McCarty Sonata for Bass Trombone

James Meador, bass trombone
Irina Decheva, piano

Performing a recital in Merida, Yucatan to commemorate International Trombone Week 2008.

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[ohgreatcj]

I come to this almost everyday when practicing this piece. You by far have the best interpretation. In movement 3, how did you go about learning all those slurs. The hardest part I have with this piece is slurring well. any pointers on how to go about learning it?

[OSYBass]

@ohgreatcj My suggestion is slow practice. Just keep working the legato slurs slowly...slower than you want to. Don't focus on the notes, but rather focus on what is happening BETWEEN the notes. Make that as clean as possible. Then repetition, repetition, repetition. The tempo will gradually get faster by itself. Good luck!

[cocobear134]

I am performing the first movement for Solo and Ensemble and I have a couple of questions for you as I am having trouble with the following notes... what is the best way to hit the eighth-note A (below the staff)? And the 3 Ds in a row (starting from below and going to the middle). I can play those notes well, but not in the sense of those 2 measures. Any suggestions?

I play on an old school horn -- a Bach Stradivarius 50B Bass.

[OSYBass]

@cocobear134 I guess the best way to hit the low A is to hear it in your head first, and just be really relaxed when it comes up. You may try dropping your jaw to help facilitate the register jump, but really just focus on the music and it should help to get the note out. For the 3 D's...practice them slowly!! Good luck!

[holtarus]

very nice job. may I ask the make and model of your trombone?

[OSYBass]

Sure! I play a Greenhoe-Bach bass trombone with the traditional style Greenhoe valves, but with a dual-bore Edwards standard bass slide. I use the Doug Elliot system of mouthpieces, and for this recital I played a LB114,M,M8 setup. I usually use the LB114,N,N8 for orchestra concerts (depending on what we are playing).

[bassboneforlife]

hey this performance was amazing!! im performing this for solo and ensemble contest this year. im a junior and i have played bass bone for 3 years now. I LOVE IT!! this will also be my school audition next winter so i can get into college and persue a career in music. thank you for the help, this is a PERFECT reference video!! ALL HAIL THE BASS!!!

[55trombone]

I remember playing the first movement of this about 25 years ago for solo and ensemble. I was in tenth grade and had been playing bass trombone for about 6 or 7 months. It's a great piece! I really enjoyed hearing the whole piece and your interpretation! Excellent! *****

[cocobear134]

@cocobear134 Oops. I meant Bach Stradivarius 50B2 Bass (single F attachment)

[MarcoBassTrombone]

This is an amazing example of how to play this piece :D.

I have to play this piece for a regional auditions and find it quite hard to do.

I have been playing bass trombone for only about 10 months but I fell in love with it the second i blasted a pedal Bb.

[TheTromboneowns]

Nice job! I've played this piece my self a lot of times, and i played it a little slowe and focused more at the legato. You're playing a lot of staccato, it´s diffrent. But i don't really know if i like it..

[F4Learn]

Published by Ensemble Publications. Catalog number ENS014. This is also available for bass trombone & strings (ENS014A) . Available at any good print music store. See enspub.com for complete list of available publications.

[lightingblade5]

can you email the sheet music?