Fundamentals of Trombone Playing
available as three separate packages ($75.00 each) or as an entire series ($199.00 – Best Value!)
Package 1: Into, Embouchure, Breathing, Intonation, and Hand placement-slide technique
- Introduction to Trombone Fundamentals Series
- Prentiss describes the importance of the embouchure
- Prentiss stresses the importance of a relaxed breath
- Prentiss talks about the importance of good intonation
- Prentiss talks about hand placement and slide technique.
Package 2: Warm up, Single tonguing, Multiple tonguing, Endurance
- Prentiss talks about his warm up and demonstrates his full warm up with explanation
- Prentiss talks about and demonstrates single tonguing
- Prentiss talks about, and demonstrates both double and triple tonguing
- Prentiss talks about and demonstrates what he does to gain endurance on trombone
Package 3: Flexibility, Range, Warm down, Sight Reading, Disclaimer
- Prentiss talks about flexibility and demonstrates the exercises that he does to gain flexibility
- Prentiss speaks about range and demonstrates the exercises that he does to build his range
- Prentiss talks about his warm down after a tough day of playing and demonstrates what he does to get his chops reset for the next day
- Prentiss talks about his approach to sight reading
- Prentiss discusses how we're all different and may gain insight from different players in different ways. This is the way that HE approaches the tenor trombone
Prentiss Hobbs
Prentiss Hobbs is the Principal Trombonist in the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra Augusta. He is also Second Trombonist in the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra.
Hobbs has also held positions with the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Ohio Light Opera, the Tuscaloosa Symphony, and the Knoxville Symphony, as well as one-year positions in the Alabama Symphony and the Nashville Symphony. He is also a substitute musician with the Louisville Symphony and the Grant Park Summer Symphony in Chicago.
Prentiss is also in demand as a recording session artist and has played bass and tenor trombone on over a thousand recordings. Some of his highlights include recording with Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ben Folds, Wynona Judd, Alan Jackson, The Nashville Symphony, and many others.
Prentiss is also in demand as a recording session artist and has played bass and tenor trombone on over a thousand recordings. Some of his highlights include recording with Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ben Folds, Wynona Judd, Alan Jackson, The Nashville Symphony, and many others.
Hobbs has also played on many movie soundtracks, including the Last Witch Hunter and Hoodwinked, and video games such as Halo, Madden Football and Star Wars: (Jedi: Fallen Order, Squadrons, Knights of the Fallen Empire). He is listed on the AMG website with close to fifty credits to his name.
Prentiss Hobbs’ first teacher was his father, David Hobbs, who at the beginnings of his musical path started him down the road to success with his vast knowledge of music and his wonderful ability to teach. He later continued his studies with Larry Campbell at L.S.U. and Dan Drill at the University of Alabama. Both of these fine teachers helped him to become the musician he is today.
Prentiss Hobbs’ first teacher was his father, David Hobbs, who at the beginnings of his musical path started him down the road to success with his vast knowledge of music and his wonderful ability to teach. He later continued his studies with Larry Campbell at L.S.U. and Dan Drill at the University of Alabama. Both of these fine teachers helped him to become the musician he is today.
