Exploring Trombones 

It seems really cold, there is moisture on the outside of the bell as well...

Must be cold in there

Condensation, not steam. Steam is water at 100 degrees C.

@@ktang001 Are you suggesting that he isn’t god-tier enough to play at 212° F? 😂 jk thank you for the correction

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Yeah Soprano has its place in jazz. Piccolo has its place as a joke

You sir are amazing

5th year Low brass section leader and your nomenclature is why we use in georgia

Nomenclature can also been found in NYC!

Yo same bro. I’m on my fifth year of playing trombone and I have also never heard of a straight trombone

7 years of playing multiple brass instruments and I call straight trombones peashooters as well and trigger trombones just triggers or tenors

6 years of playing trombone and bass trombone and I call a “straight” trombone just a “regular” trombone

Water at 100 degrees? You mean condensation

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Thayer valves are just that good I guess. 😁

Did you just…

You should look up the piccolo trombone! Contrabass trombone is very interesting too since they double the slide tubing

You are 100% correct on Schumann and Schubert! Symphonie Fantastique was indeed written for the alto trombone if you go off of the part, but the sound doesn’t fit well so it is played on tenor :)

Trombones are not horns...

ok

@@itznoxy7193 then what are they bozo

@@eboone Trombones? lol.

Trombone means big trumpet in Italian. They are from the trumpet family. Forward facing bells, cup mouth pieces, cylindrical bore, etc.

This is the full range of standard trombones. Of course contrabass is called for occasionally in orchestra, but it is very rare. I know of no orchestral piece that calls for anything higher than an alto.

Fly or die is the most difficult one I’ve ever heard. Not necessarily my favorite sounding but absolutely insane.

No no, valve trombones are easier to approximate pitch like other valved instruments. Don't think you are in tune just because you have the correct valves pushed down. This is actually the strength of having a slide. This is why you'll see high level brass musicians who have valved instruments using finger/thumb triggers to manipulate tuning slides or in the case of tubas, literally pulling them in and out.

@@lindsaygibson2142 They've since made Valve Slide Trigger Attachments for Valve Trombones & Tubas. Plus a Compensating valve system to work around this.

@@lindsaygibson2142 Valve Trombones are great for Marching Band cause then you don't have to worry about breaking your slide.

1: The Contrabass Trombone is the natural extension of the Bass Trombone--It uses either a bass bone or tuba mouthpiece and comes in two forms: an F version and a Bb version. The F version is half an octave lower than a Bass Trombone whereas the Bb version has the same amount of tubing as a Tuba and usually double wraps the slide. It's around in most of the really big late romantic German works, although some people just play the parts on Bass Bone. 2-Valve Trombone is literally just a straight trombone with valves instead of a slide. It's mostly just used for some jazz players or trumpet/euph people who wanna play trombone in informal settings. Functionally the same as a bass trumpet and kinda a silly instrument for the most part. 3-Bass and Tenor mouthpieces are quite different. However, they're not so different that you don't translate range from one to the other. Basically all Bass Bones know Tenor well and most Tenors can at least reasonably play Bass (at least orchestral ones)

@@vasukushalnagar4087 I believe the valve trombone may have been used in 19th century Italian opera orchestras, which may have made some of the awkward passages in "La Forza del Destino" overture a little easier.

His tenor and bass are both Shires, his Straight tenor is a Conn 8H, and his alto looked like a thein

His mouthpiece on his large tenor looks like a lightweight Greg Black, don’t quote me on that tho

not all straight horns have one

Because that wasn't the style in 1938. Instead they made them with a tighter curve at the back, which means they got a tiny bit longer, and that moved the weight balance back.

スライドもヤマハの昔の品番でしょうか？

Yes it is an old Yamaha slide due to the inner brace and slide ring lock . Conn never silver solder braces to the slide barrels. It was soft solder with brace flanges. This old repair technician has eagle eyes on stuff like this.

maybe due to the vintage? I think the added the spring loaded barrel later.

yes but the soprano trombone is mostly useless because of trumpets cornets flugelhorns having the same pitch. and piccolo trombones from what I know are REALLY useless and mostly a gimmick

His focus is what is commonly found in the orchestra. Sop and pic trombones basically only live in the wild in Moravian trombone choirs.

@@andrewlee4353 Except piccolo flute, clarinet, or trumpet?

Just get a tuba! lol

@@bobboscarato1313 I agree with you but it’s still the other end of the line.

Not used in orchestra

Seriously are they filming in the walk in freezer?

I learned recently that Toby Oft of the Boston Symphony and Nathan Zgonc often competed against each other in high school solo contests. For two years, Nathan won the Oregon state championship for solo trombone, and Toby finished second. After Nathan graduated, Toby won the next two state championships.

he meant biggest and smallest used in orchestra

@@jeremysolomon2686 contras do occasionally get used, as do cimbassi

@@wt4629 Cimbasso gets used on movie scores a lot, despite the fact that there are only half a dozen or so working instruments in North America.

The second valve is usually tuned to D or Eb. Some horns work in combination with the F attachment - others operate independently.

It's an F below the Bb. Bb to F going up is a fifth, Bb to F going down is a fourth

This ain’t a performance or audition. Just a basic demonstration of each instrument.

A critic in every crowd…

There are flaws in every live performance, even at the very highest level (like this). Commercial recordings are an inaccurate representation of what live music sounds like.

Yeah he flubbed a fair amount of notes. Surprising for this calibre.

Very much looking forward to hearing your next virtuoso demonstration mr critic!