Klaus is entirely correct. Even a mediocre trombonist, such as myself, can play the grace and the main note as two distinct notes. That said, the composer's intent and the conductor's interpretation rule. I recently played a piece with a passage involving grace notes, and the conductor asked us to play them in portamento style, using slide only between the two pitches. This made it sound a little more raucous.
Horace Brock On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:21:26 +0200, you wrote: >on 20/04/04 13:57, Colin Broom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm wondering if there are any trombone players/experts out here. My >> question is, how would a trombonist generally interpret a grace note with a >> slur onto another note about a 2nd lower (in a 20th century score)?: >> >> >> a. Would they soft-tongue the second note? >> >> b. Would they just tongue the first note as with any other brass or wind >> player? If this is the case, would it generally sound like a very quick and >> short glissando, or is there enough control even at grace note speed to make >> it sound like two distinct notes? >> >> c. Is it just not usual or practical for grace notes to be found in 20th >> cent. trombone parts? > >The 20th century has taken trombone technique quite far. If the composer >knows the trombone, it is very well possible to write grace notes and other >legato situations, which can be executed with a true legato. > >The basic rule is, that the slide shall move outwards in upwards slurs and >inwards in downward slurs. > >And then trombonists generally are inn possession of a much more graduated >tonguing technique than other brass players. > >Where glissando used to be a common trombone effect, trombone artistry now >is to avoid any sort of un-planned for glissandos. > >Klaus > >SATB trombones in Bb, Eb, and G > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
