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    Here is a version with James Morrison playing, he is a monster trombonist (wait a little bit for the main theme):

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    Dave

    What key are you playing Sentimental over you in? Saw a version transcribed by Joshua Blevins. Your sound is so smooth. I am not sure how high you are going in the opening phrase. I am just going to try to practice enough to play that smoothly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rgorscak View Post
    Dave

    What key are you playing Sentimental over you in? Saw a version transcribed by Joshua Blevins. Your sound is so smooth. I am not sure how high you are going in the opening phrase. I am just going to try to practice enough to play that smoothly.
    From the fingerings, it looked like concert D to me, with the high note being a C#.
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    that was what i thought. He hits those high notes so effortlessly, maybe someday my old lips can again achieve that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveBj View Post
    From the fingerings, it looked like concert D to me, with the high note being a C#.
    Thanks for getting to the answer before I could. That is correct. The opening line spells out a major 7th chord (D F# A C#), but starting and ending on the 7th (so C# D F# A C#).

    I first learned the solo in high school from listening to Tommy Dorsey on my record player. Unfortunately, I only found out much later that the player turned at about a half step too low, so I can only play this from memory in Db, starting with C Db F Ab C. I was reading the music for the video so I could actually play the right notes! (I bought the record player used from a friend for $1.50, so I can't complain much.)

    The piece is tricky for a euphonium because most of them are flat on the high C#. Playing it with 23 does a good job of correcting that, but the 23 fingering makes it much easier to miss the note or to slide off it during playing. Not sure I would ever try this in a live situation, but never say never.
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    Sure did sound smooth to me. Of course, that's the nice thing about recorded videos -- if you mess up the high note, you can always erase the file and try again
    David Bjornstad

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