fell in love with this piece after hearing it on the Four of A Kind CD. bought it and realized it was an incredibly difficult piece for 4 people to play together and make it sound perfectly cohesive. there were a couple parts it felt like there was some pushing and pulling in tempo between members, but overall excellent job!
I played this my Junior year at UNT with my trombone quartet as one of our pieces to enter an international trombone competition. The group decided to not use it as one of our final entry pieces but I thought we did an excellent job on it. I just have to say: Playing third trombone on this piece was the most I've enjoyed a trombone quartet voicing. Especially the chords at 3:00/3:02 (which are revisited near the end of the piece). I don't care how poorly anybody plays this piece, it brings tears
@HappinessAWAITS Well, the composer is Bach, a genius in music. Believe me, he know what he did. If you want music to do what you expect then you should go and watch some pop music instead. Sorry to say pal, but it does not sound like you know anything about real music. At all.
@FuMrDolphin Sadly I'm a decent musician myself, It's not really the piece now that I listen to it, but the intonation of the players, and it's not being dissonant, it's consonance, they're just flubbing it. I'm the first chair trombone player for my State's All-State band, small School All-state, District, and Quartz mountain. I work hard playing music and practicing tone and technique for seven hours every day. I enjoy all genre of music, and generalizing pop as such, is ignorant.
@HappinessAWAITS I'll first say that if you think this piece sounds like 2 or 3 pieces, you should start studying music a little harder if you ever want to be a serious musician. This is typical Bach and it DEFINITELY fits together. Secondly, although being an all-state player is quite an accomplishment, it doesn't mean shit in the long run. You have to keep getting better. Thirdly, in another post, you call Christian Lindberg a fag. grow up and go find some happiness since it "AWAITS".
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In response to the comments about how difficult the trombone is, I agree. I played the trombone for about 6 years, then decided to learn the baritone as well, and was fairly surprised at how much easier it was to learn and play. Now, switching from the beastly trombone to the petite trumpet was a major change, and one that I can admit, I am not comfortable with.
Haha, yeah I play some euphonium as well. Trombone is sooo much harder. I spend hours just working on the simplest things and think to myself, "maybe I should've just played saxophone""
But trombone is awesome. So much character in the instrument.
I like how we've just created a blog conversation on this person's comments. I wonder what they think...
I actually find it pretty cool, because I'm a Euphonium player myself (sadly designated) but I used to be play trombone for a year and a half, and oddly enough my first "performance" in music was on a percussion instrument. I learned quite a bit of the chordal stuff from playing Piano/keyboard and I took a semester of theory, it wasn't bad for the most part seeing how I used "piano mentality". Yes, my life story lol :P
Yeah I'm into my 4th semester of college as a music student. Still got lots to learn though. Stick with it! It only gets better! You're a trombone player, I assume?
It's when you end a piece that's in a minor key on the parallel major (same root note, ie d minor and D Major). I personally don't like them a whole lot. I always feel like (in most cases) the piece works you up to a big minor chord finish and then all of a sudden it's a bright sunny day in cadence land.
Sorry that you don't know anything about legato playing on trombone. If you did, you would know that the middle parts are terribly played in this piece. Small ensemble playing is about evenness and cleanliness.
Unlike you, I'm not going to resort to name calling.
it's hard for me to tell on the video since it's the only big bone of the 4, but is that just a bass trombone on the left or is it indeed a contrabass?
Well with that new trombone collective guy, that thing is so big that there couldn't possibly be a dispute!Bass trombone rules. I just think that bass trombone with the parts sounds very good for the instrument, as opposed to regular trombone.
Yeah, I was saying that the new trombone collective guy had no dispute whether or not it was a contrabass! I mean, you look at that thing, its not your ordinary bass trombone whatsoever. Along with the normal two triggers it is also like 1.25 times the length and has a second rim around the bell for some reason.
second rim on bell? Looks pretty standard for a bass bone with a 10.5 bell - though I suspect he has added a "C" extension on the F trigger from the looks of it. Perhaps a Conn flair on the bell, which would explain the open look down its throat?
well the new trombone collective guy's thein bass trombone in the inner space video has that and it is what I was talking about. idk if it goes out but is a second line around an inch within the rim
Fugue in D minor, by J.S. Bach --- arrangement for bone quartet, i played at u of oregon, a challenge and a blast to play. Bach was like 500 years ahead of his time, no?
