[Trombone-l] Fw: Splitting hairs (WAS: Trading fours etc.)

[Stan Brager]

On the other hand, the bass trumpet sounds remarkably like a trombone. I'm
reminded of Cy Touff who played bass trumpet for Woody Herman for several
years during the 1950s.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Sleeman" <dick at sleeman.nl>
To: "Trombone-List" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: [Trombone-l] Fw: Splitting hairs (WAS: Trading fours etc.)


Listmates,

This I posted 3 days ago - but it never showed, so I try it again (not that
it is very important :-))

>> Since trombone means large trumpet, a soprano trombone would also be a
>> soprano trumpet, a tenor trombone also a large slide trumpet. Quit
>> splitting hairs.
>>
>> Joe Norcross

I have always thought the name comes from the Italian "tromba". A trombetta
would be a small tromba and a trombone a large one.

But here in Europe, we mess almost everything up (save the money :)) - the
Germans call the trombone "Posaune" which probably comes from "Buccina"
(also the note 'B' they call 'H' and B-flat then becomes 'B'). In France a
trombone is a paperclip. It's confusing!

Regards,

Dick Sleeman