[Trombone-l] Slide vibrato - Mahler 3

[Steve Gamble]

The vibrato is barely perceptible, the sort one would use just to give a
little shimmer and projection to the tone.  And unless you had eagle
eyes or opera glasses, you wouldn't even be able to see it from the
audience.  I was anticipating some sort of controversial Tasty Bros
version, given the heft of the discussion.  There's nothing to this.  

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From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of Ray Horton
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:14 PM
Cc: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Slide vibrato - Mahler 3

This is opening up an ancient thread.  I didn't get a chance to listen 
to when it was first posted and just happened across the link.

1st trombonist of La Scala using some (a small amount of) slide vibrato 
on the Mahler 3rd solo:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUUFi0nhv3w>


Some guys here didn't like it, some did.  


Reinforces what I tell my students:  Slide vibrato, wholly appropriate
in jazz and pop, calls attention to itself in serious playing.  The guy
sounds great, but gets complaints, here and in the youtube comments.  If
he did the same amount, or even more, of jaw/lip/airstream vibrato, no
complaints.  


Raymond Horton





Jim Nova wrote:
> I'm fairly certain that's Torsten Edvar playing the solo. He's a
fellow 
> Curtis Graduate and student of the late, great Glenn Dodson (former 
> principal of Philly Orchestra and one of Joe Alessi's teachers). When
I 
> studied with Dodson at Curtis he sometimes suggested a little slide
vibrato 
> to warm up the sound on certain passages. If you weren't watching the
video 
> and just listening, I think you'd barely notice the vibrato. I think
he 
> sounds fantastic!
>
> Jim Nova
> Assistant Principal Trombone-Utah Symphony
> Principal Trombone-Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
> jim at jimnova.com
> www.jimnova.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:41 AM
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Slide vibrato - Mahler 3
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>   
>> Slide vibrato - Mahler 3:
>> Its the orchestra of La Scala, so maybe he thought of the solo as an
>> operatic aria.
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUUFi0nhv3w>
>>
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