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  1. Davidus1's Avatar
    Very nice Dave! I appreciate you sharing. Your accompanist does a great job on these solos. In my area piano players are slowly becoming more scarce. Not a good trend!
  2. AlaskEuph's Avatar
    I have played in church since 7th grade. It is a great way to share music. Church's are appreciative. I live in Dillingham, Alaska, I play at least twice a month, and during Thanksgiving through Christmas, pretty much every Sunday, and the same around Easter. Our Pastor is a pianist of fairly good ability. I am lucky, we pretty much meet once a week to practice. There are times I use CD tracks or SmartMusic for other church's in the area. There is a great wealth of music, check out Douglas Yeo's site, there are seberal good links for music. I encourage all euphonium players to pursue, a side benefit is when you give a recital, you will probably double your attendance. This is my two cents worth. I agree with Dave totally.
  3. Davidus1's Avatar
    I'm sorry Dave. I did list sheet music plus in error. Sorry about that. ) : David
  4. davewerden's Avatar
    Right, that's the link I have in the original post above. I thought you were talking about Sheet Music Plus.
  5. Davidus1's Avatar
    Here it is. You can even select the key!

    http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic...n=MN0077744_U1
  6. davewerden's Avatar
    Davids1: Can you please give me the URL for that piece from Sheet Music Plus? I could not find it. Thanks!
  7. Davidus1's Avatar
    Thanks Dave. That is what I am doing as well. (thinking in Bb Treble Clef). I ordered a copy from Sheetmusic Plus. Beautiful piece! Thanks for sharing.
  8. davewerden's Avatar
    The concert pitch key is F, so if you think in Bb treble clef (as I do) that would make it G.
  9. Davidus1's Avatar
    What key was this piece in Dave? G?
  10. Eupher6's Avatar
    Completely agree with JP that performing in church is another form of ministry. Lovely shading, Dave.
  11. rrfisch's Avatar
    I play in church a couple times a year. Sometimes Euphonium, sometimes trombone, the the euphonium really fits well for a solo offering! Great job Dave.
  12. tonewheeler's Avatar
    Nice Dave....what a lucky church to have you play!
  13. Davidus1's Avatar
    This is a very beautiful piece! Great job.
  14. LD3's Avatar
    Very nice!
  15. davewerden's Avatar
    JP: thanks for the nice comments. We have a screen, but the folks who run it at the early service aren't musicians, so they would not be able to follow the music. But if I do it again, I may see if we can squeeze all the words onto one readable screen.

    In the show, the song is almost like a spiritual. It is sung slowly when it first comes in. Then near the end of the show they do the same song as an up-tempo gospel song. For the record, here are the words:
    http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/bigri...ghttoshine.htm
  16. JP's Avatar
    Dave,

    Well done as always, and the gentle tone of the song is certainly appropriate for church.

    For me, church playing is different than other playing in that I see it not as entertainment but ministry. The ministry value/message of a song is in the lyrics. Therefore, for me, the lyrics need to present a message that supports the church's mission. And since the message is in the lyrics, I like to have them projected on a screen when appropriate so the attendees can see and read them.
  17. Davidus1's Avatar
    Very nice! Beautiful sound.
  18. Baritonist's Avatar
    It is very strange. I have been trying to get this note for awhile, and I still cannot get it. I can play any other note in the pedal scale though.
  19. davewerden's Avatar
    Baritonist,
    It's hard to suggest a fingering. When you're dealing with false tone, things are kind of, um, false! Because I have a 4-valve compensating horn, my first false tone would be a B-flat below my pedal B (that would be the lowest B-flat on the piano). I've used it in recital now and then, but I find that the fingering can be open, 2nd, or 1st, depending on the state of my chops, temperature of the hall, and even what mouthpiece I use. So just experiment and see what works! And don't be afraid to try a different fingering if your original choice doesn't seem to work as well after a time.
  20. Baritonist's Avatar
    Hi Dave, I am a middle school player on a Andreas Eastman non-compensating 3 valve baritone. I just tried this and found i could do it with ease. I have also been able to go down to a pedal G. I dont know how to get a pedal E flat though. Is it just lipping up? If not can you give me the fingering for it?
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