Band or Orchestra Pieces that Require a Euphonium Mute

[davewerden]

Use this thread to list the band/orchestra pieces that require a mute. If other than a straight mute, please specify the type!

I'll add to this list as we get more entries. When a category gets really long, I'll spilt it out to its own thread.

BAND

• Doss, Thomas: Spiriti
• Ellerby, Martin: Paris Sketches
• Houben, Kevin: Lake of the Moon (one passage with a straight mute and 2 or 3 with cup mute)
• Hunsberger, Donald: "Star Wars Trilogy" - brief straight mute section at the end of movement IV (Yoda's theme), during the transition into the final movement.
• Maslanka, David: Symphony Number 4
• Sakai, Itaru: The Seventh Night of July. It has a short muted section. Not worth the effort!
• Sandler, Felicia" "Rosie the Riveter" - cup mute for a short section.
• Schoenberg: Theme and Variations
• van Der roost, Jan: Dublin Dances

BRASS BAND

• (PLACEHOLDER)

ORCHESTRA

• Aho: Symphony Number 9
• Strauss, Richard: Ein Heldenleben and Don Quixote - several sections that require a straight mute in the tenor tuba part.
  

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Band: Dublin Dances by Jan van Der roost

[mbrooke]

Use this thread to list the band/orchestra pieces that require a mute. If other than a straight mute, please specify the type!

I'll add to this list as we get more entries.

BAND

• Schoenberg: Theme and Variations

ORCHESTRA

• Aho: Symphony Number 9

Band — The Seventh Night of July by Itaru Sakai. It has a short muted section. Not worth the effort!

Mike

[Eupher6]

Brass Band pieces?

I bought a mute about 17 years ago, but I'll be doggoned if I remember which piece it was meant for, except it was for brass band.

[davewerden]

Brass Band pieces?

I bought a mute about 17 years ago, but I'll be doggoned if I remember which piece it was meant for, except it was for brass band.

Good point. I'll add a brass band category here.

[TheJH]

Wind band: Lake of the Moon by Kevin Houben.
iirc, features one passage with a straight mute and 2 or 3 with cup mute.

[MichaelSchott]

Stumbled on this thread. Paris Sketches-Ellerby.

[JTJ]

WIND BAND
David Maslanka: Symphony Number 4

[bbocaner]

the brass band euphonium part for Thomas Doss's Spiriti requires cup and bucket mutes! I'd say it was silly, but both are actually really cool effects the way they are written and you'd be missing a lot if you didn't use the proper mutes.

[davewerden]

Thanks for the input. I'm caught up now with all the posts above.

[Fujiifilm]

Wind Band: I remember needing a cup mute for a short section of Felicia Sandler's "Rose the Riveter" (I think the tubas also needed cup mutes too!)

In Donald Hunsberger's Star Wars Trilogy arrangement, I believe there's a brief straight mute section at the end of movement IV (Yoda's theme), during the transition into the final movement.

Orchestra: Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Don Quixote have several sections that require a straight mute in the tenor tuba part.

[Brass is Class]

As I am improve playing contemporary Christian music in church, nothing in the chord sheet requires a mute for my euph, or any other horn. I do have a straight, cup, and Wawa mutes for my trumpet, only use them when messing around during practice. Usually my trumpet is used for the lively upbeat songs where volume is desired by the leader. I have a straight mute for my (tenor) trombone, used occasionally just to quiet it down when everything is really toned down. I can pull the euph sound back easier than I can the ‘bone. Our drummer is primarily a tuba player and we were recently discussing mutes for euphs and tubas. My take was, for my playing a euph mute would be a waste of money. He observed he has actually seen water bottles used as euph mutes, and as far as tuba he only ever needed a mute once, and used a carpet sample as a mute!

[SteveMcGovern]

This video of Peter Graham's "Triumph of Time" for brass band shows cup mutes in use:
https://www.dwerden.com/forum/showth...879#post170879