[Trombone-l] quasi horn

[Mark Mohwinkel]

Well this thread is a relief.  All my life, I've been looking in stores and on-line for one of those "quasi horns"!  LOL.
 
Mark Mohwinkel
Bend in the River Big Band and 3M Engineer

--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Philip Brink <basstrb3 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Philip Brink <basstrb3 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] quasi horn
To: "James Meyer" <bonejazz at att.net>
Cc: "Trombone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 8:11 AM

Don't forget the hand in the bell! ;-)

Phil Brink

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:21 PM, James Meyer <bonejazz at att.net> wrote:

> If you wanted to play "quasi horn" couldn't you just miss a
few notes, play
> out of tune and call it a day?
>
>
> On 6/5/08 11:36 PM, "Tom Izzo"
<contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ray & all,
> >
> > (630) 765-0154
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 6/5/08, Ray Horton <rayhorton at insightbb.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Ray Horton <rayhorton at insightbb.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> Someone was asking about the "quasi horn"
> >> indication for trombone, and I
> >> mentioned that according to one very good source, namely
> >> Reginald Fink's
> >> _The Trombonist's Handbook_, "quasi horn" on
> >> trombone "may indicate"
> >> that the passage should be played with the player's
> >> hand in the bell,
> >> similar to a horn player's hand?
> >>
> >>
> >> When I have mentioned this in orchestra,  the other players
> >> assume I am
> >> insane.  (OK, so it was a pops concert, the easy medley of
> >> "West Side
> >> Story," [not the "Symphonic Dances"] when
> >> the trbs play with the horns
> >> on "Tonight", so maybe the other players
> >> weren't investing a lot in it,
> >> really.)   The hand in the bell (on the side of the bell ,
> >> like a horn
> >> player) actually works, when tastefully done.
> >>
> >>
> >> Has anyone else heard of this?
> >>
> >>
> > Yes, I've seen it in sparingly in various "pop's"
stuff in the orchestra,
> as
> > well. I use my plunger half covering the bell, & play no vibrato.
The
> Tenor
> > Trombonists usually use their hands. It sounds good.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >> Raymond Horton
> >> Bass Trombonist,
> >> Louisville Orchestra
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> How do you get a trombone to sound like a French horn?
> >>
> >> You stick your hand in the bell and miss a lot of notes.
> >>
> >> (The original musical instrument joke, and still the best.)
> >>
> >> Seriously, Darcy's answer was good - although
> >> "quasi horn" should work
> >> fine even for jazz players. It is a common enough
> >> indication in big
> >> band charts.
> >>
> >> But, didja know that, according to one very good source,
> >> namely Reginald
> >> Fink's _The Trombonist's Handbook_, "quasi
> >> horn" on trombone "may
> >> indicate" that the passage should be played with the
> >> player's hand in
> >> the bell, similar to a horn player's hand?
> >>
> >> Raymond Horton
> >> Bass Trombonist,
> >> Louisville Orchestra
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