[Trombone-l] valve trombone (was bass trumpet)

[Harlan Feinstein]

On Jun 21, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Chris Tune wrote:

> I think the sound characteristic is close but not identical, based  
> upon the
> recordings I have of Lew McCreary.  Lew was an excellent valve  
> trombone
> player as well as slide player.  The primary distinguishing feature  
> is in
> the transitions between notes.

Oh absolutely, thought I'd put that as a disclaimer in my message.   
Unless the player is working hard to hide the evidence (either way),  
you could probably tell from small, tell-tale transitions that it was  
being played on slide or valve.  There are some things you can do much  
better on slide, and some you can do much better with valves.

> Of course for changes where no valve movement is required I would  
> tend to
> agree that the sound is identical on identically laid out bones  
> (Conn 6H vs
> say Conn 5H valve)

We're agreed on the important part of the topic.

--Harlan