[Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player

[Daryl Burch]

When I started the horn was taller than me...

I used to have to hold the slide in 3rd position and pinch the spit  
valve with my toes to empty it.

I had to throw my right arm & shoulder way forward and cock the horn  
to the right in order to get anything past 5th until about 7th grade.

Cheers!
-D-
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On Mar 4, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Jon Bohls wrote:

Kids don't have to have arms long enough to reach 7th position.  Most of
them can't.  So we don't do any 7th position notes until they can  
reach it.
I check that all the time.