[Trombone-l] Transition from Tenor to Bass Trombone -- Practice Idea...

[Daryl Burch]

My sophomore year at CCM, my roommate was a bass trombone major. He  
used to practice playing along with Take 6 and would get mad because  
their bassist could sing a whole step lower than my roommate could play.

He particularly liked playing along with "He Never Sleeps" -- great  
long-tone practice!

Cheers!
-D-
www.radionoise.com <- Rock star by night
www.burchinteractive.com <- Tech-nerd by day #;-)



On Oct 25, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Bruce Guttman wrote:

Most bass trombone players use a double-trigger instrument since a  
lot of
bass trombone music requires facility to obtain a low B natural (not
available on all single trigger basses and requiring a  
reconfiguration of
the attachment (pulling the tuning slide out) on others.

While learning a single trigger instrument might be OK, but you will  
need
to upgrade fairly soon.  Or you can make sure you have a flat-E pull  
length
tuning slide and learn to deal with the frequent retuning (we used to do
this a lot back in the "bad old days").

I don't think a double trigger is that much more expensive than a  
single.
Perhaps you could meet your budget by buying a used double.

Good luck.

Bruce Guttman
Alto, tenor, and bass trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Section Leader, Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra

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