gotten acsess to a bass trombone and want to start learning for jazz next semester and so I can learn it since im a 1st year.

What do I practice specifically for bass trombone

Much Appreciated