[Trombone-l] alto trombone question

[derekbondy@comcast.net]

You must learn a new set of positions for alto.  I am undergoing the same process.  Get the introducing the alto clef book by fink.  Its just thinking in a new system, after awhile it becomes second nature.

happy alto clef and alto trombone!

-derek


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Jason Smith <jbone72 at yahoo.com>
> I have recently purchased and am struggling to learn
> the alto trombone.  I bought a copy of L Mozart's
> concerto and am trying to learn.  My question is this 
> Why is alto trombone music not written transposed like
> so that the positions correspond to the notes on tenor
> rather than learn a whole new set of notes and
> positions.  To me it would seem to facilitate
> switching back and forth, tuning tendencies would
> correspond to the same position on the harmonic series
> etc.  I entered the music into finale but in bass
> clef,  did a quick transposition and now I can
> actually come close to playing rather than trying to
> learn a who new set of positions?
> 
> 
>  
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