Trombone Craft (169 pages) and Bass Trombone Craft (185 pages) are comprehensive approaches to building thetechnical skills needed to play music well.Here’s a quick summary: Motivation through musical interest If students like a piece, they are more likely to spend extra time polishing it. Ideas are linked and reinforced After a page helping students develop D in alternate 4th, for example, the next page presents two short pieces in E-flat major. Pieces of reasonable length In a lesson, time is precious. Get to the point quickly using short exercises and half-page etudes. A greater variety of key signatures Don’t get stuck in that B-flat / E-flat rut) Help with rhythm Some pages zoom in on common rhythm trouble spots, such as the deadly dotted-eighth sixteenth.) Cross-referencing to other books A big time-saver in lessons! Scale and arpeggio patterns with musical shape. • Bonus appendices focusing on special areas including: Developing the Legato Tongue Double and Triple Tonguing Pattern Building (scales and arpeggios) Interval Accuracy Developing the High Range Tone and Tuning Exercises Flow Exercises (sing, buzz, play)