Doodle Studies and Etudes

Since first published in 1992, more than a thousand students and professional players have found Doodle Studies and Etudes an invaluable tool for improving fast legato skills on the trombone. 

This complete method teaches you the fast trombone doodle tonguing legato technique in a step-by-step fashion, from how to correctly form the syllables to complex patterns incorporating natural downward slurs.

You will get...

  • A complete course of study in doodle tonguing
  • 140 pages of step-by-step instruction
  • 141 Exercises and Ten Etudes
  • A 52 minute digital recording with demonstrations by the author
  • Plus: play-along tracks as digital downloads for practicing
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Digital edition: $39.95

Coil-bound edition: $54.95

(Coil-bound allows this book to lay flat on the music stand.)

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Digital edition: $39.95

Coil-bound edition: $54.95

(Coil-bound allows the book to lay flat on the music stand.)

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