--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "ceccles_ca" <ecclesreinson@...> wrote:
instrument of no repute whatsoever. People like Martinge and Dickson would be attracted to
slide trumpets). I try not to think about trombones (and the musicians who play them), so it
completely slipped my mind in my original answer.
So there it is: trombones, alone in the wind section, can play a true portamento.
Q: A trombone player and a snake are found squashed on a highway. What is the difference
between them?
A: The snake was far more likely to have been on his way to a gig.
Rick
>You're right. That is the exception in the wind section (as well as for the slide trumpet, an
> A Trombone can do portamento fairly well can't it?
instrument of no repute whatsoever. People like Martinge and Dickson would be attracted to
slide trumpets). I try not to think about trombones (and the musicians who play them), so it
completely slipped my mind in my original answer.
So there it is: trombones, alone in the wind section, can play a true portamento.
Q: A trombone player and a snake are found squashed on a highway. What is the difference
between them?
A: The snake was far more likely to have been on his way to a gig.
Rick