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

[Daniel Pliskin]

Mark,


>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.

The biggest problem with playing high notes on alto is that we tenor 
trombonists have a sound in our heads, for what a trombone “should” sound 
like and we want THAT sound, only higher.  But if you look at the mouthpiece 
used on an alto horn, it’s way more the size of a trumpet mouthpiece and 
turns out a sound more like something one would use for hunting and parades. 
  If you could get used to a mouthpiece like that, and the associated tone, 
you should be able to get an extra half-octave out of your alto.

DanP

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