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Re: Soprano players

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Subject: Re: Soprano players
From: Peter Younghusband <monkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:55:05 +0800
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See below........

Alastair Wheeler wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, David W. Buckley wrote:
>
> > Richard should have his own bass trombone society which would share
> > lists with the soprano society.
> >  In my band the sop always had the option to play an octave up and the
> > bass trom to play an octave down. Made for interesting sounds in Sunday
>
> A nice point - you need taste to know when to do that (as does the 2nd
> BBb bass)  Hang on, tasteful bass trombone playing?
>
> I tend to put the octaves in quite often on 'yellow music' ie parts
> written for G bass, also in marches the bass solo tends to go down.  The
> older music often implies the extra notes, eg when trombone octaves close
> up because a part would go below Db.
>
> Of course in modern music the larger ranges of modern players are taken
> into consideration and it is normally safe to assume the composer knows
> his job.  Ocasionally I'll put in low notes (more in the easier pieces)
> but if I do I check to see how the chord is covered without me.
>
> To be fair, I let the conductor have right of veto (!) but since older
> music is often in short score he doesn't always notice.

I find that it's a matter of taste. IMHO, putting things down the octave tend
can often show a bit of immaturity. I agree - you do have to be very careful,
but there are instances, that beg for it! MacArthur Park was always a favourite
of mine!!!

Monkey


>
>
> > morning services on the hymns. By the way, I also had a BBb bass player
> > with a great pedal range which he got doing my trombone exercises who
> > would sometimes shake the very foundations of the church with his final
> > chords. He could also play the best tuba pp I have ever heard.
> > Regards, Dave.
> >
>
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