[Trombone-l] How to learn about F attachment

[Simon Bailey]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:47:22AM -0500, Roger Hecht wrote:
> At 07:27 AM 3/7/2007, Gabriel Langfur wrote:
> 
> >I do. Mostly they are bass trombone players who commit to playing 
> >low Fs on the 2nd valve or in 6th - but I also know tenor players 
> >who use 6th for the low F and keep their valve slide long enough to 
> >get a usable low C.

most tenor players around here i know _all_ tune their f-attachment to C in 1st.
however, most bass players tune it to F in 1st. my old (as in ex, not age)
teacher told me that the C and related alternates are more useful to him as a 
symphonic tenor player than the F in 1st and an easy low C. 

i tend to agree with him, and have my tenor trombone still tuned that way, but
both bass trombones (single & double valve) tuned to F in 1st. just feels right
that way for me. the only exception is when i'm using my tenor trombone as bass
in classical music. when i'm thinking bass trombone, i automatically go for F in
1st, when i'm thinking tenor it's C. yah, i'm weird. :)

regards,
sb
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