7.2 The Different Kinds of Brass Instrument
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Fig. 7.41 B / D min scatter plot for some typical bass sackbuts, bass trombones, natural horns,
double horns (F side), valve horns, F Wagner tubas; bombardons and bass tubas
Fig. 7.42 Trombone parts from the fourth Movement of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Reproduced by permission of Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
Fig. 7.43 Trombone parts from the fourth Movement of Elgar’s Symphony No. 1
In the fourth movement of Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, written in 1908, the first and
second (tenor) trombones play a fortissimo A 1, while the third (bass) trombone and
tuba are silent (Fig. 7.43). Elgar clearly wanted the brassy sound of the trombone
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Fig. 7.41 B / D min scatter plot for some typical bass sackbuts, bass trombones, natural horns,
double horns (F side), valve horns, F Wagner tubas; bombardons and bass tubas
Fig. 7.42 Trombone parts from the fourth Movement of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Reproduced by permission of Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
Fig. 7.43 Trombone parts from the fourth Movement of Elgar’s Symphony No. 1
In the fourth movement of Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, written in 1908, the first and
second (tenor) trombones play a fortissimo A 1, while the third (bass) trombone and
tuba are silent (Fig. 7.43). Elgar clearly wanted the brassy sound of the trombone