Mini Sousaphone
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Here we have a regretted purchase - a SAI Musical branded (well, the case is branded, the instrument isn't) sousaphone. This one is in Bb, but an octave higher than regular. It's tuning is abysmal, and this instrument has almost no redeeming features.
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I loved that concert E flat major minor diminished suspended augmented seventeen-and-a-quarterth scale.
The instrument was made for small Indian men like me. They're actually extremely common in India and can be found at music shops for ~$300.
They've got some weird instruments down in India!
Do they all have tuning issues like this one?
Trent Hamilton No 😁. But the Indian brass bands sure do sound bad regardless...
Eeshaan Pirani जलाना :)
***** Most of my instruments are cheap Chinese-made instruments.
so ... in an India brass band, they have Valved Trombone, Euph. , and Tenor Sousaphone, all in the same range, just ... why?
The most astute read the title.
The F scale sounded like harmonic minor.
Ha! Yeah it does
More like a harmonic major.
Nick H Darn,they caught on!
The E scale sounded like a Saba scale. But yes. You are right and I agree... :3
@@carlenger9707 Svensk means Swedish, right? Swedish for Swedish?
So, here's my thoughts:
-The air leaks could be that instrument in particular
-It would fit me, being the 160-lb. 6-foot-tall person I am
-I play the Marching Baritone already and have picked up a traditional sousaphone before, leading me to the conclusion that:
I WANT IT.
160 and 6ft, what's your problem?
Nahtanoj The guy in the video had a wider build, but with my more slender build, I could fit in it.
+Zmac 9906 That doesn't stop the issues with the tuning and quality. It has some definite novelty value, but it has absolutely no musical value. It just doesn't play in tune.
+Zmac 9906 I have bought a euphonium from that same maker and it was just as bad.
Trent Hamilton where can I buy it ;)
it sounds like a middle schooler playing Trombone
Lol me too
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La Cinisi Famiglia I'm a middle school euphonist and I agree.
It sounds much worse. Trust me. I played euphonium in middle school (and still do in 10th grade) and this is much worse than the trombones I sat by.
Why are you commenting here? You could have posted anywhere else, but here?
I am a high school sousaphone player and I'm here to tell you that that is horrible. If someone sounded like that I would kick them out of my section for sure
Been enjoying your videos since discovering you. I am a 55 year old sax player from Arkansas U.S.A. Been playing for 44 yrs. but am just a hobbyist. I love your stuffy sense of humor as you hand out the assessments on these horns. You are the Simon Collwell of Brass instraments! Tough but fair. Keep up the good work and I look forward to watching your videos. Mark
You gotta love Trent's face of utter disgust at 5:40
4:05 playing mini sousaphone
The second you played that middle Bb, I made the exact same face you did at the exact same time. For real, though, I would love to have a real tenor sousaphone. It's such a silly, cool idea.
Only thing I could think to use it for is a prop for a theater production.
Lurker1979 yep
I agree or a wall decoration to put up on a wall for looks
It's tuned in a minor key, lol
I would love this. I’m a baritone/euph player and i love the anatomy of a sousaphone
Hi Trent, I enjoyed your quality sounds and teaching methods! Thank you...
If you look at Civil War Brass Band Instruments you will find that Eb Altos, Bb Tenors, Bb Basses (Baritones) and Eb Basses built for Cavalry Units all use the helicon look. Much easier to carry one on a horse if you can leave your handsfree. The smaller of these horns all had the extra tubing. They also did not have water keys, but that is before someone invented them. I will say that the ones we play they all do a better scale then your horn did here. I play a Bb Helicon Tenor manufactured during the war, but I also have played an Over-The-Shoulder Infantry horn in parades.
LOL! I'm deaf to tuning and I can hear the out of rune higher register all too well
this horn would be called a sousaphonium because its in a tenor pitch like a euphonium
We use it in our band it sound good when you play an euphonium part with it
Yesterday I heard someone playing one of these instruments, and the intonation was horrible. However, Sai Musicals also sells euphoniums (euphonia?) for US $287 with free shipping, and I purchased one of these a couple months ago. The intonation isn't perfect, but it's only the 2nd valve that's slightly flat. It has those hexagonal valve buttons, and the valves are 'clanky' and they also need to be oiled every few days as they get stuck quickly. Sai Musicals says not to use valve oil, and I sent an email asking what should be done instead but I've received no answer. There is a water key ('spit valve') but I had to get the hole in the tubing drilled at a hardware store because this had been overlooked in the manufacturing process. Overall, I'm happy with the instrument, enjoy playing it, and I've been told it was a good value for the money, but it wouldn't be suitable for a professional player.
