I play for my local (british) brass band on tenor horn, and the one
thing i find that I have to control is the vibrato. Any slow piece,
exposed melody or whatever, without a generous amount of vib the horn
sounds dead and colourless. So i have to watch my lip when i switch
back to curly horn that the vib doesn't dominate.
It's well worth getting a mouthpeice adaptor, mind you.
Cheers
P.S. York make the best tenor horns about the place nowadays =]
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On 5 May 2009, at 08:18 PM, "CI" <c...@mayhews.us> wrote:
Most tenor horns are, as you say, shithooks. There are, however, a
couple of manufacturers that do make good ones that can be played
with good
intonation, but I don't now remember the brands as it has been many
years
since I've played a tenor horn in the brass band. I used a shank
adaptor and
played on my regular horn mouthpiece to the chagrin of the purists
in the
group, but I was not about to ruin my horn playing. When I had an
important
horn rehearsal or concert, I refused to play in the brass band the day
before so I didn't mess up my horn.
Loren Mayhew, Owner
Computer Intelligence LLC, dba
CI Music
c...@mayhews.us
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Subject: Re: [Hornlist] New Amsterdam Brass Band and the Tenor Horn
Thank you Lawrence for your very insightful remarks on British Brass
Bands.
I was invited to play Tenor in a newly established band in the
Detroit area,
and I did one concert with the group. I can tell everyone that the
intonation on the Tenor Horn is horrendous! In this particular band,
the
Solo Tenor Horn player also is an accomplished hornist, and during the
rehearsal we kept putting our heads together to get alternate
fingerings to
get as Hans describes the Tenor Horn (in English) as a shithook,
lol. Now I
know why he calls them that! I also can relate that the next day, my
slotting was off due to the differences of the mouthpiece. It was
that fact
that persuaded me not to pursue playing any longer on a "shithook"!
I still enjoy the sound of a British Brass Band, and I am in the
process of
hiring a very good one for a 65th Anniversary concert of D-Day for
the city
that I am priviledged to serve as a member of the city's cultural
commission.
Walt Lewis
Walt
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