Not only that, us Bass Trombonist do not have a cut off in our range. We have to play extremeply low but are also expected to play as high as a tenor! Do you know how hard it is to play 6-7 octaves!
@MrBrettis Umm no. You are never going to see a Tenor or an Alto play 4 octaves below a middle C, Thats where we come into play but we are still expected to play as high as they can as well. Its impossible for a Tenor to go as low as a bass, they only have one trigger. Yes we can play very very high but we don't sound nearly as good as a tenor in some cases but we are still expected to play them.
I wish I can play that good. Obviously people do not under stand how hard it is to play a range like that. I know sometimes us bass trombonist sometimes hit those low notes that don't even sound like they ahve any tone to it but remember that in order to do that we have to work hours every day in order for our lips to addapt to playing such low notes.
@chambon911 he's playing some of the most basic of the bass trombone fundamentals and playing it rather well. that helps on evenness of getting in and out of the petal range and making "double trigger" notes not sound muffled and shitty.
Also, is the don harwood mouthpiece the one with the crazy back bore? Or is that a different GW bass tbone mouthpiece? My friend has one of the GW bass trombone mouthpieces, i don't remember which one though.
AH YOUTUBE HATERS YOU WANNA TALK SHIT RIGHT MOTHERFUCKER.
I really don't see anything wrong with this video, except that there's a lot of comments from jealous 12-year-olds posting comments about how butthurt they are.
i like the fact that you are using a double trigger bass trombone for starters its one of my favorite trombones!!!!! secondly some trombone players can only play the pedal notes on the bass puffing there cheeks out while others can keep a stable face so in all words what is comfortable and helps get the sound out and make it sound great cannot be dependent only on just keeping the stable face so when you see someone puffing there cheeks thats just how they get the note out
Yeah, especially if they're ignoring the fact that he controls those slurs in and out of all ranges magnificently. But, you know, nobody cares about that!
@Playerisaiah except I guarantee you've never heard me play any of my trombones. Also, I study bass trombone in one of the most successful programs in the world, so don't make assumptions that I sound like shit.
@lordofdastrings76 Actually, film and video game scores are pushing the boundaries of low brass which is proven with the the more frequent use of contrabass trombones, 8 member horn sections, 2 tubas, euphoniums etc. and with it the desire for players to blast out pedals. @Bassbonemexie has a great low range and this IS important. Check out the video entitled "Hellboy bass trombone massacre" on here. They would agree with me.
The problem is what may work for you doesn't necessarily work for everyone else. I take lessons from a man who "puffs his cheeks" and is considered to be one of the best Trombone instructors in the country. His books are used by many institutions, are you willing to say that he is wrong?
@audbassbone oh so you study with doug yeo from boston? or charles vernon from chicago? or ilan morgenstern from san antonio? because they dont puff theyre cheeks. they guy is obviously doing a phenomenal job.
@griego4m The point was that some people who would be viewing this who puff their cheeks may get completely discouraged to hear that there is only "one way" to play. I don't study underneath those guys, but if my teacher can teach a bass trombonist to play (even though the teacher "puffs his cheeks"), and that bass trombone player is now headed to study under Douglas Yeo, what does that say about the philosophy of not puffing your cheeks.
David Taylor as well as Dizzy Gillespie (puffers).
Is that a 3062? I played one of them at All-State and fell in love instantly. There was even a Shires booth there and I preferred the Getzen. Great, great horn, definitely on my wish list.
Like all musical instruments, the trombone is a means to an end. Treating it as a branch of athletics so that you can, in an undisciplined and arthythmic way, flay all over registers that you don't need, is plain silly.
Everyone has their own way of making things work for themselves. All I think off when playing either high or low is just having the right airspeed which means that the tongue is in the right position. When there are many jaw changes that changes the oral cavity thus changing the tone quality. and I may be able to play very low and very high but if I have too much movement in my face my tone quality becomes very inconsistent. You probably heard this a thousand times.
Its great that you dont need to puff your cheeks. I just wonder why is it that you move your face so much. Your jaw seems to move all over the place and you make a lot of weird faces. Other than that I gues you have those pedals down.
Are you playing the double pedal Bb with both valves and the whole slide? I can't see. :) It sounds more like a B natural though. Try playing it in 1st or 2nd on the open horn. FWIW, I'm a "cheek puffer" from mid range on down. My teacher didn't like it but I don't really care as it seems overly difficult to control it.
@bassbonemexie Man in your vid your arpeggios sound so smooth, like with no resistance at all. I've played some Bach bass bones and they have so much resistance that you could never do that.
Is it a 3047AF custom series one? Looks just like mine.
