[Trombone-l] FW: quasi horn

[Eric Edwards]

 Are quasi horns anything like skwewey wabbits?

Eric 



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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:27 PM
To: Philip Brink
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Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] quasi horn

Hi Phil, 

Don't forget to play everything in 7th position too!

Bill Dinwiddie

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Philip Brink" <basstrb3 at gmail.com> 

> Don't forget the hand in the bell! ;-)
> 
> Phil Brink
> 
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:21 PM, James Meyer 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" wrote: 
> > 
> > > Hi Ray & all,
> > > 
> > > (630) 765-0154
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Thu, 6/5/08, Ray Horton wrote: 
> > > 
> > >> From: Ray Horton
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 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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