[Trombone-l] A question on alternate(?) positions.

[Jeremy Yager]

Hey Listers,

PS
> That key thingy at the end of the slide is not an octave key, regardless of
> what many woodwind players may think!
>
> David Shriver


Oh wait, it isn't?  Then how do you play more than seven notes?  I was
wondering why they put the register key in such an awkward place... ;-)


> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] A question on alternate(?) positions.
> > I'd like to be useful to this choir rather than just making flatulent
> > noises behind a stand,
>
> And you want to be different from the rest of the trombonists for what
> reason?
>

LOL...

Exception: if you tune with the slide extended 1/2" or so you can
> carefully raise the pitch of first position notes.
>

I was lucky enough to hear about setting 1st with a slightly extended slide
early on.  Steve Ferguson pointed this out to me during a visit to his shop
(hey, Steve) a few weeks ago to buy trombone paraphernalia and to gawk at
beautiful instruments that I can't (yet?) play.  I'm lucky to live only 15
min away from Steve's shop--it's a great place to check out if you find
yourself in southern CA.

Thank you for all the responses...not having to start trombone from 'zero',
I've made a point to integrate as much as possible on the first pass--i.e.
learning alternates and when to use them from the beginning--so there is
less to change later.

Hans sipped from his bottle of German Bru-hoff beer and idly read the label:
> "Bru-hoff, a heady-nosed Rhine beer has a slightly briny pose, and if you've
> ever drawn it, you would like the way it flows, but all of the other Rhine
> beers, Dusen lagers, and thick ales, they never beat our Bru-hoff in the
> yearly Rhine beer games."
>    -Roger J. McNichols, Bulwer-Lytton Contest Finalist


This, ladies and gentlemen, is art.

Peace,
Jeremy