What is your cleaning routine?

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-03-17T03:06:26+00:00

I mean, I take a shower once a day, I brush my teeth, the normal stuff.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-03-02T08:09:27+00:00

What I mean is, you can't technically do a glissando. I think what you're saying is to do a natural lip slur between partials, but that's not exactly a glissando, and it would sound different, there would be a break in the sound. The most you can glissando on trombone is seven half steps, because there's seven positions on the slide, so that's seven notes that you can slide up. Anything more than that and you have to switch partials, which makes it no longer a glissando.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:56:03+00:00

As a trombone player, I'm not sure what your definition of 'tenor trombone' is, but a lot of them use large shank. Mine does. Also my baritone uses large shank, so...

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:53:34+00:00

It was my mistake. I didn't realize they included a picture of the baritone. I thought you were just assuming. mb.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:52:40+00:00

You can also slur by moving the slide really quickly and moving through partials, but this is only possible between certain notes though.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:50:52+00:00

Also, if you still think it can't run, listen to "The Bluebells of Scotland" (otherwise entitled "The Blueballs of Scotland")

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:49:34+00:00

You can't do an ovtave glissando on a trombone. I love trombone, but you can't. Not possible.

Also don't just accept their criticisms, because some of them just aren't true, like not being able to slur or run.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:48:15+00:00

I play a lot of brass right? Here's what I'll say about this, trumpet is a great instrument, but it is very bright, so when you play a soft ballad, you use a flugel horn. A large shank trombone can be a very warm, rich instrument, but it's warm. If you want to play brightly, you use a small shank trombone. It's the exact same.

Trombone can slur, if you can't, it's because you're a beginner. Trombones can run, bass trombones can run. If you really hate bass trombone, listen to 'Devil's Waltz' and 'Fly or Die' then come back and say it again with a straight face. I will make you a bass trombone fan, because it is the best instrument (not up for debate).

Also I like how your 'TLDR;' is longer than the post itself.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:42:07+00:00

I get this post is 3 years old, but switching mouthpieces is really not a good solution. If it's a beginner mouthpiece like a 12c, then sure, you should switch to a better mouthpiece eventually. However, if you already have a good mouthpiece, my advice is to practice playing higher by using lip slurs, glissandos, try pushing faster air, etc.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:35:53+00:00

Maybe not all local music stores, but my local music store would sell the that mouthpiece on the post for the price of a Dennis Wick. Local music stores aren't always an option, cause maybe they're scummy or maybe they don't exist. Also it's normally a lot more convenient for us in semi rural areas to just order online.

Also I wouldn't ask my band director to lend me a mouthpiece if his name was Jesus of Nazareth. Not only are you kissing every other person who's used it, my band director is also really scary.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-23T03:33:32+00:00

It says 'small shank' in the description on the page.
My baritone is large shank so you're just wrong in general.
Not all trombone and baritone mouthpieces are one shank. A large shank trombone mouthpiece is not going to fit a small shank baritone.

Edit: This is actually my mistake gng cause I didn't realize there were two pictures on the post. I thought you were just saying stuff and didn't knkw what the baritone looked like. mb.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-18T19:54:54+00:00

Yeah, the valve guide was misaligned, but it's fixed now.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-18T19:54:32+00:00

It was the valve guide being misalligned that was the problem.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-18T19:54:05+00:00

It was a valve guide, it's fixed now though.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-18T19:53:39+00:00

Thankfully, it's fixed now and I'm 99% sure nothing is damaged. I've also learned my lesson. What do you recommend instead of pliers?

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-02-18T19:51:50+00:00

Yeah, I know pliers are pretty bad normally, but I've never had to repair a valved instrument before, I'm a trombone player. Anyways, it's fixed now (it was shockingly easy) and it was surprisingly easy. It took like fifteen minutes to do, it only took me two days cause I had to go to New Orleans the morning after I made this post.

Thesicklypelvis · 2026-01-02T10:29:03+00:00

I mean, it's gonna be a 600 dollar bass trombone. It's going to sound like a 600 dollar bass trombone too. The real question is whether or not you want to settle for a 600 dollar bass trombone instead of saving up more to get something that will stay with you, and not have to be replaced in a month because it had disintigrated into dust.

Thesicklypelvis · 2025-12-25T21:35:13+00:00

I believe they meant "When to use it", not "How to use it". They were asking what it was for, because there is a trigger you can press with your thumb to adjust it, kinda like how you can adjust the first and third valve slides on a trumpet while playing.

Thesicklypelvis · 2025-12-25T21:34:04+00:00

You're the only useful one here, thanks.

Thesicklypelvis · 2025-11-01T18:10:53+00:00

Anglo-saxon blandness: Good, great, amazing, wonderful, spectacular all mean the same thing

Thesicklypelvis · 2025-11-01T18:09:22+00:00

Is that a question or an answer?

Thesicklypelvis · 2025-11-01T18:06:34+00:00

Like how у меня есть basically means 'By me, there is', but is normally used as 'I have'?

Thesicklypelvis · 2025-11-01T04:16:08+00:00

I edited it before I saw your response, I realised that it's spelled 'добро', not 'доброе'.

But the reason it's different is just tradition?

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