First accurate answer gets 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

I have a tenor trombone with one valve on it. I do not know know how to use the valve though. i asked my band director but he does not know either. What notes does it help you play. I know that you can play a low C with it if your slide is in first position. Does this mean i can play a low B with it if my slide is in second position. Please help.

Answer 1

hah! the wikipedia answer doesn't answer your question. The valve can be used for a few different purposes, but it's main intended purpose is to fill in the notes between the pedal Bb and low F (or low E if you can reach the 7th position). Usually the vavle drops the pitch a major 4th. With the valve triggered you can play the low F in first position down to the B in 7th. Then the pedal Bb in 1st position again. Other uses can give you alternate positions for some notes making it possible to articulate some series of notes faster than if you simply had a a slide. It can also give you a cool tremolo effect although I've never actually played a piece that called for this use.

Answer 2

The modern bass trombone is pitched in B flat. It is identical in length to the 9' B flat tenor trombone and was developed from the 19th century tenorbass trombone, but has a wider bore to aid in the production of a fuller, weightier tone in the low register and one or two valves which, when engaged, lower the key of the instrument to 12' F (and if a second valve is fitted, to G, G flat E, E flat or D. depending on the design), allowing the player to bridge the gap between the first partial (fundamental) with the slide in first or closed position and the second partial with the slide fully extended in seventh position. 19th and early 20th century examples of the modern bass trombone were sometimes made with a valve attachment in E rather than F, or with an alternative tuning slide for the attachment tubing enabling the pitch to be lowered to E flat. Bore sizes of the bass trombone are generally slightly larger than those of the largest tenor trombones. Typical specifications include a bore size of 0.562" in the slide and 0.580" through the valve attachment tubing, with a bell from 9" to 10.5" in diameter.

The configuration of the valves falls into one of three categories on the modern bass trombone: a simple B flat/F instrument (of larger dimensions than the B flat/F tenor trombone) equipped with one valve; a B flat/F instrument equipped with a second dependent valve, which relies on the first to be engaged before the ancillary tubing is deployed; a B flat/F instrument equipped with a second independent or in-line valve, which acts independently from the first and may be used to lower the pitch to G or G flat individually, or to E flat or D when used in combination with the first valve.

The range of the modern bass trombone is fully chromatic from the lowest fundamental with the valve attachment tubing deployed, potentially as low as C1 or B flat1, up to C5 or higher, depending on the player. It is usually scored in the range B flat2 to B flat5.

There is usually one bass trombone in a standard symphony orchestra (some works call for two) and it is also seen in brass bands, swing bands, wind ensembles, and a variety of brass groups; the bass trombone is usually played by the third or fourth trombonist in a trombone section, the first two or three parts usually being for tenor (and possibly alto) trombones.

Answer 3

How can a band director not know? Just wondering. I think you could.

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

Now that is a good question!

Answer 6

idk just give me my 10 points