drummerboy
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groovy said:
Oh yes, of course.
Your Favourite Band instrument??!!!
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Oh yes, of course.
BreadOfHeaven
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Another vote for Flugel! I love playing it and listening to it. It really is one of the cushiest parts in the score!!
Sop Flugel and Bass Trom are a bit special and I always tend to look out for these players when listening to a band. Bass Trom players should be at the very edge of the band eh Razor??!!
Sop Flugel and Bass Trom are a bit special and I always tend to look out for these players when listening to a band. Bass Trom players should be at the very edge of the band eh Razor??!!
Rambo Chick
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Im liking all you flugel people!!
Okiedokie of Oz
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Depends which band I am playing in. AS a tuba player, I feel traiterous by admitting I prefer bass trom or euph. But when playing in a solid, hard working band, I get a kick out of being a foundation.
Baritone and horn is fun, love the harmonies.
"Soprano head" is every bit as intense as "bass trom head". Believe me, been there, done that. don't mind playing sop either.....as long as it's a one off thing. I refuse to put myself through that physical torture regularly!!
Baritone and horn is fun, love the harmonies.
"Soprano head" is every bit as intense as "bass trom head". Believe me, been there, done that. don't mind playing sop either.....as long as it's a one off thing. I refuse to put myself through that physical torture regularly!!
Australian Euphonium
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We're all going to be biased to our own instruments aren't we.
If for one minute we can put that bias aside it has to be the Soprano, Bass Trombone and Flugel. They're the three instruments that really put all the flavour that we love into the brass band. Enough said.
If for one minute we can put that bias aside it has to be the Soprano, Bass Trombone and Flugel. They're the three instruments that really put all the flavour that we love into the brass band. Enough said.
ScrapingtheBottom
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Clearly the bass trombone is the best instrument within and without the band.
Excluding trombones though I'd say Bb bass because it has such a massive sound.
Excluding trombones though I'd say Bb bass because it has such a massive sound.
missflugel
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Flugel is by far the best instrument in a band. The sound of a flugel cannot be matched by any other instrument.
Even though I'm playing cornet at the moment it isnt a patch on my beloved Flugel Horn, something just doesnt feel right when I play a cornet, its just too small!!
Jo x
Even though I'm playing cornet at the moment it isnt a patch on my beloved Flugel Horn, something just doesnt feel right when I play a cornet, its just too small!!
Jo x
ben.gernon
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I would say eb bass because I play one! But, If I had to pick any instrument in the band I'd play horn or flugel. On those parts you get so many exciting parts especially for contests! Many composers don't wrote many solos for eb basses in contests pieces! Also, horns are a damned sight lighter than basses! Horns are the main section to a band-oh how I'd love to be on that section.
But, eb basses are important too-and nice!
But, eb basses are important too-and nice!
Dave Payn
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OK, what about 'Favourite BANNED instrument'?
I'll say piccolo trumpet.
;-)
Joking aside, for a while when I was playing soprano with Crystal Palace many moons ago (in the early-mid 1980s - they were non contesting at the time)) I was, for concert/bandstand work, using a Schilke piccolo (which takes a cornet mouthpiece). Sacrilege I know... but the band didn't seem to mind. I've never totally got on with a sop, which is a roundabout way of saying I'm crud at it!
I'll say piccolo trumpet.
;-)
Joking aside, for a while when I was playing soprano with Crystal Palace many moons ago (in the early-mid 1980s - they were non contesting at the time)) I was, for concert/bandstand work, using a Schilke piccolo (which takes a cornet mouthpiece). Sacrilege I know... but the band didn't seem to mind. I've never totally got on with a sop, which is a roundabout way of saying I'm crud at it!
Well Worth It
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If keeping the beat going were left up to anyone but the percussion, the heart beat of the Brass Band, the music would irrevocably, become a pulseless durge.
It's all very well saying that the basses are the engine room of the band, but the percussion just LET you think that.
In your defence basses, it requires a much greater physical effort to play your pipes than to hit a drum. Keep with us though, and you'll never be out of sync......(ahem)
We add invaluable colour to the mellifluous brass sounds. Infinitessimal sounds can be produced by hitting/scratching/shaking objects, and simply by writing specifically for these magical instruments, a composer/arranger can instantly capture the desired mood of his/her work - expressing the style of the music to follow in just a few seconds.
Percussive sounds can be made to blend or to overpower as required, neither of which cause that much trouble for the player to achieve.
Can anyone tell which way my vote is going?
Horns are alright though, I s'pose.
It's all very well saying that the basses are the engine room of the band, but the percussion just LET you think that.
In your defence basses, it requires a much greater physical effort to play your pipes than to hit a drum. Keep with us though, and you'll never be out of sync......(ahem)
We add invaluable colour to the mellifluous brass sounds. Infinitessimal sounds can be produced by hitting/scratching/shaking objects, and simply by writing specifically for these magical instruments, a composer/arranger can instantly capture the desired mood of his/her work - expressing the style of the music to follow in just a few seconds.
Percussive sounds can be made to blend or to overpower as required, neither of which cause that much trouble for the player to achieve.
Can anyone tell which way my vote is going?
Horns are alright though, I s'pose.
Sorry, but you can't beat a bass trombone. Percussion's pretty good (except when the kit's right next to your right ear!) and sops are alright when they're played right. Everything else is just pants. There's nowt better than a good whap on a march, or playing notes that sounds like a fart in a bathtub.
Well Worth It
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MR STARR.
You know you can't replace that ringing in your ear with anything else.
Your "whaps" are second to none though!!
You know you can't replace that ringing in your ear with anything else.
Your "whaps" are second to none though!!
Straightmute
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I'll vote for flugel since there isn't an option for harp.
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RondoRotundo
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Eb Bass all the way. such a versatile instrument.
Other than that, Bass Trom. - edge to the bass section, and Sop. - in the hands of a musician, the icing on the cake.
Other than that, Bass Trom. - edge to the bass section, and Sop. - in the hands of a musician, the icing on the cake.