Yamaha Tenor to Alto
Yamaha Tenor to Alto
19:08 on Monday, December 8, 2008
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Re: Yamaha Tenor to Alto
06:47 on Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Steve (457 points)
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I hate to break this to you, but you're not gonna have much more range on your alto than you do on your tenor. Either you can buzz the pitches or you can't. There is more resistance and that may buy you a note or two, but don't think going to an alto is a miracle cure for your range issues.
If I recall, the Yamaha Allegro is a large bore instrument, and for your jazz band and ska music, a small more tenor may be more in order. But keep in mind, people play things on alto for the difference in timbre, and most often because of its ability to not over power singers in the choral pieces.
Alto trombone is not easy. There are a lot of tuning issues to work out, all new slide positions to learn. It will take you quite a while before you're ready to sit in your jazz band and read your charts, much less improvise a solo.
But , if with that said, you're still die hard about owning one, Courtois makes nice altos, so do many of the other makers. But in your case, i'd say get a dirt cheap Selman alto, get a slide job and a new lead pipe, and you should be good to go for under 300 bucks.
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Re: Yamaha Tenor to Alto
21:34 on Saturday, December 13, 2008
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Re: Yamaha Tenor to Alto
21:55 on Saturday, December 13, 2008
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Re: Yamaha Tenor to Alto
04:44 on Sunday, December 14, 2008
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Re: Yamaha Tenor to Alto
13:19 on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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