Buddy Baker Tenor Trombone Method [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

Baker's Method is reminiscent of Remington's classic Warm-Up Studies, which is still valuable but now very hard to find. Like Remington, Baker writes with the sensibility of a knowledgeable, patient, encouraging teacher. The beauty of Baker's book is its accessibility to trombonists at almost every stage in their maturity, from advanced beginner to professional. The book deals with only as much theory as is necessary to clarify practical points. This is a good thing: Practice books should be practical! The layout of Baker's method is very clear, and, as a sympathetic teacher, he abbreviates and expands his approach for the performer who has less or more time to devote in daily practice. Baker's most repeated points of guidance are two. First, the importance of air in beautiful blowing (which sounds ridiculously easy, but is lost on players who try and inevitably fail to compensate for lack of wind with excruciating embouchure). Second, Baker emphasizes relaxation and rest when they are needed--again, a profoundly simple point ignored by students who play more poorly by wearing themselves out. The book is illustrated with helpful photographs and diagrams that enrich the presentation, which is already very clear. A superb resource that I hope to use for many years.

The book reviews all the basics of trombone playing. Book has a lot of text. Exercises are mainly scales and flexibility arpeggios. Best to use with instructor initially.

Great!

Great book. Just what you expect.

The Buddy Baker routine is a well-rounded daily study for trombonists that include most of the physical requirements of playing the trombone, namely: long tones, slow slurs, scales and arpeggios, tonguing, multiple tougueing, and flexibility. I used this book while studying with Mr. Baker and I recommend it to my students now. It's a great book for a well-rounded approach to playing the trombone.