[Trombone-l] 51 positions of the trombone?

[Price Taylor]

Yep - Howard, you've nailed it!

Price



On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Howard Spindel <howard at sci1.com> wrote:

> 51 positions?  76 positions?
>
> I think you might as well take the position (pun intended) that there
> are NO fixed positions on a trombone.  They vary from horn to horn,
> player to player, mouthpiece to mouthpiece, day to day, temperature,
> plus more I'm sure I'm missing.  Every note should be listened to and
> tuned appropriately.
>
> Of course, handing a trombone to a beginner and telling him there are
> no fixed positions is not a useful teaching paradigm.
>
> I don't have access to the book, so I don't know the author's
> intent.  But is there really significant information added of use to
> a player to assume 51 positions rather than 7 positions that must be tuned?
>
> Howard
>
>
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