Lip Flexibility

for the
Advanced Jazz Trombonist
* Pitch Organization
Use the following chart to organize the pitches to start each day's routine.
* From Buddy Baker's Tenor Trombone Method, 1983, p. 85
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.

b
b

#
#

b
b

David Wilken
dave@trombone.org

Fri.

Sat./Sun.

b
b

b
b

Fretting Studies Using 3 Partials

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5
5
? b b

5
5
b

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5
5
4 b
4
4

4
b

5
5
4 b
4
4

4
b

bw

Fretting Using 3 Partials

Variation by transposing by half steps

? b 6 6

6
6

bw

2002 by David Wilken

Fretting Using 3 Partials

Variation by transposing by half steps
5
5
b

? b

5
5
b

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6
6
? #

6
6
#

7
7
? b 6 b 6 6 6

7
7
6 b
6
6

6
b

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? #

Fretting Using 4 Partials

7
7
7
7
? b 6 b 6 6 6 b 6 b 6 6 6
b

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3

4
4
4
4

w



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3

5 4
5 4
5 4
5 4
4 b
4
4 b
4

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b

b b

b

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3

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Fretting Using 4 Partials

4
4
4
4
4 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4 4

4
4
4
4

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b

?
3

Fretting Using 5 Partials

4 b 4
4 4
4 b 4
4 4

w
?
6

6
6 5
6
5
6
6 5
6
5
#

5 #
#

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5

7 7

7 7 6

7 7 6

b b w
3 3 3

7 7

3 3 3

3 3 3

3 3 3

Fretting Variations
Vary fretting patterns by starting on different pitches in the sequence and varying the rhythms and time signature

4 b 4 4 b 4
b

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3

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4 .

Fretting Variations
Vary fretting patterns by starting on different pitches in the sequence and varying the rhythms and time signature

4
4
4 .

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4
Turns
notated

?c

T T T T

played
4

4
4
4

Turns, Foundation Exercises

Turns with adjacent positions

U,
U, T T T TU,
U,
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T

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b #
U,
U
U
U
T
T
T
T
b b T T T T , T T T T , b 5T 5T 5T 5T ,
#
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U,
U,
U
U
T
T
T
T
4T 4T 4T T , 5
T
T
T
T
b b # T 5T 5T 5T ,
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Turns, Foundation Exercises

Turns with distances greater than one position

U,
U,
U
U,
T
T
T
T
T
T
5T ,
T
T
T
T
T

T
T
T
T

b b
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Turns, Foundation Exercises

Turns on the same position

U
Tb T T T, # T T T TU, Tb T T TU, T T T TU,

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Variations on Turns, Foundation Exercises

U
U
U
U
Tb T T T, b Tb T T T, Tb T T T, Tb n Tb n Tb n Tb ,
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U 4T 4T 4
U
4T
4T
4TU,
4T
4T
4T
4T ,
4T ,
T
T

#
?
4

Advanced Turn Exercises

T T b

T T b

Tb T T T
? 45
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bT

Tb T T T

T T b T T

T b

Tb T .

Tb T T T

T b

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b 3 T 3 T T T T
n T T T b T T T
115
T
T T b
b

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b 3 T
?

Tn

b T

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Tb

Combination Exercises

T T T T
# .

T T T T
# .

T T T T

#
?
3

T T T T

#
3

T T
, T T T T

T T

#
#
?
3

Practical Application
Frank Rosolino's Now's the Time

Gmin7

#

n
b
? J
D7 9

F7
4 4

4 4 4
4 4 4

b
^

? J
4

Carl Fontana's A Beautiful Friendship

- T - T - T b T - T b - T - T T > >

J
J
J
J
? J
FMaj7

B7( 11)

B Maj7

Am7( 5)

D7 9

Conrad Herwig's Code Blue

6

Cmin9

>
4

^
4

n n >
4

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n 4 4 4
J
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