Unlike the trumpet, the slide trombone changes notes by moving a slide through seven positions, each tuned by ear, much like a singer. This freedom gives it its distinctive glissando and broad sound, heard in salsa, jazz, orchestras and Colombian wind bands, from bandas pelayeras to symphonic bands. Learning it means, above all, learning to listen to every note.
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From 9 years old
Orientatively, thrombon is usually started about 9 or 10 years old, as his or her arm has to reach the sixth and seventh place of his or her stick, and they are quite far from his or her body. While his or her arm grows up, his or her teacher can adapt his or her repertoire to his or her first positions or suggest lighter instruments. Each child is different and his or her height, final teeth and his or her motivation are valued.
He develops a very fine ear, because every note is put up with his arm's position and not with a fixed key.
It has a fixed place in the metal sections of the salsa, gangs and big gangs.
The work of stick improves the co-ordination between arm, tongue and air.
His serious and warm registration allows you to both hold harmonies and take them with them very expressive.
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At first you guide by visual references, such as the bell, and especially by the ear. Your teacher teaches you how to check with the tuning machine and how to adjust the position until the note sounds focused. With practice, his arm memorizes the distances.
Some thrombons have a rotor valve called a transpositor that adds pipe and facilitates serious notes and some positions. To start with, a simple tenor trombone is necessary. Later, if you move to an orchestral or symphonic repertoire, your teacher will tell you if it's worth it.
Of course. The thrombone's fundamental in the salsa, and many orchestras build their sound around the section of thrombones. In class you can work with the rhythm, articulation and mboth characteristic of the genre, while keeping aside the technique you need for any style.
No. You can start from scratch and teacher introduces reading into a fa key little by little, with an instrument. If you want to strengthen reading and harmony apart, you can complement with musical theory.
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