Approach
Smell the air.
What song could you listen to over and over again?
Find the pulse of the music and locate it in your body.
Measure your breath like an accordion, inhaling 4 beats, exhaling 4 beats. Now 8, 12, 16. Dance. Breathe. Sing!
Mouthpiece: match what you hear: melody, harmony, bass. Improvise.
Slide - relax into sound, easy up and down, now articulated rhythms - single, double, & triple tongued.
Bell - long waves, slipping through partials, spinning spontaneous yarns
Method
- The slide is a paintbrush. Only the left hand holds weight
~ Nebraskan's Guide, Schlossberg Daily Drills
~ Awareness of abdominal support
Matrix
- Nick Finzer jazz scale patterns
St. James Infirmary in all 12 minor keys - Melody, Bass line, & Backgrounds
ii - V - I's
IV - V - I Blues
Melody
Rochut Melodious Etudes
Telemann Flute Fantasies
Bach Cello Sonatas
The Beatles