Experienced bombarde with Philippe janvier

Bombard

Dashboard

To perfect your Bombarde skills, Philippe Janvier suggests to constantly change the color of a tune by switching from a major to a minor mode or changing the degree.

 

You will also learn to master octave playing which often scares young “sonneurs”.

Objectives

  • Switch from a major mode to a minor mode to change the tune's color.

  • Learn to switch to octave and upgrade the tune.

  • Master the D mode to diversify your style.

  • Explore all of the Bombarde's possibilities to play a tune.

  • Start at the 5th degree then at the 4th degree

Prerequisites

  • Have a Bombarde in Bb
  • Master the basics of Bombarde

Videos for the course

Bombard

Advanced

"Gavotte Swing" tunes

These Gavotte tunes sound like the "Gavottes Swing" played by Yves Menez in balls around Brittany. Some chromaticisms...

Bombard

Advanced

Rond de Ploeuc - Major / Minor

Philippe Janvier has fun with this "Rond" to practise Major / Minor.

Bombard

Advanced

Hanter-dro - octave transposition 1/2

Let's keep working on the bombard with a "Hanter-dro", a dance from Vannes. It is often said to be easy to dance
but...

Bombard

Advanced

Hanter-dro - Octave transposition 2/2

So we will work octave.

Bombard

Advanced

Laridé D mode

I will not talk too much, here is a series of Laridé in D mode.

Bombard

Advanced

An Dro "3 phrases" 1/2

Learn to play this "An dro" with Philippe Janvier. Here are 3 phrases that can be played in many ways.

Very simply...

Bombard

Advanced

An Dro "3 phrases" 2/2

2nd part of this lesson with Philippe Janvier to learn how to ornament the An dro.