| Pan-galactic finals [message #49204] |
Fri, 13 April 2012 21:19  |
 b_twin_1
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Pan-galactic finals. Including a violoncelle.
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Pan-galactic finals [message #49211 is a reply to message #49204 ] |
Sat, 14 April 2012 00:32  |
EMoon
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Sounds like a great deal of fun (and knitting fun on top of it.)
My friend Susan, a serious opera buff in NYC, mentioned today that a great contralto died a few days ago at age 90, Lili Chookasian. I knew nothing about her, but Susan gave a link to one of her recordings and I was completely wiped out by it, tears and all. Well below both our ranges, on the low end, but in case you're interested, here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrZTUm8IUAU&feature=relat ed
It is amazing, as I take more lessons and crawl slowly forward in the singing, how much more I can hear in others' singing. All I need is more work, more work, more work, and no other things interrupting it. (Bwah-ha-ha-ha! she sings, with expression and only the right amount of vibrato. "That last note wasn't even singing," says Svengali.)
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| Re: Pan-galactic finals [message #49228 is a reply to message #49214 ] |
Sun, 15 April 2012 16:23 |
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Stardancer
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| equus_peduus wrote on Sat, 14 April 2012 06:47 |
I believe that a marching band friend of mine in high school told me that a euphonium is the marching version of a french horn. sort of like how a sousaphone is the marching version of the tuba. Though I could be wrong.
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Er, not really  At least not where I live. In the high schools in my area, euphoniums (which look like this) are actually more of a concert instrument, though I have seen them marched. They're more like a small tuba than a French horn. When they are marched, they often replace the baritone (basically a smaller version of the euphonium), which itself often replaces the trombone.
And they can make lovely, "fat" notes. The tuba/euphonium professor at my university, a very talented lady, can perform anything from "The Prayer" to songs by The Beatles. All of it sounds amazing.
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| Re: Pan-galactic finals [message #49236 is a reply to message #49228 ] |
Sun, 15 April 2012 22:24 |
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blondviolinist
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| Stardancer wrote on Sun, 15 April 2012 16:23 |
Er, not really At least not where I live. In the high schools in my area, euphoniums are actually more of a concert instrument, though I have seen them marched. They're more like a small tuba than a French horn. When they are marched, they often replace the baritone (basically a smaller version of the euphonium), which itself often replaces the trombone.
And they can make lovely, "fat" notes. The tuba/euphonium professor at my university, a very talented lady, can perform anything from "The Prayer" to songs by The Beatles. All of it sounds amazing.
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This is my experience as well: euphonium primarily as smaller tuba solo instrument. (And beautiful! I love listening to a well-played euphonium!)
[Updated on: Sun, 15 April 2012 22:24]
"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard
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| Re: Pan-galactic finals [message #49239 is a reply to message #49236 ] |
Sun, 15 April 2012 22:34 |
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| blondviolinist wrote on Sun, 15 April 2012 22:24 |
| Stardancer wrote on Sun, 15 April 2012 16:23 |
Er, not really At least not where I live. In the high schools in my area, euphoniums are actually more of a concert instrument, though I have seen them marched. They're more like a small tuba than a French horn. When they are marched, they often replace the baritone (basically a smaller version of the euphonium), which itself often replaces the trombone.
And they can make lovely, "fat" notes. The tuba/euphonium professor at my university, a very talented lady, can perform anything from "The Prayer" to songs by The Beatles. All of it sounds amazing.
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This is my experience as well: euphonium primarily as smaller tuba solo instrument. (And beautiful! I love listening to a well-played euphonium!)
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Another ditto. In my high school marching band, they replaced the baritones. They didn't use them for concerts unless one of the baritones was in the shop (which they did frequently seem to be, actually . . . ). Our trombones marched, too. In my area, there were usually a lot of contest marching bands that tried to do funny/quirky things with their trombones. 
We had a very small band, though, so we had to march any bass we could. We were quite top heavy. Heh. *flute player* *sometimes piccolo*
Smooshes!
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| Re: Pan-galactic finals [message #49286 is a reply to message #49277 ] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 23:01 |
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| shalea wrote on Wed, 18 April 2012 18:40 |
My sister, who played the French Horn in high school, marched with the exact same instrument she played any other time.
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At the large state school I attended for undergrad, the French horn players I knew definitely had different instruments for marching. I can't remember the name of the replacement instruments, though. They looked like trumpets that had had a tubing explosion.
"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard
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