Very interesting post John, good luck with your experimenting! I'll caveat my response by saying I was never great at fast playing, and right now speed is a pretty distant priority. So my views on...
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Very interesting post John, good luck with your experimenting! I'll caveat my response by saying I was never great at fast playing, and right now speed is a pretty distant priority. So my views on...
Thanks for this. I always listen to a lot of Harry Connick Jr during the holidays and like him a lot, but I confess I haven't dug much into his non-Christmas music. Yet another musical fact about...
I love those inlays!
Thanks for the recent comments on this. I'm happy to provide a little update.
As a full time non-musician and parent I set the low/achievable goal of sitting down to transcribe one tune each...
Getting off topic, but just wanted to share that I love this point you bring up. When I purchased the "3 Pieces for Euphonium" by Thomas Ruedi, there was an option at checkout for a personalized...
I really like my Denis Wick travel euphonium mute. It is very convenient, I don't find it too stuffy, and gets the job done when I need to reduce volume at home or travelling. I have used it in...
That is an interesting description on the website. It seems like such a specialty type piece if it is kind of designed to optimize the extended high range solo playing of someone of Hiram Diaz's...
Congrats Mark! Can't wait to hear how you journey back into playing goes.
Every time Dave posts one of these nice, inexpensive American baritones I am very tempted, and this one was no exception....
Thanks for the quick replies Dave, I really appreciate it!
Hi everyone, sorry if this is a bit of a rehash of existing threads. I would love to start making more use of recording my practice sessions. I have no intentions any time soon of doing anything...
Out of curiosity I just compared grabbing a pencil while holding the horn with and without the comfy euph strap. I would say the difference was quite negligible. There was no difference reaching from...
That's great to see that Valerie is making straps for Adams!
You could look into the Herbert Clarke "Technical Studies for the Cornet" book for technical exercises. Depending on what clef you read you could get the original book written for cornet in treble...
Also, I think Larry's thoughts are the best in this situation. :)
Apologies if anyone read my earlier erroneous post. I did state that as of a few years ago when I visited the Wessex showroom you could do a financing plan for monthly payments. I either...
Very intersting, congrats on your new horn and on getting back into playing! I had a couple quick thoughts I wanted to share.
Regarding nobody using the second bell, search YouTube for videos of...
Thanks for sharing these memories!
One of mine is my very first band concert, holiday concert in the sixth grade. I remember closing the show with Jingle Bells or something like that with a big...
Wonderful performance, thanks for sharing Dave!
Agreed, that looks like a very cool horn. I know this is a little bit different, but I played a section mate's rotary valve oval Miraphone many years ago. It had such a cool sound and response, and...
OP, I agree with what has been said. Diligent daily valve maintenance will serve you very well with a new horn! I cannot find one of the old threads on the forum where this was discussed at length,...
Just wanted to share that I did practice what was in Dave's video on releases and it really was helpful! I varied it up a little to do a whole note followed by a whole rest, then two half notes each...
Thanks Dave and John. I had never listened to Larry O'Brien before, so I found a couple recordings and I enjoyed exploring that a bit. He has quite a slide vibrato, and I think I can hear what you...
Does anyone have any tips on practicing releasing notes.
I have noticed a couple things I would like to improve. First, intonation. I notice that sometimes I hold a steady pitch when releasing,...
Thanks Rick, Larry, and Gary for the tips so far. I will look for that music theory book that you mentioned Gary!
Larry, I live in Chicago so I assume I could probably find some sort of class at...
Hah, this is great discussion of how to distinguish the 4th valve slide from the main tuning slide. On a less humorous note, if I recall you can also start at the bell, and trace the tubing back...