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I agree with robin. The piece is playable, just not necessarily by me. The only things that would particularly scare me if I were performing it are those huge leaps (15ths and 16ths). Other than that, for the sections in treble clef, I agree with nightingale in that most trombonists would be more comfortable with tenor clef than with treble clef, but you don't really need to switch clefs anyway. I've played stuff with the D above the highest note in this piece written in bass clef. I had to count ledger lines before playing it to make sure it was what I thought it was (unfortunately it was), but this piece can be written entirely in bass clef. I disagree with nightingale about the difficulty of the gaba sixteenth notes. I've found generally that it's easier to just go back and forth between two positions than to do weird things like 7th-4th-2nd-5th, for example, and since gaba is just 4-2-4-2, it's not a problem. If I'm not mistaken, you didn't write anything that would require an F attatchment, although having one would simplify some of the faster bits significantly. Overall, it looks like it would be fun, and I'll listen to it when I get a chance.
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