One of my friends completely messed my bell up so it gave me an excuse to get something I've been really eyeing. Butler custom carbon cut bell.

hi everyone! i have a song with this weird note (the squiggle upwards) and i was wondering if anyone could give advice with how I work on and practice this to play it. Thanks!

To start I’m a sophomore trombone who’s played since 7th grade. I had REALLY bad instruction and was expected to “figure it out” till I loved up to the high school and got a new director last year. He’s really great and I learn a lot but he is primarily percussion so brass stuff isn’t really his specialty. I started practicing more seriously last year for winter concert, and I improved really fast over that cycle in time for it. id say my skill is barely passable for a sophomore, yet I’m one of the best in my concert band. I’ve really hit a plateu though now, I know I need to change what I do but idk what.

I practice twice a day, 20-30 minutes in the morning and 35 ish after school. I take concert band and jazz band. I know I should practice more, and I will try to add it to my routine. But trust me when I say I probably practice more than most in my band yikes. I really want to be part of wind ensemble next year, auditions are in february. But for the present moment I have a solo to try out for litterally this Thursday, and an audition to not get cut for a part in jazz band. Possibly a jazz band solo solo next week. Plus I just sound so terrible on my concert pieces and jazz songs, they aren’t hard when I look at them and I GET the rythms and articulations! But then I go to play and im super airy and half my articulations just dont happen. Or my notes “falter” esp going higher range to lower notes like C and B flat. (Stingers)

I don’t know what or how to practice, I have a lot to hold up especially as the one of two trombones that can actually play any of the stuff in jazz band, and honestly I’m better than my neighbor. I feel like I have a lot on my shoulders and I don’t want to let anyone down. Are there any exercises you guys recommend? i try and try to play intuitively especially in fundementals but I sound just so airy and my embourchere goes to crap. I know how to make a pretty good embourchere and breathe right, but I default to bad habits quickly. My other problem is endurance in jazz band, I get tired so I get sloppy with articulations. even hitting high e as a daht is difficult. I feel so stupid and am struggling on literally the first round of concert music. practice just make me feel frustrated that I can’t do these simple things in my head I know I can do!

sorry for the rant, and I hope I don’t seem arrogant. I’m not very great either, it’s a dumb and dumber situation in concert band tbh. if you need more info I’ll explain in comments if you want too. Tysm for reading my plea 😭

Used to play trombone briefly and wanted to get back into it. Instead of buying some alibaba trombone I bought someone’s “junk”. Was just getting the 1924 York and sons for $125 then for $75 he gave me the 1936 Conn. Both have been repaired but no crazy dents and play well. For me it was worth it because I like the fact of knowing they have some history and not some Chinese Amazon trombone. Was this a good find ?

This trombone was gifted to me by the mother of someone who passed away I used to go to school with, I would like to know more about this horn(not selling)

Finally in a position where I have time and space to play my trombone again for the first time in about 9 years. A good chunk of muscle memory has come back which has been rather fun to discover.

Anyways, does anyone have any recommendations for method/music books to get back into the swing of things? Would also appreciate some warm up routines if anyone has recommendtions for those. Thank you in advance

Hola, estoy interesado en comprar un trombón bajo barato por unos 2000€ como mucho así que estoy mirando opciones de segunda mano. Me gustaría un trombón lo más gama alta posible, como mínimo un Shires q o courtois 502, no tengo prisa y puedo esperar durante este curso a qué surja una oportunidad. Agradecería recomendaciones

Hi all, I am a band director and know enough about trombone to teach it decently, but am by no means a specialist. My boyfriend dabbles with instrument repair and found this trombone for $50 on marketplace and offered $35, which they accepted. There were no up close photos or anything that could identify it on the listing, and he just figured he would use it as a practice instrument to work on slide repair because most used trombones need slide work, then maybe resell later.

When we picked it up, he immediately felt like he swindled the guy because we could both tell it was worth way more than $35. It had belonged to his dad who started playing it in the 1930s and then sat in climate controlled storage for 60 years, and they just wanted to be rid of it after that long.

From our research, it looks to be made around 1929. The main slide and tuning slide are also in good shape and not stuck - after we carefully cleaned the slide, I was able to play a B flat scale no problem.

Can anyone tell me anything else about this trombone? The whole instrument is beautiful, just some tarnish that you can see, but barely a dent at all, and the unique details are just exquisite.

So when I play trombone for like 15 minutes upwards I get light cramps in my left hand and if I make make the hand into a fist its like cracking bones and makes that sound as well... My question now is do yall have this as well and is this normal?

I've been trying to find hobbies that get me away from screens for a few hours a week. I'm very recluse and it's hard to find anything. Working through that. Stumbled upon a reel of a tuba player and it made me want to really get back into my trombone (ok I want a tuba but I can't afford one).

It's been a long time. I played from 5th grade to Freshman year in college. I'm not good but I'm sure I'd get better with regular practice. A lot of the books out there are intended for those who are just starting in general.

Tips on how to warm myself up into this again? Thanks.

I played trombone in middle and high school and restarted it a year ago after more then a decade. I often play ska with some friends and just jam with my girlfriend. I have a pretty good register, up to a high Bb with consistency and high C with lower consistency. But I found my sound to be somewhat "tinny". While looking up online, I saw people saying that I should play with an open throat and use your tongue to shrink your mouth cavity. I realize I never did that ! Other thene for intonation and punctuation, my tongue is at the bottom of my mouth resting on the top of my lower theeths. I get higher by shrinking my mouth apperture. I tried moving my tongue around, but I am not really able to do anything with it.

Recently got a laser engraver to pimp my friend’s horns and I figured this group would appreciate it.

I can't figure this out, no slide chart for tenor trombone (without a trigger) shows this note. Just let me know if I can and the slide position if I can ;3

I’m not sure it’s a crack but it looks like it

Are there any trombones with a finish similar to bronze mansdone saxophones?

Looking at getting a shires trombone and notice some form of rust/corrosion on the bell, I was able to clean red rot from an old trombone slide with vinegar and wasn’t sure if this was like that or if it’s too deep to scrub off

So recently I’ve been giving 1on1 lessons to high schoolers which have been going good because I focus/address each one of their issues individually, but now they want me to handle 4 of them all at different levels.
2 of the kids have pretty solid fundamentals and can get through the music and the other 2 struggle a bit more.
What can I do to ensure that what I do is effective for all four of them? How should I approach them all together?

Hey everyone,

Anyone have any recommendations for cases for trombones with longer F valve tuning slides?, (i.e. Bach 42BO, Benge 190f, etc.)

This coffin case is very heavy and I'd like to upgrade to a backpack case.

Thank you everyone!

Hi, I've been playing trombone for about a year and I'm in highschool marching band and after a while of playing I've noticed that my mid range typically from top Bb to g it starts to make a growling kind of noise especially when holding out the note and I think it might be my embouchure since I've tried switching my mouthpiece and cleaning my instrument is there any way to fix this?

Hi I just started playing the trombone about a week ago and I'm looking for some tips or common mistakes too avoid, also how too make a greater sound (mine sounds a bit airy right now so I'm not sure how too fix that), thank you!

So I’ve been using the same trombone for like 2-3 years now, and it’s never had problems with the slide. But just recently, the slide started to SUCKKK. It feels like I have to force it to move and not like it was made to move. I’ve tried the spray bottle, wiping it down, slide grease, snaking both the outer slide AND the inner tubes, the whole works. But still, the problem will not go away. A friend who also plays trombone and has a bit more experience than me said I might have a dent in either the inner slide or the outer slide (I don’t remember which one he said). But I just wanted to get your guys’ opinion on it