I have played the trombone for more than 6 years and I have enjoyed every minute of it. The trombone can be difficult at times when a certain song is fast. The trombone is considered to be one the hardest instruments to play because of how the notes have to be changed which is by a slide. The slide is what changes the pitches when someone moves the slide closer to the person or the opposite direction. The trombone is easy to put together it is 3 pieces that you put together: the bell, the slide and the mouthpiece.
When putting the instrument together the bell which is where the sound comes out screws on to the slide and then there is another hole where the mouthpiece goes. The next step is to try to blow warm air throughout the instrument to get adjusted to it. Take the mouthpiece off the instrument and put it against the lips, and try to keep the lips together and try to make a buzzing sound this is what causes sound once the mouthpiece is put back on to the slide.
Once buzzing feels comfortable try putting the mouthpiece back on and do the same thing with the mouthpiece back on. A note should have been heard throughout the instrument if it was not a pretty sound keep trying to get used to it. Once the buzzing is comfortable it is time to move the slide. There are 7 positions on a…show more content… The trombone is bass clef and it will look a lot different to all of the other instruments. The next step is to learn what rhythm is it is a fundamental to learn a song it is a particular pattern. There things called whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes and many more once that point has been reached. Each one of those notes is is held for a certain amount of time for example whole notes are held for 4 counts and half notes are held for 2 and quarter notes are 1 and a eighth note is held for a half a
