[Trombone-l] quasi horn

Fri Jun 6 12:33:30 CDT 2008

That's only for baroque pitch... 6th will do nicely, but get those lip trills down!

J.c.S.

---- billdin at comcast.net wrote: 
> 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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