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Trombone Music Resources

Searching by Format

When searching for a specific score, recording, book or DVD, the most essential step any music library user must take is to designate the Material Type in the Library Catalog's Advanced Search menu:

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Using this feature allows you narrow your search to ONE TYPE of item so you can browse through broad searches more easily, or improve the accuracy of refined search results.

Scores: Subject Search Terms

Try these terms in a SUBJECT Search to find specific Trombone scores:

Sample subject headings for solo trombone music: 

Sonatas (trombone)
Suites (trombone)
Variations (trombone)
Trombone music

Sample subject headings for music for trombone and piano:

Rondos (trombone and piano)
Sonatas (trombone and piano)
Suites (trombone and piano)
Variations (trombone and piano)
Trombone and piano music

Sample subject headings for duets:

Trombone music (trombones (2))
Trombone and [other instrument] music

Sample subject headings for chamber ensembles:

Brass trios
Brass quartets
Brass quintets
Brass sextets
Brass octets
Suites
Variations

Subject headings for trombone and orchestra:

Concertos (trombone)
Concertos (trombone) -- solo with piano
Trombone with orchestra
Rondos (trombone with orchestra)

Author and Title Searching

To find books, recordings, or scores (printed music) by a specific composer, try an AUTHOR search of the individual's name (Last, First).

Or try a TITLE search of the composition or song.

Books: Subject Search Terms

Books for Trombone

Trombone -- Construction

Trombone -- History

Trombone -- Methods

Trombone -- Instruction and Study

Trombone -- Orchestra Studies

Trombone -- Studies and Exercises

 

General Brass Books

Brass Instruments

Brass Instrument -- Instruction and Study

Brass Instruments -- Methods

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