Product Description
If this is your first exposure to
these scale studies, you are in for a treat!
Donuts, if you make a mistake!
The
initial incarnation of these studies were written for trombone quartet and we
would play them in the Tennessee Tech Trombone Choir with the challenge that
whomever made the first mistake had to buy donuts for the rest of the
ensemble. Since then I have brought that
version to several clinics and warm up sessions. One time before I got to explain the title, a
fellow trombone professor said, "Oh, I get it!
Dont step in the holes!"
I
only wish I had thought of that myself...
Since we have one of the best donut shops in TN here in Cookeville,
treating the studio to sugar coated goodies was always my intent.
As
with those exercises, you can vary these as much as youd like.
Choose
a tempo
Choose
a dynamic.
Choose
an articulation/style.
One
way I like to play these is to have one person be the model, playing the entire
scale over and over while everyone else plays the fragmented versions. That helps everyone to keep on track and stay
in time. Double or triple up the parts
for ensemble cohesion with a larger group.
Practice
one key, gradually speeding it up to improve fluidity or choose a variation and
take it through all keys, playing version A, B, C, or D then skipping 5 lines
to play the same set in a new key.
If
you want an additional challenge in terms of range, play them in different
octaves or change the clef and key signature to expand the set. For example, if you play the F Major example
in Tenor Clef, change the key signature to C Major and you have a version that
is based an octave higher than the C Major version as written later.
Additionally,
you can change the Key. Play them in f
minor (all forms), different modes, etc.
For jazz players, try swinging them in dorian or mixolydian modes.
The
variations are endless!
All
Donut Etudes with the same version number are compatible so you can play them
in mixed duets with one person on part 1 and a different instrument on part 2.
Enjoy!
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