2. Switch your mouthpiece to a 6 1/2 AL if you haven't already. You should only be playing a 12C if you are in your first year of playing.
3. Get a trombone with an F attachment if you can. Local music stores have much more expensive instruments. Mail Order music stores are cheaper, and eliminate the middleman. Check out The Woodwind and the Brasswind in NY. (Chances are, your band director has mail order catalogues. I saved $300 on my horn.)
4. You should be practicing daily EVEN IF YOU ARE FIRST CHAIR. I admit myself, I never practiced much in high school, I really had no need to. But now I realize that I should have. You also should have a daily warmup routine. Lip slurs, scales, and arpeggiated chords are great warmups.
5. Get as much practice as you can playing in front of other people. Whether this be solo and ensemble contest participation, or even just playing for friends and family. Pick out a solo piece you like at a music store, practice it for a set amount of time, and then give a concert for your family and friends. The more experience you get playing in public now, the easier and easier it gets to play in public later.
6. Get out and buy some different music. Jazz, classical, Latin, swing, ska. They all have trombones. And they are all very different. Get some CDs of trombone players and analyze them. What do you like in their performance. What would you do differently?
7. Prepare for a college music audition (if you are planning to major in music) WAY in advance. Pick out music the summer before your senior year and practice till your lips fall off! The more comfortable you are with the music, the more comfortable you'll be in the audition.
8.For a complete history of the trombone, follow the link below:
The history of the trombone.
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