Bassoon can play quite softly around middle-C and mixes well with your (one) existing horn. It depends on the level of the player(s) of course.
On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Peter Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks for the lightning-fast replies, Robert & Don. Unfortunately > all > the brass enters unmuted immediately after this 4-measure section, so > there's no time to remove the mutes. And one of the horn lines is below > the > oboe range, so they're out too. > > The only other instruments playing here besides the horns are a piccolo and > a keyboard, accompanying a child's solo voice and all at p or pp, with the > horns playing rhythmic chords. I think a bassoon sound would probably be > too intrusive at this level. I was thinking of the euphonium for the > lowest > notes, but its mellow sound isn't "reedy". I have to have the parts > printed > by Monday evening, so I don't have time to ponder about it. I'm going to > cue the horn notes onto the 2 altos and tenor sax, marked pp, and it can > always be changed at rehearsal if the MD wishes. > > Kim, this piece was written in 2012 for Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee. > I won't name the composer but you'll know him. I'm pretty sure the "+" > doesn't indicate a trill - it wouldn't be suitable here I think - but it > could very well have indicated a tremolo, and that's why I needed to ask. > As you can tell, I've never played a horn - it would be nice to try though! > > Thanks again. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Hart" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT Horn question > > > > The plus signs indicate stopped horn. Maybe a double reed, or tenor or > > bari sax in that register would work. On horn the effect is buzzy and > > nasal. Hope that helps. > > > > Don Hart > > > > On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Peter Taylor <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Advice please. I'm doing a rush job (as always!) to prepare wind parts > >> from > >> a composer's printed "manuscript", which is in concert pitch throughout > >> (and > >> so reduced in size that I need a magnifying glass). The band due to > play > >> it > >> has only one horn at present and I'm having to cue the other three horns > >> onto other instruments where necessary. > >> > >> In one place where the horns are not covered, their notes have "+" > >> articulation marks above them. What does this mean and what is the > >> effect > >> on the sound? The notes are close to middle C so I have a wide choice > of > >> instruments to cue them to. What would be the most suitable band > >> instrument > >> to imitate this sound? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Peter > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >> > >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2014.0.4570 / Virus Database: 3950/7512 - Release Date: 05/17/14 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
