Adams Sonic with 5th Valve

[ann reid]

Well, in Matt summers’ hands it sounds amazing, and his tutorial about it was very enlightening.

In my position it looks like it would work very well. I know enough to stay in my lane, and since my end goal is and always will be to cover the part in the wind ensemble music I love, it would definitely work.

In his video Matt pulled the valves, demonstrated how and when to use the 5th valve and so on. I was already pretty set on a Sonic and this makes it even better. So we wait…….

[John Morgan]

Well, in Matt summers’ hands it sounds amazing, and his tutorial about it was very enlightening.

In my position it looks like it would work very well. I know enough to stay in my lane, and since my end goal is and always will be to cover the part in the wind ensemble music I love, it would definitely work.

In his video Matt pulled the valves, demonstrated how and when to use the 5th valve and so on. I was already pretty set on a Sonic and this makes it even better. So we wait…….

Ann - Can you direct me to the video you are talking about above? Thanks.

John

[ann reid]

There’s a link in Matt Summers’ comments on the “Euphonium Players” page on FaceBook, and the performance of “Party Piece” is linked in the page for the conference.

He played Party Piece on the 5 valve, and of course it was amazing.

[ann reid]

It works like a bass trombone with independent F and Gb attachments. The 4th valve is still a non compensated F attachment and the 5th valve is a non-compensated Gb (2-3) attachment. You can use 4 and 5 together also. Lots of optional fingerings. BUT, I don't really know how it works.

Matt summers has a brief descriptive video on FB and also wrote some fingerings in a post on the FB Euphonium Players page.

[John Morgan]

There’s a link in Matt Summers’ comments on the “Euphonium Players” page on FaceBook, and the performance of “Party Piece” is linked in the page for the conference.

He played Party Piece on the 5 valve, and of course it was amazing.

Well, in Matt's comments, there is a link to a video. I went to the video then got a message that said it had been removed by the uploader.

I didn't find "Party Piece", but then again, I am not a member of Facebook. Although I could see postings on the Euphonium Players page.

So no luck finding anything.

[davewerden]

I'll try to have Matt's video up some time tomorrow.

[John Morgan]

I did find "Party Piece" on the TUSAB website. They have videos of the entire Tuba/Euphonium Workshop. It didn't look like he was playing the 5-valve euphonium, but I couldn't tell for sure.

[ann reid]

I did find "Party Piece" on the TUSAB website. They have videos of the entire Tuba/Euphonium Workshop. It didn't look like he was playing the 5-valve euphonium, but I couldn't tell for sure.

I think today was the first time the 5 valve was played in public.

[Fujiifilm]

Here's a link to Matt's video demoing and discussing the instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JMCsr4_RQQ

[John Morgan]

Here's a link to Matt's video demoing and discussing the instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JMCsr4_RQQ

Thanks, Darren.