Welcome!
All of what follows is graciously
dedicated to my mother and father, Bill and Judy Gibson, without
whose steadfast support I wouldn't be blessed to do what I do........and
a very special acknowledgement is due Jim Kraft, who perhaps unwittingly
changed my concept of music and redefined for me what it is to
be a musician.
Welcome, that is, to trombonelessons.com first Interactive CD-ROM, the
"The Daily Routine
for the
Orchestral Trombonist"
©TSG Music, 2000
This CD will introduce you to a thorough
and completely comprehensive Daily Routine. If done every day,
this routine will leave you prepared for ANY musical challenge
that may come your way. It is much more than a Warm-up. This is
a sequence of musical exercises that encompasses every
aspect of trombone performance. If you are presently preparing
for the "audition circuit" or if you are in an ensemble
where the utmost of professionalism is demanded, this Routine
will empower you to be at your very best.
As an aspiring or even accomplished
Orchestral Trombonist, you will be REQUIRED to be in peak form
at all times. This Daily Routine is designed to help you do just
that. It will alert you to the onset of bad habits, potentially
sparing you weeks and months of frustration. It is designed to
give you consistency in all facets of trombone performance. In
doing this, you will notice an increase of confidence and a command
over the instrument like you've never known. Undoubdtedly, the
clarity of thought and purity of sound will be heard by your listeners.
The cycle works something like this:
CORRECTNESS breeds CONSISTENCY breeds CONFIDENCE
It is a perpetual cycle.....
This concept was instilled in me by
the wonderful Buddy Baker and truer words I've never known.
The aim of this Daily Routine, then,
is to build correctness.
While first learning this Routine,
you can expect at least one hour each day for the complete program.
Once you become familiar with the Routine, however, you should
be able to complete it in 35-45 minutes. This will be the best-spent
35-45 minutes of your musical day!
The CD is designed to be used in conjunction
with our website, trombonelessons.com
If you have questions about the content
of this CD, contact us through the website or simply email us
at:
trombonelessons@aol.com
Before you can take full advantage
of the contents of this CD, you will need to install the following
programs onto your hard-drive. If you are presently connected
to the Internet, simply click on the logos (they're hyperlinks).
If you are not now connected to the Internet, please do so before
proceeding.
: a multi-media player for both Mac and PC users. All
video/audio portions of this CD will play with Quicktime.
: for
Mac users.
: PC
users, get the latest Internet Explorer here.
*If you are a Netscape user, your browser
should work just fine.
Once you have these programs installed,
the audio and video portions of this CD will play with Quicktime.
The text pages and all hyperlinks will be available by using Internet
Explorer or Netscape. Use the "Back" and "Forward"
buttons of your browser to navigate the many pages and links.
As a preliminary check to see if Quicktime is installed properly,
you should see a short clip in the space below:
Throughout this CD, any words written
in blue will indicate a "link" to another page on
this disk OR a web address. Just click on these words and you'll
be sent directly to the linked page or URL of the desired web
page. Once you've visited a link, it will change colors to let
you keep track of which sites you've visited.
This little director, 
will alert you to movie clips that are pertinent to the topic
at hand. Likewise, this symbol: 
means that an audio recording is available. When you see these
symbols, look for the PLAY button 
on your QuickTime viewer.
Before starting the Routine, I would
like you to become familiar with my
Practice
Tips
You should print a copy of this and
refer to it often. Being creatures of habit, we can at least make
our habits CONSTRUCTIVE!
In fact, for the first few weeks, I
suggest reading these Tips every day before beginning the Routine.
Now that installation is complete and
you've reviewed the Practice Tips.......let's begin the
Daily
Routine
If
you'd like to read a bit more about the motivation behind this
CD:
If
you'd like an overview of the software and hardware used in making
this CD:
As always, please don't
hesitate to write with questions!
And for even MORE information
and a wealth of helpful downloads,
visit us at
trombonelessons.com