Eb Alto/Tenor Horn & The Salvation Army
There has been a lot of buzz on the forum lately about the Eb Alto/Tenor Horn. It is a rather obscure instrument outside the brass band world. But I wanted to share one place where it does get some use, Salvation Army Brass Banding. The Salvation Army Brass Band is a fork in the road that some British Brass Banding took. It developed parallel to it in many ways, but also went world wide as The Salvation Army did.
The alto horn is present in most Salvation Army Brass Bands. Musically speaking, it is used in a mostly support capacity. Many of the solos go to the cornets, euphoniums, or trombones, but the alto is played right there along side them. So if you are looking for brass or Alto music, you could check out https://samusicindex.com/brass .
I wanted there to be a thread for this neat little horn. So I talked Dave into making this Other Brass Instruments area. And this can be the start of a thread devoted to them. Feel free to chime in with whatever alto related discussion/questions, or other interesting find things here (smile).
- Sara