Click on any of the names below to search for videos of them playing the trombone. Eddie daniels bob mcchesney is a virtuoso and has the gift to bring us the joy of music at the highest level. Lalo schifrin bob mcchesney is a master of the trombone. The art of doodul tonguing for trombone baritone paperback july 1, 1991 by curtis fox author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. I consider your book the definitive book on doodle tonguing for at least three reasons. After two years he was accepted by the chicago symphony orchestra, where he remained for his entire career until he retired in 1985. This is a document introducing a unique articulation technique to trumpet players who perform jazz music. The book looks not only at the trombone within classical music but also at its place in jazz, popular music, popular religion, and light music. Knowledge base trombones and the art of doodling jupiter. Analyze and learn melodic ideas found in available jazz pattern books and listen and transcribe the improvised solos of other players. This technique has probably got more names than any other.
Firstsecond book of trombone solos edited by peter goodwin and leslie pearson. For more than a thousand students and professional players it has proven to be an extremely valuable tool in improving fast legato skills on the trombone. Used in just about every college level program, each etude is a character piece,focusing on a set of rhythmic issues. In this episode bob mcchesney talks about doodle tonguing and improvises a solo trombone piece. Play well written jazz solos or take on the challenge of playing bach cello suites in any key. Adolphe saxs 201st birthday if you were alive in the midnineteenth century and had a particularly keen ear for music, you might have noticed a void somewhere between the brass and woodwind. Jun 30, 2017 jazz trumpet lesson on sound and doodle tongue. Trombone basics use the online videos listed with each topic to help you at home. Oriented towards the jazz and commercial player, this book is a set of 47 onepage units, each with a few short exercises on each concept. There is a second question that i also answer about how to doodle tongue.
Where should i send your free trombone sound guide. Introduction to doodle tonguing on trombone a masterclass. I have also heard this referred to as doodle tonguing, however i believe that is incorrect as this is a trombone and trumpet technique very similar to legato tonguing. These books provide an enormous amount of source material for concepts in jazz improvisation. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. It is a technique that enables you to play fast lines much smoother than with double tongue this is not double tongue for brass players. Trombones and the art of doodling quick tongue movements based on the doodle tonguing technique for trombone and lowpitched brass instruments.
It covers the instrument, its repertoire, the way it has been played, and the social, cultural, and aesthetic contexts within which it has developed. Easy winners is a great book that is full of popular tunes from stage, film and tv shows. Trombone books for young beginners easy winners peter lawrance. Carl fontana, a jazz trombonist whose effortlesssounding virtuosity became widely known through his tenure with the woody herman and stan kenton bands, died on thursday in las vegas, where he lived. Work on your flexibility and become a true lip contortionist.
Be sure to draw melodic material from other instrumentalists and vocalists in addition to other trombone and low brass players. Famous but tough dizzy gillespie doodle tonguing lick 3 posted on february 19, 2012 by greg london i was asked a while back from a fellow trumpet player that follows the site if i could show him a dizzy gillespie jazz lick andor trumpet trick. A necessity for great brass playing, part one posted on september 14, 2012 by micah everett in the next two posts, i will be discussing perhaps the most foundational part of my approach to brass playing. The art of doodul tonguing for trombone baritone paperback july 1. Critically acclaimed and endorsed by the great trombonists carl fontana, bill watrous and joseph alessi, mcchesneys book and recording is an in. The name doodle tonguing was coined for the technique because it uses syllables similar to those used in the word doodle. The hands down best lip slur book i have ever come across for trombone. Download trombone doodle tonguing part 14 digitaltrombone save trombone doodle tonguing part 14 digitaltrombone for later 295870710jazzetudsandduets. Jupiter knowledge base trombones and the art of doodling. Famous trombone players to make a great trombone sound, you need to know what a great trombone sound is. This is the second part of a series of articles about doodle tonguing, and this.
For practicing doodle tonguing on the horn, arbans is a really great book. I dont think i sound like mcchesney or andy martin so ignore that comment. Doodles, exercises for mastering jazz trombone by dale cheal doodle studies and etudes by bob mcchesney. Doodle tonguing allows the trombone to compete on that level.
You will also find a selection of unique trombone books, only available on this site. He has played under every chicago symphony orchestra conductor, covering from frederick stock. Included a 52 minute cd with demonstrations by the author. The bitsch etudes are famous for their ability to help players gain a mastery of complex andor unexpected rhythms. A good way to fix the first problem is to think of articulation as a function of air flow. A complete course of study using doodle tonguing for the slide trombone. A stylistic analysis of jazz trombone through transcribed. Trombone trick trombone hal leonard trombone trombone hal leonard ess. The goldman exercises for double and triple tonguing on the. Jazz trumpet lesson on sound and doodle tongue youtube. This is the book that i used to learn how to doodle tongue. This is the trombone site for both jazz and classical players. The art of doodul tonguing for trombone baritone paperback july 1, 1991.
Doodle tongue jazz articulation for the trumpet player. I recommend that you take a few lessons with a doodling trombone. I have also heard this referred to as doodle tonguing, however i believe that is incorrect as this is a trombone and trumpet technique very similar to legato tonguing this technique has probably got more names than any other. If you are a trombone player with some interest in jazz, chances are great that you heard about doodle tonguing. In this episode les benedict tells us a unique approach to doodle tonguing and we jam. Must have book for anybody getting started with doodle tonguing. Welcome to one of the largest collections of articles about trombone playing in the world. To make a great trombone sound, you need to know what a great trombone sound is. Oct 15, 2003 carl fontana, a jazz trombonist whose effortlesssounding virtuosity became widely known through his tenure with the woody herman and stan kenton bands, died on thursday in las vegas, where he lived. Keep in mind that your fastest single tonguing and slowest double tonguing. Fast tonguing, also known as double or triple tonguing, is based on the syllables taka or teke double and tataka or teteke triple. He showed me a video, and i started working it up, but never had the time to perfect it.
