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Learning the Trombone
What is the Trombone Family?
How to Clean a Trombone
Tips for Cleaning a Trombone
How to Play Pedals on the Trombone
How to Play a Halftone on the Trombone
How to Play Tones on the Trombone
Tips for Playing Tones on the Trombone
How to Play Scales & Chords on the Trombone
Tips for Playing Scales & Chords on the Trombone
What is the Range on a Trombone?
How to Create Special Effects on the Trombone
How to Create Sound Variations on the Trombone
How to Vary Styles when Playing the Trombone
How to Play Jazz on the Trombone
Jazz Standards on the Trombone
How to Play Swing Music on the Trombone
How to Play Ballads on the Trombone
How to Play Progressive Jazz on the Trombone
How to Play Classical Music on the Trombone
How to Play Latin Music on the Trombone
How to Play the Blues on the Trombone
How to Play Patriotic Songs on the Trombone
How to Play Church Music on the Trombone
How to Mute the Trombone
Summary: Play pedals on the trombone; learn how with tips from our expert trombone player in this free trombone video music lesson on brass instruments.
Dennis Garrels has been a professional musician for thirty years, playing in the Los Angeles area where he also teaches. He is also a minister of the church.read more
"Dennis Garrels on behalf of Expert Village. Pedals and notes but what am I talking about pedals, they're not foot pedals on the trombone they're not even on the piano. Maybe some pipe organs and some keyboards but by pedal I mean the deepest note the trombone vibrates when you play a note. If the entire horn is vibrating it's a very low note, if the note splits in half and it's a half partial it goes one octave. I would play a pedal and then the vibration of the horn will split in half somewhere in here and it would be up one octave. Pedal basic one note. (playing trombone) Up one octave, up one more octave, up one more octave so I'm going to go to the basic pedals all through these notes. The lowest note on the trombone is the low E, this is very low on the piano. (playing trombone) Half, F sharp, G, G sharp that's the series of seven pedals."
eHow Article: How to Play Pedals on the Trombone
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harryparatestes said
on 4/25/2009 There ARE foot pedals on a piano, last I checked. Mine has 3! Was that the theme to the movie "Jaws" there at the end? Speaking of jaws, if you drop your jaw and open the aperture, providing the muscles of your embouchure are well developed, your pedal notes will have improved response and resonance. Who's the expert now?