[10] MISCELLANEOUS
[10.1] ***What is the range of a tenor trombone?
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[10.2] What is the range of a bass trombone?
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:29:42, Dennis Clason
<dclason@cbae.nmsu.edu> wrote the following in the message
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What is the range of the bass trombone for
a) an amateur?
D or so below the bass clef to F above. I'm defining
"amateur" as a decent High School tenor player who has
recently started playing bass.
b) an intermediate
G an octave below the bass clef to Bb middle line treble clef.
It's not safe to assume that the low B natural below the
bass clef is available ... anybody using a single rotor
bass needs time/space to pull to E.
c) an expert?
For people like Yeo, Doug the sky's the limit. Experts
extend into the trigger pedal range with some facility,
upper range to F (top line Treble Clef) or higher.
You can assume that they have a two valve instrument, so the
low B natural is possible.
In terms of characteristic sound (bass 'bone on the lead line),
I don't think there's a lot of reason to go outside the D
(below bass clef) to say F or G above.
Very little writing goes on in the trigger-pedal range.
I practice down there because it's fun, and because it
helps secure the useful low register. Similarly, I can
play up there with most tenor players, but stuff like that
is really better assigned to the tenors. (That is, we can
finish out lines with them, but if you want a bass playing
constantly sounding in the treble clef, you don't want a bass...)
[10.3] What are some trombone quotes?
"In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of that family
of wind instruments which I have named the epic one. It
possesses nobility and grandeur to the highest degree; it
has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical
poetry, from religious calm and imposing accents, to savage,
orgiastic outbursts. Directed by the will of a master, the
trombones can chant like a choir of priests, threaten, utter
gloomy sighs, a mournful lament or a bright hymn of glory.
They can break forth into awe-inspiring cries, and awaken
the dead or doom the living with their fearful voices."
Hector Berlioz
"You don't choose to play the trombone, It chooses you. It's
a loud, extrovert instrument, that makes everyone sit up
and take notice."
Simon Hogg,
Trombonist,
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
"The trombones are too sacred for frequent use."
Felix Mendelssohn
Someone asked how Emory Remington could stand
teaching trombone for 40 hours a week. Without hesitation,
he responded, "That's easy, I don't teach trombone--I teach people
how to play the trombone."
"Many a sinner has played himself into heaven on the
trombone, thanks to the [Salvation] Army."
George Bernard Shaw,
Major Barbara ( 1907 )
"Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them."
Richard Strauss
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On Thu Dec 4 07:24:09 1997 Edward Solomon
<esolomon@eu.fore.com> wrote the following in the
message entitled "Re: Help with Berlioz quote...":
NEED PERMISSION!!!!!!!!
This is a much misquoted reference to "Golden Rules for
the Album of a Young Conductor" in which Richard Strauss
states: "Never look encouragingly at the brass ... if you
believe [it] is not blowing loud enough, tone it down a
shade or two". He never specifically mentioned the trombones.
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"Without question the most unpopular medium of musical
sound in the world."
Sir Thomas Beecham,
A Mingled Chime ( 1944 )
"Trying to be the world's fastest trombonist is like
trying to be the world's tallest midget."
Alan Raph,
NYC Bass Trombonist
[10.4] What are some trombone jokes?
Instrument Jokes
<http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/other-instrument-jokes.html#trombone>
Spence's Music Jokes
<http://www.primenet.com/~luckycat/musjokes.htm#trombone>
CANONICAL: Doit Jokes
<http://www.daily-joke.com/cgibin/jkserve.cgi?date=022397&type=internet>
[10.5] ***What is the trombone called in other languages?
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[10.6] What is the difference between a baritone and a euphonium?
"A euphonium is a baritone played well." -- Robert King
See <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tilt/euphonium/bowman.html>.
[10.7] Where can I get information on sound characteristics
of the trombone?
The SHARC database <http://www.parmly.luc.edu/sharc/>
is a resource devoted to the study of what determines the
timbre, or characteristic signature of a musical instruments.
Included in this database are samples from an alto trombone,
a tenor trombone, a muted tenor trombone and a bass trombone.
FFT spectral analysis plots, animated plots and waveform plots at
different pitches are available.
[10.8] Where can I get information about the embouchure?
Brass Embouchure Survey Report
URL: <http://osf1.gmu.edu/~mvaughn/>.
[10.9] Can you give me a brief history of the trombone?
Karl Backstrom <karl_b@geocities.com> has written
a "Trombone History" Web page which is available at URL:
<http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2184/trombone.htm>.
Brian Nuckels <bnuckels@geocities.com> has written
a "History of the Trombone" Web page at URL:
<http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1452/history.html>.
See also, "The History of the Slide Trombone" Web page
written by Michael Palmer which can by found at URL:
<http://www-ts.cs.oberlin.edu/wt94/palmer.history.html>.
[10.10] Where can I get information on the history of the
Conn Company?
There is a Web site entitled "A Brief History of the Conn
Company (1874-present)." by Margaret Downie Banks, Ph.D.
Curator of Musical Instruments, America's Shrine to Music
Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA at the
following URL: <http://www.usd.edu/~mbanks/CONTENT.html>.
[10.11] Where can I get information on trombone related patents?
You can search the US patent database from Jan. 5, 1971
onwards, at the following Web site:
IBM Patent Server
<http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/>
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