[Trombone-l] pitch

[Steve Gamble]

Hi Bruce,

I don't want to discount anything anyone else said.  But it could be
something as simple as not being as relaxed as you were before.  Has the
new horn inspired you to put in more practice time?  You could be
getting a little too 'muscular.'  Strong chops come more from doing
things correctly than from bigger muscles.  So make sure you are blowing
lots of relaxed air and being real efficient with your energy.  Try to
make things seem easy.  Your pitch will probably come back down.

Steve Gamble, Librarian
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
2175 N. 6th Ave.
Tucson, AZ  85705
(520) 792-9155 x118
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sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce
Faske
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:47 PM
To: trombone-l at samford.edu
Subject: [Trombone-l] pitch

Here's something to break the doldrums...

I recently switched over from an Edwards T-350 to a
Greenhoe Bach 42.  I'm using the same mouthpiece, a
Greg Black 4.5G/5GS, but since I've settled into the
horn, I'm having to pull the main tuning slide out
almost double where it was on the Edwards.  I would
chalk it up to a different horn, but I went back to
the Edwards and I had to pull it out more, too.  I
even went to a buddy's horn and I had to pull that
tuning slide out, too.

I've always been taught to not fish with the face, but
to adjust the slide to as close as I can and work from
there.

I don't really see it as a problem, but should I?  Is
it the start of something bigger?  I've been working
out of the Scholossberg book lately...it's pretty much
the only new playing that I'm doing.


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