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Re: Masters Contest

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Subject: Re: Masters Contest
From: Nigel Horne <njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 13:35:43 GMT
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> > Also, a new trivia thread: Does anyone know the last time that a 
> > G trombone was used in a British contest? Who was the offending :-)
> > band? Player?  I remember my Grandad doing his practice, "Wakk Wakk
> > KWAKK!!" 
> 
> I don't know, but quite recent music is printed saying "G Trombone",
> against a bass clef part written in concert pitch. Confused?
> You will be :-)
> 
> Not being a trombonist, am I correct in saying that the triggers on
> modern trombones give Eb and/or F?
> 
> Were G trombone parts ever written in G?

Silkstone Band (2nd section Yorkshire) still use a G trombone.

-Nigel


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