[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player

[Price Taylor]

He's tall for his grade/age, so he might have the arms for it.

When playing my Conn, I use the F side pretty infrequently (depending on
passages), I generally play 2nd part in a Trombone choir.  I've worked a bit
over the past year on using alternate positions, so I find myself using a
lot more of the slide that I used to.  It's definitely more economic in
slide movements but one has to get used to the different sound...length of
the tubing causing different overtones.

I just didn't want to jump into a valved horn until I saw real interest!

Price



On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:12 AM, <bjmchaffie at aol.com> wrote:

> Is your 10 year old physically large enough to reach 7th position.  That
> would be a primary decisionmaker for the choice of instrument.  If he is
> not, then a Bb F trombone would be almost a given.
>
> beldon wade
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Price Taylor <pricetaylor at comcast.net>
> To: Trombone List <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:06 am
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player
>
> I asked this a couple of days ago..but might have used the wrong e-mail
> address (I use multiple e-mails and consolidate them with Gmail).
>
> =====
>
> Hello list, my youngest son is 10, in 4th grade, and is expressing an
> interest in playing the trombone - of course, that's great (I think...)!
>
> I started playing in 5th grade but the current thinking now is 6th grade - I
> think that's because the middle school has band?
>
> I was thinking that this summer might be a good time to get an early start
> and begin playing.  Many years ago, I bequeathed my old King Cleveland to my
> high school, that was my first trombone.  Guess I should have kept it, it
> was pretty hard to hurt that horn.
>
> I'm looking for recommendations for a beginner's trombone - ideally
> something to last to 9th grade.  The Yamaha YSL-354 appears to be the choice
> of many, although I have no experience with Yamaha trombones (I play a Conn
> 88H and King 3B).
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks list!
>
> -Price
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