[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player

Wed Mar 4 13:47:08 CST 2009

I gotta ask, for the sake of argument - Why not?  Assuming they're left-handed, shouldn't they play left handed?  I know a great left handed trumpet player.  And trombone may be the most reversible instrument in history.

J.c.

---- Dennis Clason <dclason at nmsu.edu> wrote: 
> And don't let them assemble a Bb trombone to be played with the left 
> hand moving the slide!
> 
> John Monroe wrote:
> > In our school district, kids start trombone in fifth grade.
> >
> > Even the most careful kid will be banging his horn around.  And in a  
> > group setting the most careful kid will be surrounded by LESS careful  
> > kids!  So get something substantial.  And expect it to get dented.
> >
> > Also remember that kids are kids.  They have no idea how to assemble a  
> > trombone, so be sure to show them.  Give them step by step  
> > instructions and have them practice putting the horn together.  That  
> > will reduce the number of dents generated getting the horn in and out  
> > of the case.
> >
> > John Monroe
> >
> > On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Price Taylor wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> 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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> Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
> University Statistics Center
> New Mexico State University
> Las Cruces, New Mexico
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