[Trombone-l] Bartok gliss question revisited

[thetubameister@adelphia.net]

Another thing to consider - some methods and others figured 7 positions in Bb, of course there are 7 positions with the valve.  I'll bet there are orchestration books that taught this from that time.  After all, wasn't CfO written for Boston?

J.c.S.

---- Dennis Clason <dclason at nmsu.edu> wrote: 
> It's in The Miraculous Mandarin, and it's worse than in the Concerto.  
> It goes B-F-B-F-B, so the "using string and a ring" trick won't work.  
> It seems like Bartok refused to learn about the instrument, or had it in 
> his head that the bass was properly in F with a handle.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> Keith Marr wrote:
> > It sticks in my mind that Bartok writes the same glissando for bass trombone 
> > in either Bluebeard's Castle or The Miraculous Mandarin, I can't remember 
> > which. So maybe the Thein is a good buy after all - you could use it for two 
> > pieces! :-)
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Keith in Bb/F/D
> > Bass Trombone
> > St Albans Symphony Orchestra
> > North Herts Big Band
> >   
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