This etude in particular is strong in my memory. I used to play this with my trombone instructor, Tom Ervin, at the University of Arizona in Tucson. This was in the mid-1970s. Toby Oft reminds me a little of him, even looking similar physically.
Toby I really really love your videos and I have leant so many things by these videos. Thank you very much and please make more video like this!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yuvraj Atre - glad to help. In general, whenever you’re having trouble with rhythm, it can be really helpful to slow down and subdivide. If you were counting quarter notes, slow it down and count eighth notes, if it still doesn’t work, slow it down further and count sixteenths - Everything’s relative ☺️
Beautiful work! A couple of notes: - I use Kelly mouthpieces for my practice rims. They are less expensive and easy to make. I also have a brass allergy and avoid silver plated mouthpieces. - I have modified a Kelly mouthpiece by drilling a 3/8 inch hole through the bottom of the cup angled away from my face. This allows me to get a rim buzz while moving the slide and when I want to go back to playing the horn normally I just cover the hole with my finger. - One quibble/question. I heard you play an A natural in measure 47. My edition has this note written as A flat. This could just be my ears. Did you play A natural? Both natural and flat notes work in this measure. Thank you for these videos!
What tips do you have for being able to so flawlessly slur up to the A and the G and keep in touch with the legato tonguing. I can play relatively high notes when supported with air but when i try playing any rochut passage that has a relative jump my legato breaks up
So I'm standing on a step stool doing the trim between the wall and the ceiling (of the new exercise room that was the kids' room when they were little) and you're buzzing the intro to illustrate fixing sound issues and of course I have to grab my (new) rim out of my pocket to try to match buzzes, and I suddenly think, "69 year old guy standing on a stool, roller in hand, blowing, NO! BUZZING into a little metal rim. Must have inhaled paint thinner..." Think it's easy getting old? It's not...
You can buy them from a lot of mouthpiece manufacturers - here's a link to one: www.griegomouthpieces.com/products/tenor_rims.php Alternatively, you can just buy a duplicate of what you currently use and just cut the rim off with a hack saw, holding the mouthpiece steady with a vice.
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hey toby ya pinned my comment a year after i wrote it, just wanted to say thanks for getting me into all state💀🙌
This is one of my middle schools all region etudes and I'm glad I have your performance as a reference.
This etude in particular is strong in my memory. I used to play this with my trombone instructor, Tom Ervin, at the University of Arizona in Tucson. This was in the mid-1970s. Toby Oft reminds me a little of him, even looking similar physically.
This is the orchestra pro series of our time in my opinion.
Toby I really really love your videos and I have leant so many things by these videos. Thank you very much and please make more video like this!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This is one of my all region etudes this year and this is great now I can have use this as reference when trying to learn some of the rhythms.
Yuvraj Atre - glad to help. In general, whenever you’re having trouble with rhythm, it can be really helpful to slow down and subdivide. If you were counting quarter notes, slow it down and count eighth notes, if it still doesn’t work, slow it down further and count sixteenths - Everything’s relative ☺️
Yuvraj Atre are you in region 24?
DogsGaming Yes. Are you?
Yuvraj Atre yeah
DogsGaming what instrument do you play?
Great! Very inspiring!
it just sounds SO GOOD
Time to listen to this 24 hours a day until my regional audition
1:10 to start the playing if youve already heard the advice at the beginning
Cutting this up so I can tackle my audition piece one section at a time
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Love it very much! Come back to Manhattan School of Music for master class! Cheers
Very beautifully played Toby!
Love these videos.
Very nice. I will be giving this to my student for reference!
Please tell me you are recording all rochut and an album will be produced from this afterwards.
Wow this really helped as a reference
Muito bom! Agora me inscrevi no seu canal !!!
perfect divino
Beautiful work! A couple of notes:
- I use Kelly mouthpieces for my practice rims. They are less expensive and easy to make. I also have a brass allergy and avoid silver plated mouthpieces.
- I have modified a Kelly mouthpiece by drilling a 3/8 inch hole through the bottom of the cup angled away from my face. This allows me to get a rim buzz while moving the slide and when I want to go back to playing the horn normally I just cover the hole with my finger.
- One quibble/question. I heard you play an A natural in measure 47. My edition has this note written as A flat. This could just be my ears. Did you play A natural? Both natural and flat notes work in this measure.
Thank you for these videos!
Vincent Laine i heard A flat... but I might be wrong. Sounded great tho
Sounded like he played an Ab to me, not an A-natural
What tips do you have for being able to so flawlessly slur up to the A and the G and keep in touch with the legato tonguing. I can play relatively high notes when supported with air but when i try playing any rochut passage that has a relative jump my legato breaks up
If you’re a trumpet player this is in the Wurm book
So I'm standing on a step stool doing the trim between the wall and the ceiling (of the new exercise room that was the kids' room when they were little) and you're buzzing the intro to illustrate fixing sound issues and of course I have to grab my (new) rim out of my pocket to try to match buzzes, and I suddenly think, "69 year old guy standing on a stool, roller in hand, blowing, NO! BUZZING into a little metal rim. Must have inhaled paint thinner..." Think it's easy getting old? It's not...
Where can I get a rim to buzz through? Is that something that detaches from your mouthpiece?
You can buy them from a lot of mouthpiece manufacturers - here's a link to one:
www.griegomouthpieces.com/products/tenor_rims.php
Alternatively, you can just buy a duplicate of what you currently use and just cut the rim off with a hack saw, holding the mouthpiece steady with a vice.
Edwards family
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Biutifull
What trombone is that?
Looks like either a shire or a bach strad
victor gonzalez It is an Edwards T350-HB with an off bell. Toby uses a Griego-Oft mouthpiece
Beautiful. NOT bor-DOH-nee but bor-dohn-yee. The "gn" same as lasagna = la-san-ya.