[Trombone-l] When to use what instrumentation

[John Burton]

"Too much bass trombone"????

Harrumph...  I keep telling the guys in the Community Band... "Just
follow the trombones .. You'll do fine"...

Never too much bass trombone....

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john burton
Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone
Kanawha Valley Community Band / Slide-by-Slide
South Charleston, West Virginia
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu 
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf 
> Of George Carr
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:53 AM
> To: Wayne Dyess
> Cc: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] When to use what instrumentation
> 
> I recall a college orchestra rehearsal of The Planets, at 
> which we finished the entire run-through and the conductor's 
> only comment was "too much bass trombone, throughout."  I 
> felt mixed pride and shame at the time.  But I did tone it 
> down for the concert, which sounded pretty darn good, and I 
> am still proud of the recording.
> 
> George
> 
> On Nov 8, 2007 3:53 PM, Wayne Dyess <texastbone at gt.rr.com> wrote:
> > That makes sense.  I don't own an alto any more anyway, so 
> I while I 
> > might reach---I don't get.
> >
> > I don't have any real problems with range anyway.  But 
> every now and 
> > again I have been accused of being too loud... especially in our 
> > orchestra.
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