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Dr. David Mathie
Trombonist, Professor, Arranger

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STARTING STUDENTS ON THE TROMBONE


The most important lesson on trombone is the first one.  This is where embouchure is started and proper hand position is set.  If these, and other important fundamentals, are not taught correctly they will prevent the student from every succeeding as a trombonist.  


Scary!

Take heart, my video explains the parts of the instrument, how to hold it, how to start an embouchure, how to produce the first note, then suggestions for the first songs.

​On this page are links to:
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- My Video on this topic (28' long)

Below that is a link that will open up a PDF in a new window, to save or print:


- A Starting Students on the Trombone handout.


Click the link below to download this as a PDF:

Starting Students on the Trombone

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