[Trombone-l] Fw: Jazz Cimbasso

Thu Mar 13 08:15:16 CDT 2008

Backwards.  Most these days are in F, but CC, Eb, and BBb ones are still produced for those who prefer thse keys.  Most of the CCs are dogs (woof).

In Verdi's time, the bass trombone was in F, and the Cimbasso, tuba Verdi, was a BBb.  But remember, cimbasso was always a very broad term, though not as much in Verdi's time.  They could be anything from a bass horn (serpent) to an ophicleide... anything low and "brass".  Even the F bass valve bone was used, admittedly.

J.c.S.

---- Eliezer Aharoni <eanogmus at netvision.net.il> wrote: 
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> > The Cimbasso is actually a low version of a valve (bass) trombone, so it 
> > is cylidrical (euphoniums, like tubas, cornets and flugelhorns, are 
> > conical).
> > Cimbasso is a regular brass instrument, and the difficulty mainly lays in 
> > the pitch and one's ability to adopt to the basic tonality of the 
> > instrument.
> > Most contemporary Cimbassi are pitched  in C, made mainly in Germany and 
> > have rotary valves, and are very much like tubas in range, but in Verdi's 
> > time they were mainly in F, mainly Italy -made and had upright valve. They 
> > were also used in rural wind bands and also called " Flicorni Bassi 
> > Gravi".
> > The modern ones are in upright position and have an adjustable "leg" so 
> > that they are easy to fit to the player's position.
> >
> >  The ones in upright position
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Daniel Pliskin" <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Trombone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Jazz Cimbasso
> >
> >
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> >> Is playing cimbasso all that different from playing other valved brass 
> >> instruments?
> >>
> >> I know it's odd shaped and it seems to be more cylindrical than 
> >> euphoniums.  But can anyone low brass valve player, who can afford one, 
> >> pick up a cimmasso and play it?
> >>
> >> DanP
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> >>> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:49:37 +0100
> >>> From: Timothy.A.Richardson at EUR.ARMY.MIL
> >>> To: swan325 at earthlink.net; trombone-l at samford.edu
> >>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Jazz Cimbasso
> >>>
> >>> Bored hearing the melody?
> >>>
> >>> Never!
> >>>
> >>> You know the old saying: I know the melody. And you know the melody.
> >>> And I'm paying you to play the melody, so play the freakin melody.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Eric & Candice Swanson [mailto:swan325 at earthlink.net]
> >>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:46 PM
> >>> To: Trombone List
> >>> Subject: [Trombone-l] Jazz Cimbasso
> >>>
> >>> OK, I can't resist sending this. I happened across the cimbasso page
> >>> and found a link to a guy from the WDR Big Band in Cologne playing jazz
> >>> cimbasso. He's not bad. If fact I think he's my favorite jazz cimbasso
> >>>
> >>> player of all time. If you get bored hearing him play the melody, skip
> >>> up to about 3/8 of the way through to hear his jazz playing.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.quesonegro.de/I_cover_the_waterfront_cimbasso.mp3
> >>>
> >>> Eric Swanson
> >>>
> >>>
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