1952

Kent Kennan, in The Technique of Orchestration, says, “In its familiar role, the trombone is an instrument that excels at loud, heroic passages. But it can also play softly, either on the chief musical idea or as background; this side of its nature is too often forgotten. Rapid running passages and light, fanciful parts that skip around a great deal are obviously not well suited either to trombone technique or to trombone quality. However, the instrument can play rapid repeated notes or short figures that move quickly….Nowadays even the first and second (tenor) trombones in many orchestras are equipped with the F attachment, chiefly because it simplifies the technical problem by eliminating certain awkward changes of position” (Kennan 139).