[Trombone-l]   revisited (WAS: quasi horn)

[Dick Sleeman]

Please, Mark, change the text settings in your browser to "PLAIN TEXT" instead
of "HTML" - it is SO much easier to read without the .  > <'s!

Regards,

Dick Sleeman

> 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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