What is your mouthpiece because I'm trying to do what you do but it's hard as hell because I'm using the Griego CS5 that came with the horn, and that cup is super shallow, but I can hit a B flat an octave above the high B flat you played, so I guess that's the trade off. But what kind of mouthpiece is it?
I dont puff mine until after double pedal Bb but thats a tenor with a 6.5al mouthpiece. But the other thing i notice people say that i cant stand is "i need a trigger to play pedals". not true.
Everyone changes there embrochure to varying degrees. But you do change it alot inside the mouth piece. Anyone who says they are not changing it when they are going up and down are lieing. People who do it inside the mouth pieace just have a good controll on what the embrochure is doing.
@babtrombone Inside the mouthpiece is expected and necessary. The outside, however, should have limited movement. If you look at most of the virtuosos of the brass world, their faces to change much at all from the top of the horn to the bottom. There is a difference between changing and shifting though.
@Owunthrizzel there can be change inside the mouthpiece that is unnecessary as well. I've never physically seen another bass trombonist play in this way without taking a breath, or making a break in sound like rearticulating before a certain point in register, starting upper register, and going lower and lower. It is true many virtuosos have limited movement, but I think that some movement is necessary for me personally with the general extreme register of bass trombone.
@bassbonemexie Im sorry. Im not trying to attack you. You have a better bass trombone sound than I do. I dont think this is going to stop you from getting a great gig some day if you dont already have one. I was just stating my opinion then someone else wanted one. I think you sound great, I really do.
Sounds good. I would tell you to watch your chin closely. You are losing ideal embouchure form in the low register. Your chin should stay firm just like the corners. I know Im just some dude on youtube so I understand if you dont take me seriously.
You gotta love the adoring fans! Nice playing!
SuperJox 3 days ago
george lopez?
chucknorrisminecraft 3 weeks ago
Ya, i'm George Lopez. Wha'Cha!
bassbonemexie 2 weeks ago
What type of mouthpiece are you using? It looks like a giddings and Webster like I use
MI6MADNESS 1 month ago
@MI6MADNESS it's the giddings don harwood sire
bassbonemexie 1 month ago
What a fuck do you doing?
TheXxxSandro 1 month ago
Just got a bass trombone for honors band but I suck at the low notes because I was playing with a small shank beginner trombone before I switched
LEAreborned 2 months ago
I play tuba and that's sounds about as low as i can go, lmao. Great work !
VentriIo 2 months ago
those are some nasty bass notes rofl
Jknessmic 2 months ago
someday.......... very good job sir! i salute you! :D
TheOddStudios 2 months ago
dude very nice
whitacrefan17 3 months ago
Dang, do you know where one could buy a cheap bass trombone?
RunnerTromboneNerd 3 months ago
@RunnerTromboneNerd You mean the trombone that costs nearly $200 and up?
epsocool 3 months ago
@epsocool Where can you buy a 200 dollar bass trombone?
RunnerTromboneNerd 3 months ago
@RunnerTromboneNerd Yamaha as well as others make "intermediate" bass trombones, but none are cheap. $2600
ulfbjorlin 2 months ago
I am envious of your flexibility. Keep up the good work sir!
mikedaguy 3 months ago 3
Thats amazing range! I'm working on my lower range on my bass. What mouthpiece is that, and what horn are you using?
CGTrombone 3 months ago
Not only that, us Bass Trombonist do not have a cut off in our range. We have to play extremeply low but are also expected to play as high as a tenor! Do you know how hard it is to play 6-7 octaves!
ManIhTwoLinJay 4 months ago
@ManIhTwoLinJay Thats just trombone players in general...
MrBrettis 4 months ago
@MrBrettis Umm no. You are never going to see a Tenor or an Alto play 4 octaves below a middle C, Thats where we come into play but we are still expected to play as high as they can as well. Its impossible for a Tenor to go as low as a bass, they only have one trigger. Yes we can play very very high but we don't sound nearly as good as a tenor in some cases but we are still expected to play them.
ManIhTwoLinJay 3 months ago
I wish I can play that good. Obviously people do not under stand how hard it is to play a range like that. I know sometimes us bass trombonist sometimes hit those low notes that don't even sound like they ahve any tone to it but remember that in order to do that we have to work hours every day in order for our lips to addapt to playing such low notes.
ManIhTwoLinJay 4 months ago
like a fart
mclisteer00 4 months ago
whats the difference between a dependant bass trombone an and indepndant one?
mongdex 4 months ago
@mongdex A dependent setup doesn't allow you to use the Gb valve by itself. It only works when the F valve is pressed. David Taylor uses this set up
iboneic13 4 months ago
so wut exactly does tht help on,?
chambon911 5 months ago
@chambon911 he's playing some of the most basic of the bass trombone fundamentals and playing it rather well. that helps on evenness of getting in and out of the petal range and making "double trigger" notes not sound muffled and shitty.
