[Trombone-l] Back to Hary Janos

[Gabriel Langfur]

Honestly, I start the E flat in 3rd, break the gliss, and do a shake between an A flat and B flat in 1st. I can't really do lip trills, and this sounds acceptable to me, particularly since I was always taught to play a real C and break the gliss to F# in the passage before it. 

Whatever works...

Gabe

----- Original Message ----
From: james meador <jamesmeador at hotmail.com>
To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:11:15 PM
Subject: [Trombone-l] Back to Hary Janos

Okay, what I'm looking for is information on the Ab trill in the Battle and 
Defeat of Napolean movement.  It is written to gliss up from an Eb above the 
bass clef staff to the Ab above that, then trill that note.  The trill has a 
flat written over it.

My question is: WHAT IS THE REAL WAY TO PLAY THIS PASSAGE?

I usually start the gliss in 7th (even though that is E natural) and come up 
to the Ab.  Is that right?  What about the trill?  I know several ways to 
play it, and normally I wouldn't stress over it, but now I have to play it 
for an audition, so it needs to be played the RIGHT way.  What is the RIGHT 
way?  (Please don't revert to the ol' 'there's more than one way to play it' 
explanation--I know that.)  But how do you AUDITION on it?

Thanks,
James

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James N. Meador, Bass Trombone
Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán
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