Re: trombones
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:20 am
An eccentric band director I played under a while back said:' theoretically able to be played in tune.
"Trombones are never out of tune, only the Trombonist is."
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Re: trombones
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:36 pm
Yeah, but you could say that about any horn. With one exception: I used to have a Besson 3-v comp as well. Sold it to a friend, but can borrow it back any time. Now that's a horn which the opposite is true: the horn is always in tune, despite the player.PMeuph wrote:An eccentric band director I played under a while back said:' theoretically able to be played in tune."Trombones are never out of tune, only the Trombonist is."
Re: trombones
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:20 pm
One of the better bands I've played in tuned to the trombone. Common practice?
Re: trombones
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:44 pm
An old band director told me that the trombone is the only [brass] instrument that could--theoretically, at least--be played in tune on every note, the result of the fact that there are an almost infinite number of adjustments that could be made.
At a minimum, at least it's better than trying to tune a lawnmower.
At a minimum, at least it's better than trying to tune a lawnmower.
Re: trombones
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:22 pm
I recently dropped out of a comm band because the T-bones were so bad. Guess how I voted? 
Re: trombones
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:25 am
from Moonlighting
"Can't live with them, can't leave them by the curb when you're done with them."
"Can't live with them, can't leave them by the curb when you're done with them."
Re: trombones
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:31 am
C'mon guys, be nice.
Re: trombones
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:30 pm
I've never thought of the trombone separate from the tuba. They make our sound, IMO, better when they're good...and we make them sound meaty, which is something that not even a great contrabass bone can provide. The CSO low brass CD is what made me fall in love with the trombone sound.
Re: trombones
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:32 pm
Only a double valve horn can be played PERFECTLY in tune. 
Re: trombones
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:19 am
I played some bass trombone today with a pretty good 24-piece trombone choir. It was easy to impress them young-un's with a double pedal Bb on the last note of Pines of Rome. Suckers. 
Re: trombones
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:52 am
Face the music.LJV wrote:Sorry, it takes at least 6 valves, or so we've been told...Bob Kolada wrote:Only a double valve horn can be played PERFECTLY in tune.
Re: trombones
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:31 am
ANY type of horn can be played perfectly in tune. All it takes is good ears and the right adjustments.Bob Kolada wrote:Only a double valve horn can be played PERFECTLY in tune.
MOST horns can play in tune to a well-tempered scale. All it takes is a tuner.
Re: trombones
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:41 pm
I mean chromatically.
Re: trombones
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:31 pm
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Maybe Nathan-Chevy / Buell-Ford...What you do YOU think?
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Re: trombones
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:20 am
This is off track but regardless. I bought one of these Denis Wick Fiber mutes and I must say that I am impressed. It fits nicely in my bass and my tenor trombone. The sound is clearer, IMHO, than the stonelined mute. And it's CHEAP!!!! I payed 18.00 CAD$ with taxes.
So, if you are in the market for a mute, have a look at the wick. Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Denis-Wick-Fiber- ... 2&sr=1-116" target="_blank
So, if you are in the market for a mute, have a look at the wick. Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Denis-Wick-Fiber- ... 2&sr=1-116" target="_blank
Re: trombones
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:53 pm
And, it matches the Denis Wick gold plated trombone mouthpiece: http://www.amazon.com/Denis-Wick-DW4880 ... 266&sr=8-8.PMeuph wrote:This is off track but regardless. I bought one of these Denis Wick Fiber mutes and I must say that I am impressed. It fits nicely in my bass and my tenor trombone. The sound is clearer, IMHO, than the stonelined mute. And it's CHEAP!!!! I payed 18.00 CAD$ with taxes.
So, if you are in the market for a mute, have a look at the wick. Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Denis-Wick-Fiber- ... 2&sr=1-116" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank