Best Bass Trombone Talk and Squirrel Semantics.

A Trombone Shorty

Ooh, thats right there was at true trombone joke. That picture did deserve a true trombone joke though, because squirrels need rights too. You know in the era that we live in I'm appalled by the fact that squirrels don't have rights like we do.
They don't have free speech, if they had free speech things like squirrel dictatorships wouldn't form.

Squirrels, don't have the right to bear arms, you know squirrels are already in such a disadvantage when it comes to bear attacks, they need that equalization that a bazooka brings to a bear brawl. Just imagine this squirrel above this paragraph with a bazooka and you will understand how powerful and humorous that is at the same time.

Now I believe that squirrels don't need the right to refuse soldier housing. In the society that squirrels live in currently there has been a development of tree sharing intolerance which is truly dismaying.

Unreasonable seizures and seizures for squirrels is just not cool. Squirrels spend all of their late fall free time organizing their nuts because they don't have Netflix. Those nuts are everything to them, don't be rummaging through those and taking them, how do you think most dogs feel.

Squirrel right to property is paramount. Even though tree-sharing helps squirrels have good squarma (think about it) the other squirrels in the oak trees need to know that that tree is the Squirrelson's tree, not the Squirreliam's or even the Squirrelenberry's tree.

Squirrel trials must be speedy. Have you ever seen a lethargic squirrel? Point made.

Excessive bails are just prejudice. It singles out the lower class squirrels and that's just not fun for everyone. Since squirrel society is making a noticeable shift to communism, it important get rid of socio-economic boundaries.

Give squirrels all the rights. All vices would be made illegal in squirrel society, because in society there is a certain prejudice that effects the squirrels children. We can't teach the little squirrels to be bigots!

Wow, I didn't know I had that in my to talk about squirrel rights for that long. That was just kind of weird.

Now let's actually talk about bass trombones.
The bass trombone is the exact length of a tenor trombone, but has a larger bore size and bell diameter.
So, the Bore size is at .562" and at .580" through the valve tubing. The bell diameter spans from 9.5"-10.5".

The fact is that the bass trombone is pretty awesome, you have low parts that sometimes even consist of pedal tones. You just sound like a musical terminator that can do the jitterbug. You have some of the lowest parts in the band and you feel like you have the power to overpower the band completely.

Also, bass trombone players are the coolest of the cool. Think about all the bass trombones that you personally know, including yourself Mr. N.W. They are just cool guys, and I get to join the club.

That's all I got for this post, thank you for reading, have a nice something.

Jealous and Jiggly Jazz trombones

Neon Trombone

Boom! That is a neon trombone! Random things are always the best things is what I say. Maybe be I've said it once, maybe I said it 50,000 times, maybe I never said it in the first place. Maybe I'm just Jim Carrey's riddler with my question mark pajamas.

Riddler

All terrible and misconstrue-able puns and jokes aside, this is a jazz trombone post. To start off I'll go over the top jazz trombone brands. There's Shires, Conn-Selmer, King, Getzen, Bach and Yamaha. If there are any other brands that have good jazz trombones tell me in the comment section. So, there lots of horns to go over. 

The good horn from S.E. Shires right now is the Michael Davis+. The bore size is 5.08" with a 7.75" bell. In this video you can see Michael Davis himself play the Michael Davis+. The video does a good job off showing off the trombone's greatness, especially with a great trombone player like Michael Davis to show it off. 

The Conn-Selmer horns that are known to be the best and comparable to the King 2b and 3b are the Conn 4h and 6h the Conn 4h being at a 4.90" or 5.0" bore size and the 6h bore size is at a 5.08". The Conn 4h would be geared towards lead parts with a little bit of a brighter tone than the 6h. The 6h would be better for 2nd and 3rd parts.

Next is the King trombones. The kind of King trombone you want is a silver sonic or SGX. like I said in the past paragraph the King 2b is at a 4.90"/5.00" bore size and is geared a little bit more toward lead parts than the 3b and the 3b is more geared toward towards the 2nd and 3rd parts. If you are going to get a King the best horns are from 1945, if you could get one of those rare beauties then you are golden. Many reviews show that they haven't been making any as good trombones in the past years.

To continue is the coverage of the Getzen trombone. Getzen has been renown for its pure goodness along with shires horns. Their horn comes in a 5.00"/ 5.08" with a dual bore slide and 3 different lead pipes. I've been hearing about the Getzen horns for the past two years and I haven't heard anything bad about them so far.

Almost there, the Bach trombones! The best Bach jazz trombones are the Bach 12 and 16 Stradivarius's from the 60's and 70's. The 12 is at a 5.00" bore size and a 7 1/2" Bell. The 16 is at a 4.95"/5.08" dual bore and a 7 1/2" bell.

Lastly is the not as good(slightly biased) yamaha horns. I personally have a classical Xeno f-attachment large bore tenor trombone made in part by principal trombonist Larry Zalkind in the Utah Symphony Orchestra and I love it, but yamaha isn't known for their Jazz trombones. Alright I'll go easy on them, they make pretty good horns. Their jazz horns are YSL-897z and the YSL-891z trombones. The YSL-897z has a bore size of .484"/.490" and a 7 1/2 bell. It was designed by Andy Martin and Alastair Kay and was definitely made for upper range work. 

The YSL-891z trombone bore size is at .508" and it has a bell diameter of 8" and was designed in part by Andy Martin again and Wycliffe Gordon. All in all, the people who helped create these trombones are all amazing musicians.

To end this blog post I'll leave you with this video featuring Andy Martin, Jim Pugh, Bill Reichenbach and Adam Machaskee with the US Army Blues Band. Make sure you get to 11:00 minutes, because if that isn't fun trombone section music then I don't know what is.

Thanks for reading, make sure to comment on this post on what your favorite instrument brand is personally, since I couldn't decide. Have a nice day.

Tremendous Tenor Trombone Talk Along w/ Bass Trombone Banter

King Tenor Trombone

The tremendous tenor trombone is the most common of all the trombones. I would even say that they are the king of the trombone section. Any ways, you can find them in a classical, jazz, ska or funk band. As many musicians know the fundamental note of the tenor trombone is Bb even though the trombone is in the key of C. What this means is the first position (open position) is Bb.

Trombone Position Diagram

There are seven positions on the tenor trombone like all trombones. Since the tenor is based on the mid range there majority of the positions used are within 6.  The usual range of a tenor trombone is from a pedal Bb to a high Ab.  

Tenor Trombone Musical Range 

  Since the tenor trombone is the most common trombone in bands there's lots of music where the tenor trombone breaks the limited range here. For example There's Andy Martin one of my favorite trombonists that loves to go out of the range. Here's one video of his work Posted by Rob Egerton. 

Straight Tenors are not typically used in the context of classical bands. This is mainly for the smaller bore size provides a brighter tone quality which is better for a jazz setting.

Next is the f-attachment tenor trombone, the type of trombone I personally own. 

F-Attachment Tenor Trombone

What the f-attachment does is lowers the pitch of the fundamental note from Bb to F. The Trombone includes a trigger to enable this change to occur. The bore size(width of tubing) is larger in an f-attachment trombone and can be 0.525" or 0.547" compared to the bore size of a tenor trombone which can get into the 0.4"'s The reason that most people have f-attachment in classical bands is so that there is more of a supported and deeper tone while allowing for a lower range, alternate positions and more in tune notes. 

Next is the lovable Bass Trombone. 

Bass trombone

 It seems than next year I will be playing fourth trombone in

the varsity jazz band which involves the glorious

bass trombone. The low end of the trombone line-up, but not the lowest. The typical bore size of a bass trombone is 0.562" or 0.580" with the bell size being bigger than the f-attachment trombone and even bigger than the straight tenor. This allows for a greater dispersal sound. This is why there are straight tenors in jazz band for bright and directed music except for fourth trombone of course. I shouldn't say this again, but, this is why there are f-attachment trombones in classical bands along with bass trombones. To discontinue my ramblings, please make sure to comment and vote on which instrument in truly the best. Thanks for reading, if you made it all the way through, then you will definitely get a trophy... within 7 to 2700 years. Have a good day, a good night and everything in between. P.S. heres this 15th century bass trombone.

15th Century Bass Trombone 

Trombone Times

Hi I'm Michael Barski and this is my very first post. My idea for this blog is to share some things about music I enjoy, and some tips that are specific to trombone players. I have lots of things to talk about when it comes to music and this blog will help me share that. First, to start this off, this my trombone.

YSL-8820R

It's a YSL-8820R Custom Xeno Trombone and It's the nicest thing I own. It's a yamaha large bore trombone and the larger the bore the darker the sound and the smaller the bore the brighter the sound it makes. I play in my school's Symphonic (classical) and JV Jazz Band(pretty self explanatory) and for a classical setting you would want a darker and fuller sound. For jazz you would want a brighter and sharper sound. If you have a large bore instrument and want a brighter sound you could change your embouchure ( the way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.) It's the cheapest way to get a brightest sound but definitely takes more practice and work to get the sound you're looking. You can also changes the brightness and darkness of your tone with different mouthpiece. Having a different mouthpiece for concert band and jazz band makes the biggest difference. The deeper mouthpiece will be better for making a darker sound and a shallow mouthpiece will contribute to a brighter tone. If you really want to make a difference in your sound you can get a different horn. For example the horn I would get for jazz would be the YSL-897z, the YSL-891z, or a nice silver sonic King 2B trombone. All of these are small bore horns and will produce bright and sharp sounds. So, If you want a brighter or darker sound you can change your embouchure, your mouthpiece or your horn.

You can find my horn and some of my favorites on Yamaha Instruments.