[Trombone-l] trombone notation

[Simon G. P. Bailey]

On Jan 27, 2007, at 12:50 AM, Jeff Thompson wrote:
> Thanks Simon,
>
> The section on scientific pitch notation at the following link:
> http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory1.htm
> seems to match what Dietrich is doing.

that surprises me. were your examples actual examples from the book?  
[in which case they'd be more like low notes -- Bb2 is the Bb on the  
2nd line of bass clef...]

> BTW, Dietrich was the trombonist with the jazz/rock group called  
> Matrix. He currently teaches trombone at Ripon University in  
> Wisconsin. He has also written a book about Duke Ellington's  
> trombonists.

ah. living in austria influences me to think german sounding names  
_are_ german :)