The Embouchure Builder: Trombone/Baritone Book

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The Embouchure Builder: Trombone/Baritone Book

Name: The Embouchure Builder: Trombone/Baritone Book
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-PROBK00130
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By Lowell Little

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This book has been designed as a supplementary study to be used along with any standard instruction book. The studies contained herein are excellent for use in the warm-up period prior to each daily session of practice. The technicality of the fingerings and slide positions (trombone slide positions appear above the notes; baritone fingerings appear below the notes wherever considered helpful) are comparatively simple and the studies can be used to advantage by a young student with only a few weeks of formal study. This book contains much valuable material essential to successful performance not found within standard instructional material.

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Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 16

ISBN10: 0-7692-2959-X

ISBN13: 978-0-7692-2959-1

UPC: 029156031560

SKU: 00-PROBK00130

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Why we love this

This book fills the space between daily warm-ups and formal method study by isolating embouchure development through deliberately simple slide positions and fingerings. Students get exposure to the physical fundamentals that standard instruction books assume are already developing, making it an honest diagnostic tool for what your young players actually need to strengthen. The fact that it works from week one of study tells you everything: Little understood what beginners can access and what they must master before moving forward.

What to expect

Deliberate and grounded. These studies ask you to slow down and listen to your own sound production rather than navigate complex fingerings or technical passages. The simplicity is intentional, even meditative; each exercise becomes a conversation between your embouchure and the mouthpiece.

Who it's for

Young trombonists and baritone players in their first months of study who need reinforcement of fundamental embouchure control outside their primary method book. Teachers working with beginning brass players who recognize gaps in embouchure development and want focused supplementary material. Any trombonist or baritone rebuilding or refining embouchure consistency during the practice routine.

How to get the most out of it

Treat these studies as the foundation of every practice session before moving to repertoire or method book exercises. Consistency matters more than speed.
Pay close attention to the slide position and fingering markings (above the staff for trombone, below for baritone) rather than reading the positions from the note names alone. This trains muscle memory in the correct way.
Work through the material slowly enough that you can feel the embouchure responding, not just moving the slide or fingers. Quality of tone production is the goal, not completing the page.
If a study feels awkward or you're struggling with consistency on a particular passage, repeat it over several days rather than moving on. Embouchure strength develops gradually.

How to use it

Assign this as supplementary material to your beginning brass students immediately after they start a primary method book, using it as the opening 5-10 minutes of every practice session. In group lessons, use selected studies as diagnostic tools to identify which students need embouchure reinforcement versus those ready to advance. For older students returning to trombone or baritone after a break, this book offers a systematic way to rebuild fundamental control without the frustration of starting over with a full method.