They're rips. Kind of a very fast glissando. It's a pretty common jazz (and french horn) technique.
Basically, blow hard and waggle your fingers as fast as you can.
Pretty good explanation and demonstration of the technique here.
They're rips. Kind of a very fast glissando. It's a pretty common jazz (and french horn) technique.
Basically, blow hard and waggle your fingers as fast as you can.
Pretty good explanation and demonstration of the technique here.
Hi Dave:
Thanks for the reply.
I can understand your predicament. I used to use Walkman headphones and now I "graduated" to garage-sale special $1 Denon AH-D350s. I'm running a range of sound cards and all do a nice job with headphones. I highly recommend them.
Nope, this is not crescendo, although that is a part. There's something else going on there and I can't quite identify it.
As for your admiration for Brass Bands, yup, I hear you. I really admire the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. But I've not heard this effect in any of the British-discipline bands and I've not heard any other band do it either.
Thanks for the try.
Ron
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Allthunbs
Dynasty BBb 5/4 contrabass (looking for the contribution of a 6/4)
Tuba Thunder - the noise of a tornado
tuba tonnerre - le bruit d'une tournade
tuba Donner - der L?rm eines Tornados
Hi Megan:
Nope, not even close. I went through all of the demonstrations on the link you provided and nothing came close. I also dug up some other items at similar url and nothing there either. I'm well familiar with "brass tricks" but this one escapes me at the moment.
Thanks for the reply.
Ron
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Allthunbs
Dynasty BBb 5/4 contrabass (looking for the contribution of a 6/4)
Tuba Thunder - the noise of a tornado
tuba tonnerre - le bruit d'une tournade
tuba Donner - der L?rm eines Tornados
I think Dave is right: "I think you're hearing chords with a very quick, dramatic, and large crescendo, and ending very abruptly each time." Also guessing that they are using big changes in their mouth cavity and airstream to change the sound, with maybe a bit of half valving between chords. With everyone doing this in unison, it can be quite effective. The Sotta Voce quartet does something similar, but not quite the same, in this promotional video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXSGUgbmKAQ
Last edited by JTJ; 12-23-2012 at 10:16 AM.
Good luck!!
Last edited by bpwilliams; 12-23-2012 at 07:32 PM.
That's not something normal. Meaning, an everyday technique. That's something worked up by the Blue Devils, and it's not a rip, it sounds more like a combination of a very tight crescendo, a series of pitch changes, and a very tight ensemble playing intricate rhythms. Don't fret over not figuring it out, you will probably never be called on to do that.
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Allthunbs
Dynasty BBb 5/4 contrabass (looking for the contribution of a 6/4)
Tuba Thunder - the noise of a tornado
tuba tonnerre - le bruit d'une tournade
tuba Donner - der L?rm eines Tornados