"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/13/2020 at 21:54 • Filed to: trombonelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/13/2020 at 21:54 • Filed to: trombonelopnik | 2
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!!! UNSUPPORTED LINE BREAK IN HEADER !!!
Fly or Die for Bass Trombone and Piano by Gilles Rocha. Performed by Lionel Fumeaux.
facw
> ttyymmnn
08/13/2020 at 22:36 |
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How do I tells a bass trombone from a regular one (by sight) ? Is it just bigger/more loopy at the back?
In any event, I’ve had this tab open since the tank mini-theme-day a week or two ago, but might as well paste it here (I think it’s been on oppo before, but whatever) :
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ttyymmnn
> facw
08/13/2020 at 22:43 |
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More tubing in the back, larger bell. Usually two triggers. The triggers are what divert the air through the tubes at the back. Here’s a fairly good illustration with the Chicago Symphony low brass section . Tenor trombones (with F attachment) left and center, bass trombone right.
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> ttyymmnn
08/13/2020 at 23:44 |
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> ttyymmnn
08/14/2020 at 01:10 |
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Heard one of my favorite pieces, the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (I’m sure you’re familiar with it) when the Montréal symphony was here in Chicago years ago. The bass trombone hardly plays at all but for a two glissando solo worth the price of admission.
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ttyymmnn
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
08/14/2020 at 01:25 |
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(I’m sure you’re familiar with it)
I’ve played it three times ! It’s an extraordinary piece. That trombone lick is supposedly meant to be a big raspberry directed at Dmitri Shostakovich . I was taught that Bartok wasn’t happy about how successful Shosti’s music was compared to his own. I like Shostakovich, and I think he is largely underrated, but I tend to agree with Bartok’s assessment. I bet Montreal played the shit out of that piece. It’s one of my all-time favorites.
RacinBob
> ttyymmnn
08/14/2020 at 07:53 |
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Ohhh Thanksss ttyymmnn.... for reminding me that I am a bass trombonist spelled with a small b and t.....
not only could I not play that piece , I am pretty sure I couldn’t read it or even find the top and bottom notes on my horn.
It reminds me of a master class that I and the trombone students sat in on at the university. He was so good, I think all the students vowed right then and there to start taking a hard look at going back to majoring in Comp Sci......
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ttyymmnn
> RacinBob
08/14/2020 at 11:30 |
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I attended plenty of masterclasses, but I tried to come away inspired instead of defeated. I knew I would never be world class, and I’m not. Still, I’m quite proficient, and managing to make a minor career out of it (were it not for this f**king pandemic), and I’d like to think that I learned a thing or two in those classes. Oftentimes, though, those world class players are just naturals who never really have to work to figure out how to do things. They just can . I think that the players who aren’t naturals, those who had to try four or five or sixteen different ways to be successful at something, make better teachers.
Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
> ttyymmnn
08/14/2020 at 11:59 |
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My assistant director, now entering his third year of teaching, is a bass trombonist.
At his first TMEA as an employed teacher, 2018, he came home with a contrabass trombone. I looked at him and said, “HOW?” He replied with, “no student loans, no car payment. I graduated debt-free.”
Then he proceeded to use it for nearly every brass demo in classes for the rest of the year. ^_^
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ttyymmnn
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
08/14/2020 at 12:07 |
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I managed to finish a DMA with no debt. My parents paid for my undergrad, I got a full ride for masters, and we were able to pay tuition as we went on my DMA, thanks of course to my patient wife who worked FT and continues to do so. Of course, after about five years of the DMA, while I was working PT and kind of taking lessons, she said, “If you don’t finish this year, I’m cutting you off.” So I finished.
Aside from getting to work with some really great players and teachers, that DMA is doing doodly squat for me.