Trombonists don't really care, as there are no real technical
difficulties from one key to the next (unless you are low) though
most of them like band keys like C to Ab, but this is just what shows
up a lot.
Violists, on the other hand, tend to play better in sharper keys, as
lots of
Violists don't mind a few flats. F and Bb are certainly safe, maybe not
past Eb for ease. (String sections grown at Eb minor, I know that much.)
Ray Horton
Christopher Smith wrote:
Trombonists don't really care, as there are no real technical
difficulties from one key to the next (unless
I'm arranging some jazz pieces for a quintet which includes viola and
tenor trombone. What are the keys that players of those instruments
tend to enjoy playing in the most?
Trombonists don't really care, as there are no real technical
difficulties from one key to the next (unless you
On 12-Mar-07, at 11:55 AM, Leigh Daniels wrote:
Hello all,
I'm arranging some jazz pieces for a quintet which includes viola and
tenor trombone. What are the keys that players of those instruments
tend to enjoy playing in the most?
At 12:52 PM -0400 3/12/07, Christopher Smith wrote:
On 12-Mar-07, at 4:35 PM, Jonathan Smith wrote:
A fine trombonist friend of mine once told me that he prefered the
sharp keys esp. A, E, and B major as examples. He said that in
those keys most notes never fall in 1st postion and therefore the
player has more versitility and flexibility
Bass, drums and piano.
**Leigh
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007, Jonathan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interested to know what the other 3 instruments are...
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Music for beginners tends to favor flat keys for winds and sharp keys for
strings. Professionals should be able to negotiate any key even if they do
gripe about this or that one. I new a bluegrass violist once who was trying
to master the b minor scale and having the devil's time with it. The