I don't know who has given you that one thumbs down. But that person certainly doesn't know his/her music history.
Yes, you are right. Bach perfected a style which was about 20 years before his time. Still in some ways he was agead of his time too. Bach, even nowadays, is admired for his incredibly metaphorically thinking, which is nowadays quite a normal practice, but in that time quite rare.
His harmonic and partly melodic language was ahead, true. A critic of his time called his music 'overloaded, free from grace, full of artificial romanticism', others called one of his passions an 'opera comedie'. His contrapunctual style, such as the fugue, was as you said outdated, but his music was presumably less rigid than usual. Still and serious music with strictness of form & structure reflected the spirit of the medieval age, but bach was the link between past and future.
fell in love with this piece after hearing it on the Four of A Kind CD. bought it and realized it was an incredibly difficult piece for 4 people to play together and make it sound perfectly cohesive. there were a couple parts it felt like there was some pushing and pulling in tempo between members, but overall excellent job!
covel1bs 2 months ago
that was all the notes, for sure...
Godooable 2 months ago
EPIC!!!!!
Siccifolium 3 months ago
Que viva el trombon!!!
JFlatley5001 4 months ago
I played this my Junior year at UNT with my trombone quartet as one of our pieces to enter an international trombone competition. The group decided to not use it as one of our final entry pieces but I thought we did an excellent job on it. I just have to say: Playing third trombone on this piece was the most I've enjoyed a trombone quartet voicing. Especially the chords at 3:00/3:02 (which are revisited near the end of the piece). I don't care how poorly anybody plays this piece, it brings tears
altecl6789 5 months ago
Not going to lie, it sounds like they're playing two or more different pieces, it doesn't blend at ALL.
HappinessAWAITS 7 months ago
@HappinessAWAITS Well, the composer is Bach, a genius in music. Believe me, he know what he did. If you want music to do what you expect then you should go and watch some pop music instead. Sorry to say pal, but it does not sound like you know anything about real music. At all.
FuMrDolphin 6 months ago
@FuMrDolphin Sadly I'm a decent musician myself, It's not really the piece now that I listen to it, but the intonation of the players, and it's not being dissonant, it's consonance, they're just flubbing it. I'm the first chair trombone player for my State's All-State band, small School All-state, District, and Quartz mountain. I work hard playing music and practicing tone and technique for seven hours every day. I enjoy all genre of music, and generalizing pop as such, is ignorant.
HappinessAWAITS 6 months ago
@HappinessAWAITS I'll first say that if you think this piece sounds like 2 or 3 pieces, you should start studying music a little harder if you ever want to be a serious musician. This is typical Bach and it DEFINITELY fits together. Secondly, although being an all-state player is quite an accomplishment, it doesn't mean shit in the long run. You have to keep getting better. Thirdly, in another post, you call Christian Lindberg a fag. grow up and go find some happiness since it "AWAITS".
thorspaz 2 months ago
@thorspaz I think you mad as fuck faggot.
HappinessAWAITS 2 months ago
Excellente!
123spamspam 8 months ago
muito bom a musica muito simples mas bem execultada !
trombonefera 9 months ago
i would like to play this for my recital. how can i get this copy of it. ?
tbx308 11 months ago
y es chileno eso es lo mejor nice sound
HiddeNb4ss 11 months ago
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F4Learn 11 months ago
UGH i wish ic ould find a band to play my trombone in so ic an play cool stuff like this
CPH114 1 year ago
I love fugues. Everyone pretty much always has the melody, lol.
Insanemusician333 1 year ago
LONG HAIRED LOUTS!
OMGedInStoresNearYou 1 year ago
OOOooohhh muy interesante !! xD
xDiegodm 1 year ago
What website can i print these music sheets from for free?
XxSpiffxX 1 year ago
@XxSpiffxX hey!! if you send me a e-mail i can give you a copy :) free, of course!!
