Andover Press

No Trombonist should ever suffer pain or injury or be limited musically because they don’t understand how they are built or how they are designed to move.

Why do some teachers say to “breathe low” when our lungs are relatively high in our bodies? Why do some teachers say to move the slide with the wrist when we have 5 jointed areas in our arms?

This book represents a major new addition to trombone pedagogy. It provides a thorough accounting of how we are built and how we should move to play trombone, as opposed to some traditional assumptions that are sometimes taught.

In depth discussions of breathing, articulation, the embouchure and slide technique are included. The last chapter is called “Explorations” and features drills which apply the anatomical information to playing trombone. Playing all of the explorations together provides an effective Body Mapping daily routine!

Forward by Denis Wick.

David Vining is the trombone professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona and has delivered hundreds of masterclasses and recitals nationwide.

Here is a page from the book so that you can see what it is like (click image to enlarge):

You can find a 7 page sample PDF here.

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