[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary - now left handed playing trombonists.

[Ray Horton]

Christmas 1970 or '71, I saw a Christmas TV special with the Seattle 
Symphony with a left handed first trombonist.  I assume he was a sub.  
Never saw the guy again.  Poor guy stuck out like a left handed violinist. 


Slide Hampton is the only one I can actually name.


Raymond Horton



Steve Gamble wrote:
> They can't do it with either hand at the beginning, so why not learn it
> the way the instrument is built.  Later on, you don't run into problems
> with weird f-attachments or clashing bells in the section.
>
> Steve Gamble, Librarian
> Tucson Symphony Orchestra
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of
> thetubameister at roadrunner.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:47 PM
> To: Dennis Clason; John Monroe
> Cc: Trombone List
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player
>
> 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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