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FUZZYisBIG 11 months ago
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@ TheYeti2005.
you said"I used this as one of my audition pieces for college. I've never heard this arrangement of it though. Mine was for solo trombone and piano.
TheYeti2005 11 months ago 4 "
I would really like to know where you can get this thanks.
Trombne590
Trombone590 1 year ago
muy bien
LuisFredTrombon 1 year ago
In response to the comments about how difficult the trombone is, I agree. I played the trombone for about 6 years, then decided to learn the baritone as well, and was fairly surprised at how much easier it was to learn and play. Now, switching from the beastly trombone to the petite trumpet was a major change, and one that I can admit, I am not comfortable with.
DemonDragon024 1 year ago 2
Haha, yeah I play some euphonium as well. Trombone is sooo much harder. I spend hours just working on the simplest things and think to myself, "maybe I should've just played saxophone""
But trombone is awesome. So much character in the instrument.
I like how we've just created a blog conversation on this person's comments. I wonder what they think...
SpencerCHale 2 years ago
I actually find it pretty cool, because I'm a Euphonium player myself (sadly designated) but I used to be play trombone for a year and a half, and oddly enough my first "performance" in music was on a percussion instrument. I learned quite a bit of the chordal stuff from playing Piano/keyboard and I took a semester of theory, it wasn't bad for the most part seeing how I used "piano mentality". Yes, my life story lol :P
andymanscar 2 years ago
@andymanscar i actually i see what i mean. i i switched from trumpet to trombone and the piano to really help me out with it.
novaking78 1 year ago
Yeah I'm into my 4th semester of college as a music student. Still got lots to learn though. Stick with it! It only gets better! You're a trombone player, I assume?
SpencerCHale 2 years ago
C'mon... you totally just one up-ed me with the poetic imagery. Now I look like a fool.
*sigh*
SpencerCHale 2 years ago
I love how this is in D minor, but ends on a D major chord :P
andymanscar 2 years ago
Picardy (sp?) 3rd. A classic Bach fugue technique.
SpencerCHale 2 years ago
@SpencerCHale Exaplain to me what the Picardy (sp?) 3rd is exactly haha
andymanscar 2 years ago
It's when you end a piece that's in a minor key on the parallel major (same root note, ie d minor and D Major). I personally don't like them a whole lot. I always feel like (in most cases) the piece works you up to a big minor chord finish and then all of a sudden it's a bright sunny day in cadence land.
SpencerCHale 2 years ago
@SpencerCHale ik right? such a let down...
scottjop656 2 years ago
It just seems out of character to me. I have heard a few tasteful ones in my time, but in general they usually frustrate me.
SpencerCHale 2 years ago
c'est tellement beau un blend de trombone... !!!
11bone11 2 years ago
Amazing individual players, but some ensemble issues...
idontcarewatuthink 2 years ago
needs more dynamics but very good
teddytyphoon 2 years ago
They Are All Fight to Be Heard They Need to Balance Better
iGrimZy 2 years ago
this is exactly why i play trombone, it sounds awsome and its fun to play
shortbus131 2 years ago
VERY nice!
nadavnaz2 2 years ago 13
I used this as one of my audition pieces for college. I've never heard this arrangement of it though. Mine was for solo trombone and piano.
TheYeti2005 2 years ago 9
Bass bone seems to sit the slide a little too low and has to lip it up, sounds really fuzzy...
FUZZYisBIG 2 years ago
Nice sounds for sure. Bach on the trombone, love it.
LLJtbone 2 years ago 2
Overall great sound, guys.
alexwasily 2 years ago 2
give em a break, these guys are students...
dherrer1 2 years ago 2
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SLOPPY.
mrparke007 3 years ago
get some ears jerk.
Thebiggest09 3 years ago
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Sorry that you don't know anything about legato playing on trombone. If you did, you would know that the middle parts are terribly played in this piece. Small ensemble playing is about evenness and cleanliness.
Unlike you, I'm not going to resort to name calling.
mrparke007 3 years ago
there's no dynamics same volume the whole way through
NPEng 3 years ago
3:14 that melody lick is KILLER!
rickylgee 3 years ago
great blowin!