COOKIEMONSTERATHOME 5 months ago
@COOKIEMONSTERATHOME oh alrighty thanx...
chambon911 4 months ago
@chambon911 no prob
COOKIEMONSTERATHOME 4 months ago
What horn are you on?
DefXsight 5 months ago
You sound awesome!!!!!
mingusmonk0 6 months ago 6
Also, is the don harwood mouthpiece the one with the crazy back bore? Or is that a different GW bass tbone mouthpiece? My friend has one of the GW bass trombone mouthpieces, i don't remember which one though.
MastodonRockss 6 months ago
AH YOUTUBE HATERS YOU WANNA TALK SHIT RIGHT MOTHERFUCKER.
I really don't see anything wrong with this video, except that there's a lot of comments from jealous 12-year-olds posting comments about how butthurt they are.
MastodonRockss 6 months ago 5
GUYS, GET A F****NG GRIP!!!
Anyone who puts bad comments on here, clearly hasn't got the first idea about basic bass trombone skills. End of.
Nice one mate, lovely sound, great flexibility!! Very nice!
MattDenney 7 months ago 29
It's too bad people have nothing better to do than make shitty comments! I love your notes! I'm a Trombonist and I think you're just fine!
stlgtrace 8 months ago 22
@bassbonemexie this vid so full of fuking EPiC SKiLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ NAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
SergioBizzle 8 months ago
@SergioBizzle thanks fan :]
bassbonemexie 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@bassbonemexie LMfao, you are joke.
SergioBizzle 8 months ago
@bassbonemexie gj admiting tht this vid is pointless.
SergioBizzle 8 months ago
no one cares!
SergioBizzle 8 months ago
I can almost get double pedal Bb on my trombone without triggers at all.
it is very easy to get single petal Bb though.
jcbprks 8 months ago
i like the fact that you are using a double trigger bass trombone for starters its one of my favorite trombones!!!!! secondly some trombone players can only play the pedal notes on the bass puffing there cheeks out while others can keep a stable face so in all words what is comfortable and helps get the sound out and make it sound great cannot be dependent only on just keeping the stable face so when you see someone puffing there cheeks thats just how they get the note out
trombonejazzer 10 months ago
too bad you won't get gigs for playing that low... nobody cares how good you can fart out pedals.
lordofdastrings76 11 months ago
@lordofdastrings76 thanks adoring fan ^.^
bassbonemexie 11 months ago 19
@lordofdastrings76 LOL ahhh jealoussss. dumb ass
griego4m 10 months ago
@lordofdastrings76
Yeah, especially if they're ignoring the fact that he controls those slurs in and out of all ranges magnificently. But, you know, nobody cares about that!
Jpengy777 7 months ago 6
@lordofdastrings76 you know if ur gonna down him then just shut the fuck up and dont comment dont down him just cause u sound like shit
Playerisaiah 7 months ago 9
@Playerisaiah except I guarantee you've never heard me play any of my trombones. Also, I study bass trombone in one of the most successful programs in the world, so don't make assumptions that I sound like shit.
lordofdastrings76 4 months ago
@lordofdastrings76 he went from a double petal Bb to a high Bb. that means he's talented. which he WILL get gigs for.
COOKIEMONSTERATHOME 4 months ago
@lordofdastrings76 Actually, film and video game scores are pushing the boundaries of low brass which is proven with the the more frequent use of contrabass trombones, 8 member horn sections, 2 tubas, euphoniums etc. and with it the desire for players to blast out pedals. @Bassbonemexie has a great low range and this IS important. Check out the video entitled "Hellboy bass trombone massacre" on here. They would agree with me.
ulfbjorlin 2 months ago
@bassbonemexie True, just felt it needed to be said. You do have a very nice tone by the way. Is that a 3062?
audbassbone 11 months ago
The problem is what may work for you doesn't necessarily work for everyone else. I take lessons from a man who "puffs his cheeks" and is considered to be one of the best Trombone instructors in the country. His books are used by many institutions, are you willing to say that he is wrong?
audbassbone 11 months ago
@audbassbone oh so you study with doug yeo from boston? or charles vernon from chicago? or ilan morgenstern from san antonio? because they dont puff theyre cheeks. they guy is obviously doing a phenomenal job.
griego4m 10 months ago
@griego4m The point was that some people who would be viewing this who puff their cheeks may get completely discouraged to hear that there is only "one way" to play. I don't study underneath those guys, but if my teacher can teach a bass trombonist to play (even though the teacher "puffs his cheeks"), and that bass trombone player is now headed to study under Douglas Yeo, what does that say about the philosophy of not puffing your cheeks.
