[Trombone-l] 51 positions of the trombone?

[Dennis Clason]

Same as on a tenor with no valves.  Infinitely many.

That stinks as a pedagogical principle for beginners, it doesn't work.  
But for modestly advanced students, I think it's critical.  But it 
doesn't matter if you get the point across with McDunn's 51 positions 
idea, or the phrase, "Danielle (or whatever the student's name happens 
to be), exactly what is your concept of "D" in this context?"

Peter W. Schroth wrote:
> Howard Spindel wrote:
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> You're actually agreeing with me.  You refer to positions as adjusted 5th or 6th, rather than positions 37 and 42 (or whatever they would be).
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> Yes, I think we agree, except that Professor McDunn didn't call them positions 37 and 42 either.  His chart makes this clear:
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> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/trombonestudio/Pages/For_Thinking.htm
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> His book and his chart were very helpful to me a long time ago, so I plan to dig through my stuff and try to find the book again sometime soon.
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> By the way, if there are about 51 or maybe 76 trombones ... I mean positions on a straight trombone, how many are there on a bass trombone with two valves?
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> Peter W. Schroth
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Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
University Statistics Center
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico