Trombone Duet Method book
- Late Intermediate
SKU: CY.CC3162
Composed by Andrew
Friedrichs. Classical.
Book. Cherry Classics
#CC3162. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC3162).
ISBN
9790530111321. 8.5 x 11
in inches.
Here is
a description of Warming
Up Together from the
composer, Andrew
Friedrichs: Warming Up
Together is a book of
duets that are designed
to provide a musical
context as well as a
focus on specific areas
of technique. There are
eight sections in this
book that correspond to
what I feel are the most
fundamental components of
trombone technique: tone
(long tones), flexibility
(slow slurs, wide slurs,
and fast slurs), range
(high range and low
range), and articulation
(slow articulation and
fast articulation). The
idea for this book came
out of my own warm up. I
was trying to develop a
warm up routine that was
a series of technical
categories rather than a
series of exercises, but
I also wanted to have the
opportunity to be able to
play it with someone
else. As a trombone
player and teacher, I
have made specific
choices within the duets
based on technical
challenges that I've
observed in my own
playing and in the
playing of students and
colleagues. As a
composer, I've focused on
addressing various styles
in order to keep the
duets fun and fresh while
allowing the musical
contexts to be as far
reaching as possible in
their application. As a
not-to-be-taken-seriously
backrow member of the
orchestra, I've thrown in
the critical element of
terrible humor by way of
pathetic jokes and
ignominious puns.