BILL WATROUS trombone embouchure maintenance

[bobilleg74]

How much are the ties on the back wall?

[iamtafo]

this makes me miss my trombone, which i (lazily) abandoned in the 9th grade :(

[MrLOL123456789123456]

My left ear is lonely.. :'(

[tromboneJTS]

Should you warm up in that register??? I think that is ridiculous. Like a pitcher throwing his fastball as his first warm up pitch of the bench? What about stretching first.

[SuperTB4]

ohh man this is just sad. A lot of problems with tone that he has no clue of. Melodic, gracefull, this is just sad. :(

[stickywick12]

Trombone is good mmkkayyyyy

[ctyoungson]

Jean jackets are never a good idea

[bulldog111111]

@ctyoungson neither are bowl haircuts

[bushka087]

i always thought he had the strangest embouchure in person, and now i realize it's because he can bend the corners of his mouth down so far and that's why he can play so high. I'm not sure i can believe that anyone can bend there mouth like that, if so it must take decades

[SlempFace]

I have watched many of your videos on here and your a phenomenal trombone player. I am sophomore in high school who plays trombone and I always use more pressure and strain to play high notes. But after watching this I tried this method of not using pressure playing in pep band at a basket ball game. I found it much easier to play and my tone got substantially better, and it became much easier to control dynamics. Thank you so much for this video

[lazyeddie04]

3:33 *huge change*

"there's no change going on"

[macree01]

@lazyeddie04

for the pedals yes... but hes talking about no getting any strain in the upper register, and if you look at Bill's embouchure... basically once he hits low b flat (octave above pedal) his mouthpiece basically stays in that same position throughout the rest of the range of the horn.

[iselldummysmacks]

We were all just pwned by this guy, and we have no one to blame but ourselves...

[handyandy56]

this guy is phenomenal - I wish I could train myself to play with no pressure in the upper ranges

[kramer3214]

@handyandy56 yeah me too. My biggest problem at the moment is playing with too much pressure at about high A and above. It ruins my endurance. Sure I can play super F but after I do i cant play much of anything for a couple of seconds after.

[bookwormz]

kill me please

[trombonechops]

Very interesting and enjoyable videos! Fascinating to listen to a master at his craft talk about his experiences with various jazz groups. 

[trombonzen]

thanx a lot for making and sharing this video

[OneOfThePartyPeople]

i liked the clinic. i learned a couple things :D

[OldDogsCanLearn]

yea, lip set is important, you set up your chops so that the G above the staff is your comfort zone, but he said nothing about air support. getting the right air flow is the hard part, (been breathing wrong for the longest time and now relearning how to breath right). good luck

[EatsSammichesGuy]

@OldDogsCanLearn It's stupid that your comment had no thumbs up, but the "Mr. Garrison" comment had 16 :/

[SonicBoomC98]

I like the video. It would be a great video to show some people trying to improve on T-bone, but it would have been nice if he would have talked more about " how " to show them

[nigelholland3]

@SonicBoomC98 He really does..I do plan on being a future Boom in fall 2013..I just cant handle going past a Db..I have troubles as it is just doing a D...I need some chop bulding excersises or something.

[boneofthewang]

Lol making jumps without calling 911 =D

4:00 was insane

[wahappun]

@boneofthewang agreed... i was in awe.

[xlfutur1]

@boneofthewang that was insane. remember the source though, its Bill Watrous. Anyone at this level makes it look easy. Watching this video would imply that anyone can do this, and unfortunately, that's not the case. Definitely something to work towards though. He forgets to mention the facial muscles he has developed over the last 40 years.

[Ngolog99]

awesome

[digitaltrombone]

Lesson learned: Wanna play up high? - practice up high!

[bachnerr]

Just a little comment about lip pressure: more lip pressure ist mostly needed for more volume. Maybe try to play the "Watrous G" (3 ledger lines above the staff) and make a crescendo from piano to fortissimo - and carefully watch your mouthpiece-lip pressure. There will be most likely a notable change. So, a very high and also loud note will a have a lot of lip pressure. But not so much because of the range, but because of the volume.

[SlikkTim]

Once I Loved sure sounds nice on the trombone the way he plays it

[rdangelo]

Misquote of Berra. It's "90% of the game is half-mental".

[MCroach1]

very true

[sliderman7]

It makes sense that your warm-up has a bearing on the music that you are about to play..

[Tromboneuse]

Dayummmm that was a f****** warm up!!!! 0.0

[Laanen]

it is all a trick ~!

[houseisawesome96]

Great trombone playing but math skills need work. 90% mental and the other half is physical. I believe that's 140%.

[staflo10]

it was a joke.. haha funny...

[khbgkh]

it was also a direct quote by the most quotable man in the world.

[nilbone]

ya manito

[Leradcoris]

mm kay

[goodgod12321]

his warmup started higher than i can play

[tromboneandy]

he is bill watrous

[puretoo]

A great lesson.

- No effort

- Feel of the notes

- Its all happening inside the mouthpiece

- Embochure maintenance makes it easy

- Control is the essence

- Expression of the voice

- As graceful as possible

- Create a flow

[Burgerbob22]

Too bad that wasn't a triple G!

And holy cow, he starts his warmup high. This is all very interesting.

[puretoo]

Yea, contrary to what he says there is no triple G at the beginning, strange.

[jazztbone2b]

he never says there is a triple g 1:48, he says 3 ledger lines above the staff. that's not a triple g

[mooorgaan]

He didn't say he was going to start on a triple G, he says 3 ledger lines above the staff. That's just a high G.

[kingkeylion]

Uhh... according to the position that the notes were played in, and the register, and accounting for pitch variation due to tape speed - I would say that was a triple G (though it sounded like more like a triple A flat). Not a big fan of Bill's, but I respect his skill (as a professional t-bonist myself). Even less of a fan of incorrect smart azzes, and no respect either.

[ttukumoe]

come on Bill...who do think you're teaching,no amateur warms up like that! sometimes i think this guy just wants to show off.

[crtune]

Good advice from a master. Make MUSIC. . .make em GUESS what instrument it is. . .

Imitate the human voice. . .

Beautiful Bill. Thanks for posting this video.

[bthrun90]

tough crowd lol. i would love to have been there even though i play the trumpet

[bluecoatguy03]

I love music and i play trombone, but I keep seeing mr garrison when i see this video.

[lightfireX]

@bluecoatguy03 MMMMKAYYYY

[rctlover1]

@bluecoatguy03

mmmmmmkay class, now here's a slide position mmmmmmkay

[vonlorasteverachel]

That was a very engaging and helpful video. Thanks for posting.

[conn48h]

thanks for posting.hope there's more of this great advice from the greatest