Coverage for oxygen and oxygen equipment is dependent upon the presence of conditions that cause chronic hypoxemia. When the underlying condition is in the chronic stable state, blood oxygen testing may be performed by a qualified provider of laboratory services to evaluate the degree of hypoxemia.
A work in progress-new features will be added periodically. The trombone glissando is an idiomatic and frequently used technique that is often misunderstood. Too often composers write glisses that don't work on the instrument, thinking that any are possible. This information sheet outlines the rules for writing glisses that will work on the trombone. It can also be used as a slide position chart which shows the partials of the harmonic series. *Now updated to include glisses for the F-attachment, the bass trombone, and the alto trombone.
Members of the Brigadiers Drum & Bugle Corps (NY) hornline in 2007, with contrabass horns (contras). The contrabass bugle (usually shortened to contra or simply called the marching tuba) is the lowest-pitched instrument in the drum and bugle corps and marching band hornline. It is essentially the drum corps' counterpart to the marching band's sousaphone: the lowest-pitched member of the hornline, and a replacement for the concert tuba on the marching field. It is different from the other members of the marching band and drum corps hornlines in that it rests on the shoulder of the player, rather than being held in front of the body.