[Trombone-l] Schumann 1

[Daryl Burch]

Agreed! I'd never been under the impression that the clef determined  
which horn was to be used. My teachers made me learn 'em ALL! Enough  
that I even made flash cards to spin on while waiting around on gigs.  
(Cheaper than smokin'! And a lot better for you.)

Cheers!
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On Feb 27, 2009, at 5:55 PM, David Guion wrote:

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Keith Marr  
<epigraph55 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Purists would say alto always for Schumann but a small tenor should  
> do if played with a softish tone. The Rhenish (#3) is probably the  
> one that absolutely has to be alto in my view.
>

I don't know who those "purists" are, but the use of alto clef does
not mean that an alto trombone is required, or even that it was ever
used. I'm doing the Rhenish this spring, and I'm playing it on a Conn
4H.

BTW, that has a .485 bore, which is smaller than any modern alto I
know anything about. It was initially marketed as a medium-bore
trombone. German trombones seem to have been wider than anywhere else
in the 19th century, but not nearly as wide as what we use today.

-- 
David Guion
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