Trombone Writing

Alex,

Try:

http://www.trombonenoise.com

:lol: :lol: :lol:

that link doesnt work greybeard.

Sorry, Alex, 'twas a joke.

My neighbor is a pro.

I'll ask him today.

Thanx Nick.

its just, in old pieces, for a new set of notes you needed to take something out and put something else in and it took about 4/5 bars..

and im not sure what modern trombones are like.

I think many newer trombones have a key to switch, like the thumb valve on a horn (if you know anything about those).

all i remmember is they have a big tube they pull

but im not sure if they need a gap for when they change or they can be playing a solo and can change for a new set of notes regularly

hopefully nick can get back to me with an answer... stuff like this about every instrument interests me :)

Back near the end of gradeschool, they made us take band, and i was stuck playing trombone, but not particularly well, mind you. I dont remember having to replace anything, just sliding to the next note position in the scale i was using. i think the only scale i could do on that thing was the major scale of some sort... as far as my audial memory goes... i didnt like trombone very much. sorry i couldnt be of more help.

you probably are right..

its just the ONLY knowledge i have of them is in oldern times they had a crank of different length's that they had to take out and replace to reach a new set of notes..

if you played it and didnt have to replace anything then that is probably the same with all trombones...

ty

The modern trombone, I think, comes in three variants. A 'regular' version, with just a slide, a single rotor version, featuring a thumb valve to switch from Bb to F, and a double rotor system that goes Bb to F to G.

Edit: All of these, of course, have a slide, although I think there is a keyed trombone without a slide, not so common. I think I've played one, but it may have been a funny shaped baritone. Regardless, I think it's main reason to exist is so you you can give it to a baritone player and say, "Play this."

I haven't played for years, but I played trombone in 5th through 12th grades, and for 4 years afterwards. A standard trombone, like Paul said, has a slide in front, and a tuning slide in the back. The tuning slide is only used to get in key. You don't usually muck with it while you're playing. It's much tighter than the slide. I've seen the single valve trombone, that Paul mentioned. And in boot camp I played a "Marching Trombone" which was like a flugelhorn with 2 valves. I'm sure that's not the proper name for it, but that's what our CC called it, so for those 4 weeks, that was it's "proper" name to me. :)
I don't recall needing a gap in the music, except for when we had to put in or take out a mute. And that was usually pretty quick.

-- Scratch

so you could play any note, throughout the trombone's range without mucking with it??

cool, that is what i wanted to know