Aaron, Shall do...I remember you from IU. For that metter, I remember BILL BELL from IU. Jim W.
________________________________________ From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of arabu...@cowtown.net [arabu...@cowtown.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:35 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: RE: [Finale] OT: mutes for flügelhorns? now Andrews brass FWIW, I remember that the Dallas Symphony was trying to beg and borrow a cimbasso for something by Verdi. I think that the Dallas Opera had one--don't know how it ended. And, if you want to hear some effective euphonium writing, check out my Canzona e Scherzo Capriccioso (Vienna Modern Masters CD VMM-2012), or my brief Cavatina, published by Cimarron Music Press. ajr > Couple of comments... > > 1. Cimbasso, anyone? Does the LO own one, Ray, or does anyone in your > section? Perhaps that is what Andrew means? Cimbassi come in all the tuba > keys (F, Eb, CC, BBb) > > 2. A great use for euphonium is as a replacement for the HORN in a brass > quintet. Our quintet has been doing this for years (yours truly, euph > player) and it has really opened some possibilities, especially in > pop/jazz realms. If I need a much smaller sound in the quintet, I use a > real british-style baritone horn (A genuine British Yamaha 621). > > 3. In countless years spent in some of the diviest dives either side of > I-65, I have never encountered a flugel player who put a mute in the > thing. Perhaps some of them should have, but they didn't. See below... > > 3.5 Is it just me or do the conoidal non-horn brass (euph, tuba, flugel) > not lend themselves to mutes as well as the cylinders do? (I have never > liked listening to muted euphonium or tuba, and I really dislike having to > use one). FWIW, conoidal brass also don't respond to those 800-lb. gorilla > heavywall mouthpieces as well as the cylinders do. > > 4. I have a small-bore Holton 58 bass trumpet, and I know how to use it. > Be warned. If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, it must be > my bass trumpet. > > 5. Euphonium has a lot of untapped potential in jazz ensembles large & > small and orchestras. Remember that, composers & arrangers! It adds a > nice bit of conical mellowness to the piercing cylindricity of trumpets & > trombones. A Yamaha 321 works well in pop/jazz rather than one of the > bigger-bore compensating horns. A lot of trombonists double on a 321. What > do you use in the LO, Ray? > > Jim W. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
