Last edited by John Morgan; 02-07-2017 at 03:15 PM.
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:
Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
Thanks John.
I noticed I made a typo in my very first post and misspelled the arranger's name. It should have been 'Hoshide' with an 'h' (now corrected). But even with that correct, I can't find it searching the web. Most of these arrangements are by "Brain-music" or... Bravo Music. I've emailed our Dir to see if it's available in the USA. It's about 6 minutes long.
One of my responsibilities for our band is to host or provide what we call 'listening files' so band members can play along to some good recordings with their instrument. These are only available for about 1 month until we play the concert. Then I take them down from my box.com acct. Since we only rehearse once per week, this helps individual players in rehearsing their part. They can plug in their ear buds and smart phone and play along.
Last edited by RickF; 02-08-2017 at 10:26 AM.
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 sounds like it would be a GREAT piece for band. I haven't heard or played it (obviously) before. I am really going to try and find it. Any help would be appreciated by anyone who may know where to purchase it. I bet the audiences, especially older audiences, really like this piece.
We do the same thing as far as recordings for the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra. We call them educational files. Pretty handy for those that might not know the music.
Snorlax posted the lyrics to Smile. That is an excellent way to study tunes that have lyrics in all cases. I frequently listen to the lyrics to get the feel for the music. Nat King Cole, the master balladeer, made this song famous. And I think Michael Jackson had a pretty good version of it as well. If you listen to Nat, there are breaths after about every two bars, my kind of breather!!
Last edited by RickF; 02-08-2017 at 10:27 AM.
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:
Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
Hi John. I sent you a PM or two.
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)
Are you on your own? If you have another Euph player you should be able to pick a a spot (usually lower in pitch and away from a rhythmic accent) where the second Euph can 'dovetail' or 'patch' a bar while you breath. Failing that, as snorlax said go back to the lyrics. Say/sing them a few times and trust your judgement. I think getting through in a breath may be possible, but not worth the compromise in sound quality/projection. Are there any YouTube clips? - I'd imagine a (tenor?) vocalist will have had to address the same problems.
Yes, Nat King Cole sang this beautifully and breathed often - maybe every two measures. But the style is different with him singing behind the beat. Mr. Cole happens to be my all-time favorite male vocalist.Are there any YouTube clips? - I'd imagine a (tenor?) vocalist will have had to address the same problems.
Smile - Nat King Cole
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)
Just an update on our band and this piece. Thanks to help from Rick Floyd, we got the piece ordered and have had it in our folders for a while. We are preparing it for several upcoming concerts. It really is a great piece and arranged so well. The Japanese arranger has a knack of making it sound just like it should and the ending note of the piece is really nice if done well (it ends very softly). I love playing the euphonium solo, you can do so much with it, and it lays in a perfectly singing range for the euphonium. And trying to play it in one breath, to me, is not important, there are several places in the solo that lend themselves to taking a quick breath without destroying the singing line. Nice trumpet spots as well. Just a great piece and I am sure an audience pleaser.
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:
Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)