[Trombone-l] Alto Trombone requirement at Vanderbilt

[Borden, Lawrence]

Folks,

 

Actually, I agree with Howard on the use/misuse of the alto trombone in
the modern orchestra. Unfortunately, I have had situations in which
conductors have "requested" use of an alto trombone in various works.
They may be wrong - but I'm certainly not going to argue the point with
them; not a good career move!!

 

The other argument for using an alto is that the modern alto is actually
a very large instrument and generally sounds like a small bore tenor. In
that case, since the historical instruments were small bore tenors, one
can argue - what's the difference?

 

Larry

 

Lawrence Borden
Associate Professor of Trombone, Vanderbilt University
Principal Trombone, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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