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A New Model for Beginning Trombone Lessons

Shonkwiler, Joel David

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2009, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Several consistent deficiencies have arisen in young trombonists who have received their beginning instruction only through their band classes. Students have displayed difficulties in note identification, rhythm, sound production, instrument handling and care. These deficiencies seem to be tied to a lack of idiomatic instruction during the outset of study, the lack of a suitable visual and aural model for playing, and a beginning band method book which provides an overwhelming amount of information which is therefore difficult to grasp. Beginning trombone students will benefit from a more focused idiomatic approach which is led by an artist-teacher of trombone. The manual included in this document considers teaching techniques assembled over years of private study, as well as techniques gathered from study of successful instructors and the instruction of this author. The manual provides a structured routine of breathing, sound and rhythm coaching, note learning and ear training that is meant to provide an instructor with the ability to facilitate the aforementioned beginning groups.
Joe Duchi (Committee Chair)
Jim Akins (Committee Member)
Graeme Boone, PhD (Committee Member)
89 p.

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  • Shonkwiler, J. D. (2009). A New Model for Beginning Trombone Lessons [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1260396865

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shonkwiler, Joel. A New Model for Beginning Trombone Lessons. 2009. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1260396865.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shonkwiler, Joel. "A New Model for Beginning Trombone Lessons." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1260396865

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)