To allow you to try out the doodle tonguing technique at the end of this workshop, i have prepared the song latin fun as an m4a file and a pdf, which you can download and play along to. Doodle tonguing is a way that you can play really fast on the trombone, using a kind of articulation thats appropriate for jazz music, and in that way its different from double tonguing, different from triple tonguing, and its a technique thats great to have to play legato and swing feel. The resulting attack sounds smoother than a normal double tongue, better suited for the legato approach common to jazz playing. Famous but tough dizzy gillespie doodle tonguing lick 3. Jazz trombone blues improvisation scale and melodic ideas legendary jazz pianist and educator, barry harris really breathes life in how to play bebop lines over a bb blues progression. Great information, realistic flow, and motivating for students. Oodle or doodle tonguing seems better applied to larger mouthpieces, imo, but it is a skill that can be learned on the higher hornswould be rather unusual to hear maurice andre doodle tongue his way through the piccolo part on the brandenberg, however. I was asked a while back from a fellow trumpet player that follows the site if i could show him a dizzy gillespie jazz lick andor trumpet trick. This fourth and final video tutorial of this 4part series discusses and demonstrates the fourth required technique of doodle tonguing a requirement for most types of jazz trombone playing. Carl fontana, 75, trombonist who improved jazz technique. Information of the doodle tongue technique was analyzed from various spectrums, including the history of the doodle tongue technique, the common instruments that use andor require doodle tonguing for particular musical situations, and the individual musicians that master this articulation. If you are teaching an older beginner or have decided to teach yourself trombone a bit later in life, some of the books mentioned earlier in the article might either be too easy or aimed at too young an audience. He developed a technique by which he could play fast.
The book explores the origins of the instrument, its invention in the fifteenth century, and its story up to modern times, also revealing hidden aspects of the trombone in different eras and countries. For a list of trumpet books that will help you along your journey click. Fontanas doodle tonguing technique was extremely clear and well pronounced. It is kinda pricy, but i think its definitely worth it. The 12 bar blues, and the chord changes to i got rhythm are a very rich part of jazz improvisation heritage. Click on any of the names below to search for videos of them playing. Doodle studies and etudes by trombonist bob mcchesney was first published in 1992. The technique you are looking for is called anchor tonguing. Internationally renowned trombonist bob mcchesney is a product of the baltimore, maryland public school music programs, and is primarily a selftaught virtuoso. This is the first comprehensive study of the trombone in english. He starts from the absolute basics, assuming that you already have a hold on legato tonguing.
Covering all aspects of the doodle tongue technique, this book was written for students, teachers and professionals alike. The horn guys doodle studies and etudes by bob mcchesney. With demostration cd bob mcchesney, richard fote on. In addition to his work as a performer and studio musician, mcchesney has authored the trombone method on doodle tonguing entitled doodle studies and etudes. Free free trombone sheet music sheet music pieces to download from.
Price new from used from paperback, july 1, 1991 please retry. It is the tonguing technique that has been found the be the fastest by the technical pioneers of the last generation. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. This article will look at some of the best trombone books for beginners that you can buy to supplement a tutor book andor expand the repertoire of a beginner. I recommend beginning with transcriptions based on these chord progressions for two reasons.
In 1839, christian friedrich sattler, a german instrument maker, recognized that tubing could be added within the bell section of a bb tenor trombone to achieve the range produced by an f bass trombone, essentially combining the two into one more. In his book on jazz articulation, miles osland refers to it as subtonguing. Perhaps one of the most popular etude books for trombone. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no. The most common articulation problems i encounter are students who use too much tongue or too heavy of a tongue and students who clip the ends of notes off too abruptly. Information of the doodle tongue technique was analyzed from various spectrums, including the history of the doodle tongue technique, the common instruments that use andor require doodle tonguing for particular musical situations, and the individual musicians that.
Covering all aspects of the doodle tongue technique. The book explores the origins of the instrument, its invention in the fifteenth century, and its story up to modern times, also revealing hidden aspects of the trombone in. Because of its slide, the trombone has some very unique characteristics when it comes to legato connected and smooth playing. These pdf books are carefully handcrafted with custom made etudes and exercises especially for trombone. Trombone doodle tonguing part 14 digitaltrombone free download as pdf file.
The first reason is because these chord progressions are so prevalent in jazz history. Doodle tongue jazz articulation for the trumpet player by. The art of doodul tonguing for trombone baritone by curtis fox, 9780757915673, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He developed a technique by which he could play fast groupings of notes on the. Not just a single pattern developed over a thousand pages like many other books, but a large collection of varied, interesting, challenging patterns in progression from easy to hard, and covering many goals. Trombone doodle tonguing part 14 digitaltrombone scale. In addition to studying these excerpts, single tonguing can also be improved in context by working on technical etudes such as muellers technical studies books 2 and 3, kopprasch, blazhevich or blumes 36 studies. Technically, heres some background on how it works. Edward kleinhammer, author of the art of trombone playing, joined the civic orchestra, the training orchestra for the chicago symphony, in 1940. Doodle tonguing is a similar technique, however the difference is in that the syllables pronounced are closer to doodull, doodull.
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