This book aims to help beginners play the trombone. Like all brass instruments, the trombone changes pitch when the physical length of the tubing the air passes through changes. The trombone has a special extendable slide that functions as the valves do on other brass instruments. The trombone changes length when the player extends the main slide. When the slide gets longer, the pitch goes lower. The book includes 32 trombone diagrams with fingering positions, along with pitch names and staff notations. Each note here has its own page in the book. The musical notes in this book cover almost 3 octaves from E2 to B4. The trombone’s slide has seven positions: the 1st position is when the slide is pulled closest to you and the 7th is when it is fully extended. However, the slide has no markers indicating these positions. On each page, the slide position in red corresponds to the particular note depicted. When there are two red numbers for the same note, it means that there are two variations for the slide position to create that note.

An easy-to-understand position chart featuring chromatic, major, and minor scale studies. A helpful photograph labels the parts of the trombone. Elementary trombone positions are also diagrammed with a description of all positions up to and including sixth position. The range of the trombone is then shown in notation, with note names and their corresponding positions labeled. This handy chart is great for the beginner, and can be easily carried along with other study books.

The Too Smart Trombone Fingering Chart is the ultimate easy reference for the fingering of notes on the trumpet. This is a great reference for any trumpet player. The chart has large, clear, concise illustrations as well as a detailed description on how to best use this chart and all the illustrations are numbered for easy reference for both class and individual use.

"Foundations for Superior Performance" is designed to help structure the daily rehearsal and advance the performance level of the ensemble. The primary goal is to offer a framework of exercises and routine drills that will facilitate the mastery of essential playing fundamentals. Different skill levels have been integrated into this book to meet the needs of the inexperienced player, and, at the same time, challenge the most advanced.