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Some musicians prefer to extend the tablature numbering system to 12 or more; others prefer a symbol to indicate a lesser-used, longer valve. In this table, the symbol "/" is used to indicate an F-valve on the trombone or the fourth valve on a four-valved instrument.
The soprano trombone (sometimes called a slide trumpet or slide cornet, especially in jazz) is the soprano instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments, pitched in B♭ an octave above the tenor trombone. As the bore, bell and mouthpiece are similar to the B♭ trumpet, it tends to be played by trumpet players rather than trombonists.
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Although rare on the E ♭ alto trombone, a valve attachment usually lowers the instrument a perfect fourth into B ♭, providing the first five or six positions from the tenor trombone slide. Some alto models have what is called a trill valve , providing a small loop of tubing that lowers the instrument by only a minor or major second, into D ...
On trombone, pedal B ♭ 1 is frequently seen in commercial scoring but much less often in symphonic music. Notes below B ♭ are called for only rarely as they "become increasingly difficult to produce and insecure in quality" with A ♭ 1 or G1 being the bottom limit for most trombonists.
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Art Farmer & Slide Hampton in Concert (1984) World of Trombones is an album by American trombonist, composer and arranger Slide Hampton , recorded in 1979 and first released on the West 54 label.
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