[Trombone-l] Singing Instruments

[Borden, Lawrence]

Folks,

Isn't the point that all instruments should be "singing" whenever they
are played?

Larry

Lawrence Borden
Associate Professor of Trombone
Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
Principal Trombone, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of Adrian Drover
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:45 AM
To: 'Jon Brummel'; 'Bone Trombone-L'
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Going out on limb. Was: do you object
toteachingeuph/baritone?



> From: Jon Brummel
> 
> - I would rather play Euphonium in a band ANY day over trombone -
> c'mon- you get Trumpet, Flute, and MELODY parts, and the rest of the
> time, you're a tuba up an octave- what's NOT to love?


Well, Jon, I'm not overjoyed about playing in octaves with the tuba on
euph.
I think this is an outmoded idea stemming from the classical 'cello-bass
relationship in older scores.  In the band, if you feel the need to
write
the bass line in octaves, a better solution is to divide the tubas into
bass
and contra-bass.  Then there are other instruments in the band which are
much better suited to play the bass line such as bass 'bone, bass
clarinet
and bassoon.   

When the euph is not soloing or doubling the melody or playing a
counter-melody line I would rather hear them divided to fill out the
mid-register harmonies.  The euph is a singing instrument, not one for
playing um-pahs.

Just my humble opinion of course, I hope you understand.

A.

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