Hello section!

Here are some websites you guys can look at and try to improve, now and in the future. Everyone should read everything but I've indicated who die die must read the articles! You can google more yourself. Must read okay I woke up early today just to google this for you!

You guys know your main problems! Emily-- I think you can do well for blending and playing together, but you don't have enough soloistic sound (when trombones have solos, it's usually the loud kind but your tone is a little too mellow for that! must train to be versatile.). Lynette-- posture! embouchure, the way you buzz, tone/air is unstable on days. Justine-- airy buzzing (causing tone to be way too mellow), relaxing (!!). Lilian-- airy buzzing, breathing, tone and some articulation! Yukee-- using throat, embouchure and the way you buzz.

I know this post sounds very sad and depressing because I've written all your weaker points (dear new SL and ASL please take good notice of this!) but! You guys are playing pretty well already! I spoke to the Fudan first chair (aka something like the SL) and he only started playing when he entered Fudan. Which means he probably only played max 2 years. If he can have such nice sound, so can you guys! Girls are naturally weaker and it's harder for us to support the sound, which means we must work even harder (: Just work hard, don't be too frustrated! Practice makes perfect :D

1. http://www.trombone.org/articles/library/grovermitchell-mc.asp (Emily and Lynette. and Yukee!)
2. http://www.squidoo.com/TromboneTechnique (Everyone!)

3. http://trombonetools.com/intonation/ (Everyone!)

4. http://trombonetools.com/tone-quality/ (Everyone!)

5. http://trombonetools.com/articulation/ (Everyone especially S2s! You can do this on your mouthpiece at home.)

6. http://www.ehow.com/how_8382983_develop-soft-tone-trombone.html (Yukee, Lilian and Lynette)

7. http://kimballtrombone.com/2009/06/05/improving-tone-on-trombone/ (Sec 2s and Lynette)

8. http://strathammusic.com/TIPS/Trombone/tabid/109/Default.aspx (Everyone! Content is same as website no.2 except for a few points)

9. http://kimballtrombone.com/breathing/10-ways-to-improve-breathing/ (Everyone!)

yuxin!

&loveTROMBONES; 3:56 pm