Hi!
I`m a choral soprano and I`ve decided to learn an instrument too. I baut a trombone on ebay and I`m haveing emboshure.. embouchire.. whatever problems. Could you guys ( and girls too ) give me some advice?
Thanks

It depends on the problem. Can you be more specific?

hey,

good choice on instruments. One thing you will definately need-- someone that knows how to play ANY brass instrument. Be it tuba, french horn, or piccolo trumpet-- find a french (or preferably a teacher/band director) that can give you advice. Consider private lessons also-- these are not easy instruments to learn, and it might be like 6 months before you can play a scale without cracking a note, but dont think of that as discouragement. and remember--
1. Open up.
2. BREATHE.

also, take your trombone to a good tuner once your comforatable with the slide positions, and find out exactly where each note is located.

My problem is that the embochure is way way too big for my lips... I mean I can`t seem o cover even a bit of it, and my head gets in the way. Also it seems really awkward to hold! the slide is working though The sound I make is kind of strange 2

Also I`m not sure that the part that makes the sound come out is big enough... it`s like only one tenth the size of the part I`m blowing into!

roflmao so turn it around 3times then put it back for sale on ebay.

I did try playing on the other end and it sounded great! Well way better than before at least. And no I won`t sell it
I don`t know whether to thank you or not...?

Um, do you mean you were trying to blow into the bell? Probably not, but you know that you get the mouthpiece and put it on and purse your lips a bit and vibrate and make a sound right? And the mouthpiece (where you blow in) should be about the size of when you make a ring shape with your thumb and the next finger.

I hear a bassoon reed can fit into a trombone with a little finageling. Try that, it might help. Or stick to playing through the bell. You might just have a new genre.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Really, BEST POST EVER!!

I like to be original. Someone has already thought of the trombone-bassoon hybrid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromboon

So I`ll stick with bell-end playing.
Oh well, I geuss soprano piano is going to have to go into retirement for a while

Dude, I`m totally trying that. Anyone know where I can get a bocal for cheap? And by cheap I mean less then $10... Do they exist? Or should I just build one out of PVC pipe and used toilet paper rolls?

Here is a cheaper variation, the saxabone!
Listen:

http://home.att.net/~bobbeecher/trombone/SaxObone.wav

And think, all you need is a trombone and a sax mouthpeice and reed!

In case you don`t believe the saxobone or tromboon, look at the pics near the bottom of this page:

http://home.att.net/~bobbeecher/trombone/trombone-p2.html

Awesome. That link rocks. I nearly fell out of my seat on a couple of those.

Anyone want to buy me a contra bass?

Haha, I`ve used that website as a shopping list for years. I especially like my new Soprano. in a few months, my friend and I are investing in a superbone and the zepher, so we can play duets, so odd!