Long Tone Duets for Trombones by David Vining is appropriate for high school through professional trombone players.

Long Tone Duets for Trombones provides an opportunity to play long tones together, learning to blend tone quality, balance dynamics, and play in tune. A variety of patterns has been provided, including duets for each slide position, duets in every major and minor key, duets featuring scales and harmonies, and duets devoted to technique and repertoire. To ensure a variety of long tone playing in your daily practicing, play a duet from each category every day.

Students will learn by emulating their teachers when playing Long Tone Duets. It’s the perfect opportunity to scrutinize and improve tone, intonation, and articulation because there is no complicated rhythmic activity to distract you from these issues.

“'Long Tone Duets for Trombones' are foundational; in this book, David Vining delivers necessary fundamentals etudes in an enjoyable duet format. Teachers, you’ll want this book on your music stand.”  - Dr. Michael Davidson, Professor of Trombone, University of Kansas

61 pages, spiral bound to lay flat on the music stand

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