Plog Statements for Contrabass Trombone or Tuba

James Meador, bass trombone
Irina Decheva, piano

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

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[lightingblade5]

hi iam a bass trombone player how u sound like contrabass trombone????

[OSYBass]

Well, I'm not really trying to sound like a contrabass trombone. I'm just playing a piece written for contrabass trombone or tuba on bass trombone. The writing is generally lower than you would find for bass trombone, which I love. Some of the more demanding bass trombone solos are written in this register, and I wish more composers would write in the lower register for bass trombone. It gets a beautiful, full sound down there, and it is FUN to play low and loud!

[DonnyWangzilla]

i just ordered the piece and i am wondering if it is at all possible on a single valve bass trombone cause thats all i got

[OSYBass]

Ooo, that might be tough. There are a few low B naturals in the piece, and several Cs. If your valve tuning slide is long enough to pull all the way out for the Bs in flat 7th I suppose you could pull it off. It would be pretty tricky though.

[flooflox]

I'm tripping through a bunch of contra and bass instruments right now on YouTube that I had no idea existed. Really enjoyed the tone and playing on this one. Well done!

[jakechapy]

I WANT ONE!!!

[Justintime4math]

Typical Tuba mouthpieces like the Bach 18 I have have an 8.8mm throat diameter, but I've seen listings up to like 10.8mm.

[contrabassbob]

Not quite. Contrabone mp's seem to top out at around 31mm (mine is 30mm) and have a slightly narrower rim than a similar similar size tuba mp. I don't know anything about any throat differences. Pick one up- you'll love it!

[Justintime4math]

I'm gonna venture the guess that the contrabass trombone mouthpieces have a smaller throat diameter (and maybe smaller rim to some extent) but are otherwise similar to Tuba mouthpieces.

[contrabassbob]

The only single valve F contras I have heard of have had the valve in Bb.

[contrabassbob]

I have done this more than I should probably admit to (usually with a Bach 25 and 18), but a contrabass trombone mp works MUCH better and actually sounds rather close to an F contra. My combo is a JK KBP2C (regular bass shank, was like 50 bucks from Dillon Music) and a Getzen 1062. I had a 2A for a while, but would not recommend it for a bass trombone. I am actually contra-shopping now; I think I will have to use an F tuba mp on IT to sound "proportionally correct" to my bass trombone... :)

[Justintime4math]

Your right it's not a Contrabass Trombone. But your wrong on the rest of that, there are single slide F Contrabass Trombones and more importantly there are more than 3 in the world. in fact they are still making both Single Slide F Contrabass Trombones and the double slide Bb varieties

[handsop]

thats not a contrabass, contrabasses have double layered slides, plus there are only threee left in the world

[Justintime4math]

Yes and no, for the most part they will naturally sound rather similar plus any skilled palyer can manipulate how they sound on their instrument a lot. As a Bass Trombone and Tuba player, I find playing my Bass Trombone with my Tuba mouthpiece seems to give a more Contrabass Trombone like sound to it, and lot more power down low.