Neapolitan Dance - Baritone Horn, David Werden
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- Опубліковано 3 лис 2018
- Neapolitan Dance (from Swan Lake), by P.I. Tchaikovsky, arranged by David Werden. Sheet music is available here:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/search...
Previously I uploaded videos of this song with me playing a double-bell euphonium and a modern professional euphonium (an Adams Custom), which is my primary instrument. This 3rd upload features a real English-bore baritone horn. You can compare the tone of this horn to the other two:
• Double Bell Euphonium ...
and
• Neapolitan Dance - Eup...
Performers on all three recordings:
Dave Werden, euphonium
Sara Brunk, piano
The recording for all three was made with identical equipment in the same room. I used a Canon digital HD camcorder for video only. Audio was recorded on a Zoom 4-channel digital recorder. The Audio-Technica AT-825 stereo microphone was placed in the third row of seating for overall sound, and the Zoom's internal microphones were very low in the front row, and were mixed low (so they just provide a little extra clarity in this large sanctuary).
Lovely playing! I played this piece on the trumpet for my orchestra audition.
A very famous trumpet piece. Its great to hear it played on a British or European Baritone horn. Which is way different than an Americn baritone horn which normally has a forward facing bell and a larger bore size. And yes the valves maybe slanted and might have a 4th valve to reach a low B above peddle Bb. Though it will be very sharp. British and European Baritones and Euphoniums use a compensating system and even have a trigger to allow for even finer tuning by adjusting the tuning slide while playing. for better intonation than American horns. I have a Besson Euphonium with the 4 th valve and the compensating system. But I don't have the tuning trigger, which means I had to learn alternating fingering and how to lip down sharp notes. But that was over 40 years ago. Playing a trombone in tune is much easier, but it has many more issues to conquer.
Excellent. I remember our baritone horns in the 1970s being the size of euphoniums and they seemed to have gotten shorter over time. I had a favorite one with a detachable bell and the valves mounted on the front at an angle with a thumb ring. Also had four valves. I miss the heck out of that horn. I stopped playing when I graduated high school and almost thirty years later had the opportunity to play the horn again. I knew all the fingerings for the notes but my embouchure was shot and I struggled to produce a single note. As the saying goes, if you don't use it, you lose it.
What you had was actually a small-size euphonium (compared to the British euphoniums). It still had a conical bore, which is one of the determining factors. See this article I wrote for more information:
www.dwerden.com/eu-articles-bareuph.cfm
Super! Virtuoso!
Amazing!!
excellente!
Great video!
Beatifull
Thank you. I have a YBH301.
A baritone 😯
I did this as part of a 3-horn demonstration (baritone, euphonium, double-bell euphonium, all playing the same piece). Here is my blog post about it: www.dwerden.com/forum/entry.php/794-Hearing-the-Difference-Baritone-Horn-Euphonium-Double-Bell-Euphonium
Thank you- great playing!
Is there any chance you could do a comparison review of 4valved vs 3 valved Baritone? More the case of does the extra pipe/wider bore affect the free blowing and the timbre? Does this change it’s function/ability to blend in the British brass band- play with the horns, support the trombs and be with Euphs?
I wish I could oblige, but I don't have access to a 4-valve baritone. More importantly, I'm not really a baritone player - I just use it now and then as a novelty or when a piece requires it. Your idea is good, but it would be better for a true baritone player to do that comparison/review.
David Werden - Thanks for replying so swiftly. I have since talked to a couple of musical directors over here in Australia as well. They feel that unless you will be using the 4th valve a lot (ie. 2nd Bari) the classic brighter 3v sound is what they would personally prefer in the ensemble.
Plus I found the 3v was easier to play in the upper register and I felt more secure on it than the 4v. I am leaning towards the 3v.
@@brasschick4214 i know im late to this, but i played a 3 valve sovereign for 1 year then swapped to one of the early 4 valves which was also a sovereign and then last weekwas suggested by a proffesional player to switch back to a 3 valve so i did so and its the best decision ive made. Its so much nicer and easier to play. I prefer it so much more to the 4 valve
With baritone a 3valve compensating should suffice, and just enjoy the horn you like, you can upgrade as you progress
Blows it a bit like a eupho, doesn't get that special baritone sound. Baritone is a real specialists instrument that takes time to master.
Is a British-bore baritone more conical than, say, my Yamaha 301?
If you have a YBH-301, then I think that are about the same, except mine has a larger bell flare. If you have a YEP-301, then it is a euphonium and is much more conical than my baritone horn (a Besson Sovereign 955).
E flat tenor horn?
No, a Bb baritone horn (British style).
The instrument looks like a peck horn, or alto horn!
Maybe that's due to my own bulk! It is a Bb instrument.
@@dwerden Yes, I'm a big guy too 200 pounds , six foot tall. You know what? I stopped to listen to your video bacause I look , well resemble you. Or, you resemble me. I'm 60 years old . I play the alto horn E flat. in a community band in Italy. Bandistico Complesso San Leone. Saracena, CS. Italy. Very mountainous. I don't know how much longer I can march through the streets anymore.
The smallest baritone/euphonium I’ve seen yet