The Tromboon! Bassoon and Trombone mashup
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Published 2015-02-04
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All Comments (21)
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I didn't realize that is how dubstep is made.
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As a bassoonist who has tried this, with a correct embouchure, you can get a decent sound of it without the split notes and random octave jumping. The only problem is that I've never played a trombone in my life and have no idea what I'm doing.
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Holy shit! Chewbacca is that you?!!!
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The tromboon works best with the small tenor trombone, when learned/played correctly you get nice comical sound effects like in the old movies as well as some scarier sounds with the split multiphonics. The angle of the bocal actually helps the sound a bit as well.
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AND NOW WE INTRODUCE, THE DUBSTEP TROMBOON!
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as an instrument for Foley that is amazing!! Air raid siren GIANT truck bearing down in traffic some sort of really splitting disharmonious sound to everyone many things would work.
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The reed came from a NZ auction site - 4 for $20. No idea what to do with them now...
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Indeed, PDQ Bach was perfectly aware of the instrument's limitations; IIRC, in The Seasonings, he pretty much confines it to gliding down and up on the 5th partial, with a raspberry low E thrown in for good measure.
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Apparently Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach) WAS a skilled bassoonist. The PDQ piece concerned was "Bide Thy Thyme" from The Seasonings, which features the Tromboon. The sleeve notes on the record cover described it as a "Hybrid" between a bassoon and a trombone.
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I could not stop laughing for like the first three minutes. You were so serious it was amazing
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Sticking an alto saxophone mouthpiece on a tenor trombone will produce a sound that either A. Sounds really, really low and unnatural, or B. Sound like someone is setting off 70 school fire alarms at once
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I like how the "alto" tromboon had the lowest pitch of all of the instruments
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"And that has all of two notes! A very useful instrument."
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As a bassoon player I'm cringing so bad at his embouchure
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You drove me to laughter and tears. Too funny! Hey, try this next....inhale helium and try playing a variety of brass instruments. I had wanted to try this on the trombone, but I never got around to it. I'm thinking you could hit some wicked high notes.
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as a primary bassoonist but play trombone as well, I went and tried this. amazing.
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you should that is one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard
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Sounds like the wubs you hear in a Michael bay trailer
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PDQ Bach hilariously used one a couple of times including a deconstruction number. In it a piece of the instrument was removed after each movement, leaving only the reed for the finale. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach
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I'm a bassoonist. But the easiest fix for this would be to cover the hole on the crook. That way you maybe able to access some lower harmonics. There is a key on the bassoon that closes it in order to access our fundamental register.