Did Bach write sliphorn quartets? I mean, was this piece originally written for four sackbutts, or is this somebody else's arrangement?
Lualaba 3 years ago
think it was an organ piece
delafrouz 3 years ago
Bach wrote organ peices but bless his buttons, he wrote his music as 4 separate lines, which makes them rather simple to arrange for quartets.
VickiSif 3 years ago 2
Where do I buy the sheet music? I have been desperately searching but I can't find it.
robotluvr 3 years ago
that was really good! i wanna get a t-bone quartet together for solo & ensemble, does anyone know if this is a class A S&E piece?
trekid54409 3 years ago
Very nice bass trombone playing. dont listen to FUZZY.
Wolfeater818 3 years ago
muy bacano
muy buen sonido
santiagoa991 3 years ago
Bass bone needs to back off a bit, this came out a bit muddy, still sounds incredible.
FUZZYisBIG 3 years ago
extornudo = estornudo
wctraylor 3 years ago
it's hard for me to tell on the video since it's the only big bone of the 4, but is that just a bass trombone on the left or is it indeed a contrabass?
kblauer 3 years ago
haha! no, it's just a regular bass. do a search for contrabass trombones and you'll find some. sometimes the angle does throw you off though.
chewbacca001 3 years ago
yeah, I wasn't thinking Bb contrabass, but maybe an F Contrabass... it might have been a little longer in the back end. oh well
kblauer 3 years ago
Well with that new trombone collective guy, that thing is so big that there couldn't possibly be a dispute!Bass trombone rules. I just think that bass trombone with the parts sounds very good for the instrument, as opposed to regular trombone.
parquar 3 years ago
Again, it was no dispute that it was not a tenor trombone, but whether it was a bass or contrabass.
kblauer 3 years ago
Yeah, I was saying that the new trombone collective guy had no dispute whether or not it was a contrabass! I mean, you look at that thing, its not your ordinary bass trombone whatsoever. Along with the normal two triggers it is also like 1.25 times the length and has a second rim around the bell for some reason.
parquar 3 years ago
second rim on bell? Looks pretty standard for a bass bone with a 10.5 bell - though I suspect he has added a "C" extension on the F trigger from the looks of it. Perhaps a Conn flair on the bell, which would explain the open look down its throat?
familypaladin 3 years ago
well the new trombone collective guy's thein bass trombone in the inner space video has that and it is what I was talking about. idk if it goes out but is a second line around an inch within the rim
parquar 3 years ago
wena cabros! excelente trabajo saludos desde valdivia... adios!
chistebone 3 years ago
la entrada que mas me gusto fue el extornudo jajaja achuuuuuu. pero esta muy bueno el cuarteto
khgfyt 3 years ago
I have Four of a Kind playing this on my MP3. Very nice.
DarthBronze 3 years ago
Fugue in D minor, by J.S. Bach --- arrangement for bone quartet, i played at u of oregon, a challenge and a blast to play. Bach was like 500 years ahead of his time, no?
delafrouz 3 years ago
Years behind it, ironically. ^^
radurak 3 years ago
I don't know who has given you that one thumbs down. But that person certainly doesn't know his/her music history.
Yes, you are right. Bach perfected a style which was about 20 years before his time. Still in some ways he was agead of his time too. Bach, even nowadays, is admired for his incredibly metaphorically thinking, which is nowadays quite a normal practice, but in that time quite rare.
hoogestefan 3 years ago
His harmonic and partly melodic language was ahead, true. A critic of his time called his music 'overloaded, free from grace, full of artificial romanticism', others called one of his passions an 'opera comedie'. His contrapunctual style, such as the fugue, was as you said outdated, but his music was presumably less rigid than usual. Still and serious music with strictness of form & structure reflected the spirit of the medieval age, but bach was the link between past and future.
radurak 3 years ago
Whats the name of this tune? I would love to order for us Horny Horns here at NSU. ;-)
Extra2004 3 years ago
single parts popped out too much at times...
jojomusic69 3 years ago
very good...
jguilhermerpinto 4 years ago