Student Instrumental Course: Tunes for Trombone Technic, Level II: Trombone Book

This book strikes a genuine balance between building foundational technique and keeping students musically invested. The carefully sequenced tunes address the specific technical demands intermediate trombone players face without feeling like disconnected exercises, so students experience the payoff of their technical work in actual musical contexts.

The tunes feel purposeful and musical rather than clinical. There is genuine variety in style and character across the 32 pages, so students encounter different moods and technical contexts while staying within the intermediate range.

Intermediate trombone students in band classes or private lessons who have completed a first-year method and are ready to refine slide technique and develop more complex rhythmic and melodic skills. This book works equally well for students learning in a full band setting or one-on-one with an instructor.

• Work through the tunes in order rather than jumping around; each one builds on slide positions and rhythmic patterns introduced earlier.
• Practice the technical passages slowly with a metronome to lock in accurate slide positions before bringing them up to tempo.
• Listen for musical shape in each tune; don't treat them as technique drills but as actual melodies worth playing with phrasing and character.

Assign these tunes alongside your main method book to reinforce and extend what students are learning in group instruction. They also work well as solo material for students preparing short recital pieces or as sightreading studies in sectional rehearsals.

• Accurate slide position control in upper and lower register
• Reading and executing rhythms including eighth-note patterns and tied notes
• Tonguing articulation and coordination with slide movement
• Sustaining tone quality across longer phrase passages
• Playing musically with attention to dynamics and phrasing