[Trombone-l] An alto neophyte asks for it.

[Dave Demko]

Thanks, Tim. I knew there would be a dissenting voice out there. As it
happens, I have a 2B, the regular version with the dual-bore slide.
Its tone quality, bright and with a nice edge, is different from what
I'm imagining an alto would give, something more light and rounded.
Well, that's only in my head right now.

As an experiment my daughter and I will try some passages from the
Mozart Requiem--a household favorite for either trombone or voice--and
I'll play the alto line on the 2B. (Pointless tradition: Anyone who
makes a mistake in the Confutatis has to imitate F. Murray Abraham and
say "No, no, no. You go too fast. I don't understand.")

I don't doubt that I'd need to practice for a while before I could
sound as good on an alto as on the 2B.


On 4/18/07, Richardson, Timothy A Mr CIV USA/IMCOM-Europe
<Timothy.A.Richardson at eur.army.mil> wrote:
> Wonder why my posts don't show up anymore.
>
> Ah well.
>
> Informed advice?  Nope, not from me.  But uninformed advice, sure.  Don't.
> Get a 2B instead.  Does everything the alto can, but in the hands of 90% of
> players, better executed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Demko [mailto:demko61 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:03 AM
> To: trombone-l at samford.edu
> Subject: [Trombone-l] An alto neophyte asks for it.
>
> Tenor trombone is and will remain my principal ax, but I'm considering
> taking up alto and would welcome some informed advice. Even if the
> advice is "don't."
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
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