[Trombone-l] How to learn about F attachment

[Adrian Drover]

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From: Wayne Dyess [mailto:TexasTbone at gt.rr.com] 
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And to think... I thought you boys on that side of the big pond played them
"G" thangs.
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Hey, Wayne, G trombones are relics of the past now in Grand Britannia.  I
have two arranging books by British writers that I bought as a kid, one for
brass band (Denis Wright) and the other for big band (Reg Owen) which both
state that the bass trombone is pitched in G and has no pedal register, the
lowest note being C#.  That means that in those bygone days the tenor
trombone could reach lower notes than the bass trombone.

Of course, this is a load of nonsense.  I was recently shown an antique
pea-shooter G trombone and out of curiosity I had to test this theory.  I
found I could play all the way down to pedal C# (an octave below the book
range) with ease and clarity.  I guess the historic players of those horns
and arrangers just believed what they were told to believe. 

A.