Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
Had to share this... too funny.
I started working on "Pineapple Poll". I agree it's really tough. Especially the 'Opening'. I've been using Dave's and Neal's alternate fingering suggestion and it really helps. BUT, all the notes don't speak the same with all the added tubing with 4th valve down. Takes quite a bit of practice to use the right amount of air. As I'm practicing I noticed a solo on my stand entitled, "If I Only Had A Brain". Seemed so appropriate for what I've been trying to play.
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
Rick,
Try using 34 instead of 124 as the alternate, at least where it works as a fingering. There are fewer bends, so it is not quite as stuffy.
Dave Werden (ASCAP)
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Thanks Dave. I'll try that. Should have thought of that already since I use 3 for concert 'G' on the staff all the time.
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
We had our concert last night that included Pineapple Poll. The euph section figured out how to sound good in the opening section of Pineapple Poll... have another eupher join the band who has his master's degree in euphonium performance . This new member (Eon) got his BA at Indiana when Harvey was there and got his Master's in performance at FSU. He told me he could never really play the 'PP' opening well but he did well. The other two two of us just held our horns for those 12 measures. The rest of the piece is doable, but that first section is still tough for the other two of us. It sounds muddy with alternate fingerings but the notes were there.
Last edited by RickF; 10-20-2019 at 05:03 PM.
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
This is an older thread, but we just got two pieces in our folders for our first concert that were mentioned here. "Festive Overture" again and "The Cowboys" (John Williams, arr. James Curnow). Dennis (aka Highpitch) mentioned this one on a previous page. 'The Cowboys' is at a fast tempo of around 140 bpm and there are lots of divisi notes that can be challenging to read and keep straight. I noticed that this piece is on a lot of military band audition requirements.
Last edited by RickF; 10-20-2023 at 04:41 PM.
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
The festive overture for brass band is an amazing transcription.
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When I played in an Eastern United States Honors Band, back in the 60s, we had played a piece that I really liked, but over the years, I never remembered the name. I know it dealt with the oil rush, but I thought it was called Oklahoma. After all these years, I finally found out the name, Tulsa!!
Of course, if I could play it then, I probably could not do it now. Besides, the bands I play with now are not up to that caliber. But I am still glad I majored in Physics and Math.
i wonder though if it was the same piece. When was this Tulsa first published?