Dave Payn
Active Member
The reason I ask this is purely tone colour related, though I dare say I'm by no means the first to raise this topic. Outside the top sections, most brass bands (and indeed brass band pieces) are geared towards only the cornets and trombones being muted for variety in those instruments' tone colour. With the addition of French Horns, given all that extra tubing and the accompanying range they have, along with techniques like hand stopping, wouldn't the brass band movement benefit from the extra tonal variety they can provide at different ranges? I'm not suggesting ditching tenor horns, believe me, no! But simply to provide an extra dimension in the alto/tenor and possibly even bass range to give the brass band more variety in sound? Or am I just messing with tradition too much?
All thoughts (even those slagging me off!) welcome.
Kind regards
All thoughts (even those slagging me off!) welcome.
Kind regards