David Taylor as well as Dizzy Gillespie (puffers).
audbassbone 10 months ago
i thought there was only 1 kind of trombone but i guess there isnt so idk what kind of trombone i have
thebeatlesluvr4 11 months ago
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brunoconnection 1 year ago
@brunoconnection giddings and webster don harwood lol
bassbonemexie 1 year ago 3
Is that a 3062? I played one of them at All-State and fell in love instantly. There was even a Shires booth there and I preferred the Getzen. Great, great horn, definitely on my wish list.
SilverKhondji 1 year ago
Like all musical instruments, the trombone is a means to an end. Treating it as a branch of athletics so that you can, in an undisciplined and arthythmic way, flay all over registers that you don't need, is plain silly.
banoonar 1 year ago
Everyone has their own way of making things work for themselves. All I think off when playing either high or low is just having the right airspeed which means that the tongue is in the right position. When there are many jaw changes that changes the oral cavity thus changing the tone quality. and I may be able to play very low and very high but if I have too much movement in my face my tone quality becomes very inconsistent. You probably heard this a thousand times.
jonatbone 1 year ago
Its great that you dont need to puff your cheeks. I just wonder why is it that you move your face so much. Your jaw seems to move all over the place and you make a lot of weird faces. Other than that I gues you have those pedals down.
jonatbone 1 year ago
@jonatbone its his way of compensating for not puffing his cheeks lol
landhunterr 8 months ago
Are you playing the double pedal Bb with both valves and the whole slide? I can't see. :) It sounds more like a B natural though. Try playing it in 1st or 2nd on the open horn. FWIW, I'm a "cheek puffer" from mid range on down. My teacher didn't like it but I don't really care as it seems overly difficult to control it.
contrabassbob 1 year ago
@bassbonemexie Man in your vid your arpeggios sound so smooth, like with no resistance at all. I've played some Bach bass bones and they have so much resistance that you could never do that.
af2815 1 year ago
Is it a 3047AF custom series one? Looks just like mine.
What is your mouthpiece because I'm trying to do what you do but it's hard as hell because I'm using the Griego CS5 that came with the horn, and that cup is super shallow, but I can hit a B flat an octave above the high B flat you played, so I guess that's the trade off. But what kind of mouthpiece is it?
af2815 1 year ago
i have the same kind of mouthpiece i love it
zachtbone2013 1 year ago
I dont puff mine until after double pedal Bb but thats a tenor with a 6.5al mouthpiece. But the other thing i notice people say that i cant stand is "i need a trigger to play pedals". not true.
cj614 1 year ago 2
George Lopez?
ERICGOBYEA 1 year ago 8
Nice dude!
jqpopcorn 1 year ago
nice dude!
jqpopcorn 1 year ago
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jqpopcorn 1 year ago
Everyone changes there embrochure to varying degrees. But you do change it alot inside the mouth piece. Anyone who says they are not changing it when they are going up and down are lieing. People who do it inside the mouth pieace just have a good controll on what the embrochure is doing.
babtrombone 1 year ago
@babtrombone Inside the mouthpiece is expected and necessary. The outside, however, should have limited movement. If you look at most of the virtuosos of the brass world, their faces to change much at all from the top of the horn to the bottom. There is a difference between changing and shifting though.
Owunthrizzel 1 year ago
@Owunthrizzel there can be change inside the mouthpiece that is unnecessary as well. I've never physically seen another bass trombonist play in this way without taking a breath, or making a break in sound like rearticulating before a certain point in register, starting upper register, and going lower and lower. It is true many virtuosos have limited movement, but I think that some movement is necessary for me personally with the general extreme register of bass trombone.
bassbonemexie 1 year ago
@bassbonemexie Im sorry. Im not trying to attack you. You have a better bass trombone sound than I do. I dont think this is going to stop you from getting a great gig some day if you dont already have one. I was just stating my opinion then someone else wanted one. I think you sound great, I really do.
Owunthrizzel 1 year ago
Edwards or Getzen?
DavidGerber0394 1 year ago
@DavidGerber0394 Getzen sir
bassbonemexie 1 year ago
Sounds good. I would tell you to watch your chin closely. You are losing ideal embouchure form in the low register. Your chin should stay firm just like the corners. I know Im just some dude on youtube so I understand if you dont take me seriously.
Owunthrizzel 1 year ago
let me just say that you are really an inspiration to me. The first arpeggio made me cry
blouistu101 1 year ago
Great vid. I will post a response to this video of me playing my bass. I need you to rate my tone quality.
badoc10 1 year ago