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Contrabass trombone
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:29 am
by poomshanka
Nice little lick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_5AszFY6_E
Technical stuff is a tad rough, but he really lays out the descending line (down to a pedal C, I think).
...D
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:26 pm
by OldsRecording
This is similar, but much, MUCH lower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1rjIRkQ ... re=related" target="_blank
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:51 pm
by OldsRecording
William Parlier wrote:
Oop... I feel a little oozy inside. BROWN NOTE!

That lowest 'note' kinda sounds like rapidly banging on the side of a steel drum with a ball-peen hammer.
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:14 pm
by eupher61
OldsRecording wrote:That lowest 'note' kinda sounds like rapidly banging on the side of a steel drum with a ball-peen hammer.
sounds like a voice of experience. strange...
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:31 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
Bob1062 wrote:I think he is using multiphonics on double pedals on the contra.
Not even close to "double pedals." The lowest note he plays is:
Only a fourth below the pedal F. Otherwise known as a "pedal C." I also didn't hear any multiphonics during the contra cadenza, although I might have missed them.
Todd S. "who hears the term "double pedal" a lot, and still wonders if people know what it means" Malicoate
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:52 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
You're right, Bob...the melody statement on the contra starts on the G below the C that I thought earlier was the lowest note.
But that's still not a "double pedal" on the contra...still a whole step too high.
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:30 am
by Nick Pierce
Might I suggest that henceforth, in lieu of the previous and apparently incorrect term "double pedal" for such notes, we say "double low," such as "double low C." It doesn't sound as cool, but I doubt anyone would get confused with it.
Or perhaps "BAMF Low C?"

Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:32 am
by Todd S. Malicoate
I don't have any problem with the term "double pedal." I just wish it were used more accurately (notes at least a full octave below the pedal, like that lowest note in Encounters II when played on a C tuba - that's a double pedal), instead of just referring to "really low notes."
Kind of goes along with BBb, CC, and EEb to me. But I'm fully aware that I'm an anal-retentive bastard. Feel free to ignore me if the inaccurate use of words doesn't bother you.
Re: Contrabass trombone
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:25 am
by Todd S. Malicoate
Wasn't directed only at you, Bob...you don't have to be
quite so melodramatic about it, either. You
were the one who threw the term (which does mean something) out there, however. Since you already know what it means, perhaps someone else reading this thread might have learned something useful and won't refer to a low note as a "double pedal" just because it's really low.
You might have noticed when you corrected me about the lowest note in the video, I responded with:
Todd S. Malicoate wrote:You're right, Bob...the melody statement on the contra starts on the G below the C that I thought earlier was the lowest note.
For some reason, I didn't have the desire to call you a name, nor did I think it would be appropriate.
Todd S. "who reserves the right to be as big or small of an *** about the correct use of language as he wants" Malicoate