Open up your trombone sound with this pedal tone exercise. Practice tips for airflow, sheet music in C/B♭, and start pedaling today.
Check yourself
Begin by choosing one of your favourite legato etudes or a jazz ballad. Play it before you work on these pedal tones and again afterwards. Does it feel and sound different (better)? If it does, include this exercise in your routine once or twice a week.
Practice tips
For the best results, start rubato without a metronome, focusing on smooth slide movement and consistent airflow. When your low range improves, switch to a metronome to keep your tempo steady. Use alternate positions to improve intonation and make the intervals as smooth as possible.
Sheet music and resources
You can download the pedal tone exercise in bass and treble clef here (PDF). This exercise is great for all brass players. Watch Marshall Gilkes demonstrate pedal tones in this video.
Start pedaling!
If you enjoyed this exercise, please leave a comment and let me know how it goes—and don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter for a free jazz etude. There’s a wide selection of pedal tone and flexibility exercises in the member’s section; it’s part of the largest collection of original trombone content on the web.
2 Comments
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Hello!
I am begining to play a bass trombone and I think this pedal tones will help me to improve my tones.
All these exsercises in this website are very helpfull for seriuos trombonists.
How can I have copy of these exsercises?Thank You!!!!
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Hi Yamill!
Thanks for the kind words! Some of the exercises are available in the webshop – /shop
If you can´t find what you are looking for, please send me a mail to info@digitaltrombone . com and we´ll work it out!
Anders
