[Trombone-l] alto trombone question

[Howard Weiner]

At 13:17 06.12.2006 -0800, Jason Smith wrote:
>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.

Another reason, besides the fact that trombone parts are always at 
sounding pitch, is that most "alto" trombone parts were never 
intended to be played on alto trombone, but on tenor trombone. The 
alto trombone was a marginal instrument at best.

Howard


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