“ASK JOE” QUESTIONS

“ASK JOE” QUESTIONS

TOPICS DISCUSSED

  • ENDURANCE

  • FACE TENDER LOVING CARE

  • BIGNESS OF SOUND AND TONE IN BRASS PLAYING

  • RECORDING

  • TUNING

  • THE DO’S AND DONT’S OF TROMBONE PRACTICE MUTES

  • THE GLOTTIS IN THE UPPER REGISTER

  • LONG TONES/WARM-UP DURATION/MOTIVATION

  • HEALTH AND DIET

  • PRACTICE MUTES/BORDOGNI IN ALTO CLEF/AUDITION MATERIAL (VIDEO)

  • EMBOUCHURE (VIDEO)

  • LEGATO IN THE HIGH REGISTER (VIDEO)

  • LOW RANGE ARTICULATION (VIDEO)

  • CLARITY IN ARTICULATIONS

  • BETTER TONE QUALITY AND SOUND

  • SCALES AND JUILLIARD

  • EMBOUCHURE AND RANGE

  • LOW REGISTER and MOUTHPIECE SIZE

  • TUNING and MARCATO

  • TWO EMBOUCHURES

  • THE ROLE OF AIR AND TONGUE IN DETACHED PLAYING

  • DAILY ALTO TROMBONE PRACTICE ROUTINE

  • MOUTHPIECE PRESSURE

  • DOUBLE BUZZING

  • BERG’S “THREE PIECES”

  • ALTO TROMBONE

  • LOW REGISTER (VIDEO)

  • 100% IN PERFORMANCE

  • HOLDING THE SLIDE (VIDEO)

  • VALSALVA MANEUVER (VIDEO)

  • STUTTER – LOCKUP (VIDEO)

  • RECORDING DEVICE

  • DOUBLING INSTRUMENTS

  • PRACTICE SESSIONS

  • STAMINA IN THE ORCHESTRA

  • TUNING THE F VALVE

  • WARM-UP, TRILLS, STRESS & VACATION

  • CHOICE OF MOUTHPIECE WHEN DOUBLING

  • INNER EAR

  • GETTING BACK IN SHAPE (VIDEO)