[Trombone-l] Positions

[Peter Hanmore]

Dennis,
I'm pretty sure you are right about the lines.  As soon as you mentioned
inclining your finger one way or the other, I remember reading that text
note (it was only a few days ago I read it - you'd think it would have been
easy, sigh).

Peter.


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From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu]
On Behalf Of Dennis Clason
Sent: August 7, 2008 5:22 PM
To: Randy Fendrick
Cc: trombone-L
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Positions

It appears that Slama was on the faculty of the Vienna Conservatory.  
The book is used for Bass, bassoon, trombone and euph.

 From my deep, dark, hidden past as a violin student, I recall that 
lines above a fingering mean to incline your finger toward the bridge, 
and beneath a fingering to incline your finger toward the nut.  They 
sound like bass fingerings to me.  G and D are open notes (hence, 0)...

If I knew for-sure that Slama was the bass teacher at VC, I'd be certain 
of it.

Randy Fendrick wrote:
> I came across an etude book 66 Etudes by Anton Slama.  There are many 
> examples of numbers located over the top of notes.  Traditionally 
> thistypes of notation  indicate a position that is suggested for 
> placement of the slide to play the note, usually to make the passage 
> flow easier.  For instance,  Bb above the staff 5th position. These, 
> however, have position locations that I have never seen.  For example. 
> C in the staff, bass clef 4, D in the staff, 0, E 2, which is the 
> normal position, F natural 4, G 0, A 2, B 2, C 4.  Some position 
> numbers are underlined as 2 some have line over the number.  Does 
> anyone have an explanation for this numbering system?  In other words, 
> is this written for trombones in G or Eb, or what?
> Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
> later,
> rf
> Randy Fendrick
> Southside Chicago Seven
> Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, ret
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Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
University Statistics Center
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico

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