John McAllister
Composer, Educator
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Trombone

(This is a long-term project and it'll probably take me a long time before this section is as robust as it should be)

Long Tones & Lip Slurs

(youngest players)
(middle/early high school)
(middle and advanced players)
Click here for cinematic series

Floating slurs

Technique

Crush Your Scales
"Crush Your Scales" is an individual pass off-type resource to systematically teach students their scales. These do not work for full band like most of my other resources. These would be good for private lessons or supplementary material. I've given them to students to progress on their own as well. The exercises are designed to be purely technical, so if they're playing their instruments correctly (check out the warm-ups section) and have a fingering chart... they should be able to do so.
Crush your scales
Page of Patterns
These are pages of patterns in different key signatures. Originally developed as a full band resource, this is only the trombone pages. There is a page for all twelve key signatures. The idea is to learn all the same patterns in every key. As you're practicing these, it's a good idea to go ahead and start thinking of them in terms of scale degrees and not just the note you're playing (know both!)
Page of patterns

Free Music

Progressive Trombone Duets (VE)
6 Duets (VE)

Music for Purchase

Solo
Trombone Solo - Little ROndo

Chamber Music

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  • Start Here
    • Blog
  • Music
    • Concert Band - VE
    • Concert Band - E
    • Concert Band - ME
    • Expandable Chamber Project
    • Marching Band
    • Jazz
    • Chamber Music
    • Christmas/Holiday
  • Instruments
    • Flute
    • Oboe
    • Bassoon
    • Clarinet
    • Saxophone
    • Trumpet
    • Horn
    • Trombone
    • Euphonium
    • Tuba
    • Percussion
  • Free Resources
    • Let's Read Music
    • Band Theory
    • Warm-ups
    • Scales and Technique
    • Arrangements
    • Sight-Reading
    • Jazz Center
    • Band Games
    • Strings!
    • Recruitment Materials
    • Other Resources
    • Coronastress Relief
    • Posters
    • Clip Art
    • Free Christmas
  • Cinematic Series
    • Complete Warm-Ups Sets
    • Long Tones
    • Flexibility
    • Articulation
    • Scales
    • Page of Patterns
    • Counting
    • Play Alongs
    • Music Humor
  • Me