[Trombone-l] Beethoven's Fifth and Koncert fur Violine

[Frank Darmiento]

Mark -
Regarding the violin concerto, I'm not familiar with
it.  Are you sure you're not looking at trumpet
(Tromba) parts?  The treble clef and the transposition
you mention sound suspiciously like trumpet parts.

As far as the fifth symphony goes, if you can't make
the high E & F just play them an octave lower and no
one will be any the wiser.  They're nice up high if
you have the range (and a nice light alto sound), but
they're in an ensemble part so the lower octave will
work fine.

Frank

--- Mark Mohwinkel <mooseherd004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I play in an amateur corporate orchestra in St.
> Paul,
> MN and two of the pieces we're doing in a couple of
> months are the Beethoven's "Koncert fur Violine",
> Op.
> 61 and also the Breitkopf & Hartels version of the
> "Funfte Symphonie", Op. 67.  The Koncert is written
> for Trombones in D and in treble clef.  I've
> transposed it to C and bass clef, but first runs up
> to
> a high E.  I'm sorry, but I'm not a pro and my range
> is normally limited to high C and D.  I can hit an
> E,
> but it's rather random.  The second bone is the same
> down an octave.  Has anyone had any experience with
> this piece? Would it be better to take both parts
> down
> an octave or to keep them as is and just take the
> too
> high notes down (or not play them at all since
> they'd
> be doubled in second)?
> 
> I have a similar issue with the Fifth Symphony. 
> It's
> range is to a high F (the alto bone part which is
> what
> I'm playing).  In this case, though, the parts are
> not
> doubled an octave down. How would any of you
> recommend
> handling this part.
> 
> On a side note, I have an alto bone, but am not yet
> comfortable playing it, yet and it wouldn't
> necessarily help my range that much as I've heard in
> this forum.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your assistance - I mostly
> lurk,
> but love this forum!
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Mohwinkel
> 
> 
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