I recall seeing a review of this sousaphone provided by a buyer who didn't understand this wasn't a bass (or more precisely contrabass) instrument and felt 'cheated'.
Thanks! i was thinking of buying one!
This looks like a french horn from an auto accident.Looks like it would be fun to play.A pad on the top tube to protect your top shoulder part would be good.Cool looking.
Omg that Eb scale is PAINFUL!
I wish they had a tenor sousaphone that sounded good, I would totally buy one. :(
I've actually seen a mellophone in this shape...really mini sousaphone.
5:07 his face geeks me
That Sousaphone is the MINI SIZE!? It's still huge! Wow!
The sousaphone you call "traditional" is not the original design as intended by Sousa. He disliked a bell-front bass and had an upright bell added to the helicon. That's the traditional design. What we see now is an abomination.
Many sousaphones have four valves, in fact, Conn made during the 1970s or 80s, a four valve fiberglass 24K
the contras my school has are 60 pounds I had to switch to baritone because I almost broke my back practicing with the contra
That is a lie lol. You are most definitely over exaggerating the weight. The heaviest contra I have ever even heard of is the Jupiter Quantum which is about 25-30 pounds (depending on what you have on the horn). With a butt protector on it (adding about 5 extra pounds), I think it weighed in at 32 pounds while I was at drum corps.
Carson Clay the old quantum we have is 49 pounds
+Frozengames if it's a G Bugle the that's understandable but a modern Bb doesn't go that heavy
Carson Clay we don't know how old it is so it's not that modern
I never actually thought I'd hear a sound worse than me playing my trombone
Happy new year people
I almost bought one of these. Thanks for posting this. Won’t be getting one of those
so it’s basically a sousaphone for a euphonium player
So, Mr. Hamilton, which is worse: The Frumpet or this?
This sousaphone was much worse
What on earth would that be?
The Frumpet can still say it's ROUGHLY in tune. This cannot. This is much worse.
Contra_For_Life stop
Contra_For_Life That already exists, it's called a contra
India still produces saxophones and metal clarinets built to 19th century specifications as well. They are equally unplayable. Why do they do this? Nobody I've talked to seems to know, other than speculating that it's to sell cheap to tourists as souvenirs. I know that 's what $20 Mexican guitars are cobbled together for, they're intended to be hung on a wall and stared at, not played.
I just love your reaction to what should be the high Bb. That's an out-of-tune "face" if ever I saw one! :D
I've got one that looks similar to that but in white enamel. It gives good intonation and I used it this morning to lead the church congregation in song. The problem I do have is getting the condensation out. There's a drain tap on the lead pipe but no water comes out of this. The water seems to collect in the third tuning slide. Other that that its a nice instrument that gives a good powerful sound.
5:49 I flinched at this scale and it’s tuning
the baritone sousaphone lol?
THANX FOR THE REVIEW!
Yes upload more!!!!
If it’s a octave higher then a really susa then it’s literally a more comfortable marching baritone
India, bad website, crappy product... figures. Keep it far away from people, pets, and check it for radioactivity, bugs, fecal matter and possible other nasty stuff inside - really. Your show is great, and you need to stay healthy :-)
I think I went to the SAI Musical website and I was instantly assailed by a blare at full volume that scared me to pieces and made me close the tab as soon as possible.
Oh, wait a minute. I bought a valve trombone from those guys a few years ago. Same problems there; no spit valves, tuning slides did not move, the tuning was horrible, the valves were stiff and the whole thing was just awkward to hold... I'll have to agree. Avoid SAI.
You've never played a 20 year old king Sousaphone have ya? Also, I don't know if they sell them separately from that particular instrument, but it seems that it's supposed to have bits like a regular Sousaphone.
5:39 That face though 😂
I'm a low brass player myself, but the tuba is my main instrument. I've played the sousaphone in my high school years. So, that mini sousaphone (or tenor sousaphone in that matter) is definitely tuneless. I wonder how it can be fixed so it can sound a lot better in quality. The instrument itself is interesting, I've never seen a mini version of a sousaphone before, and I never knew it existed until now.
I'm curious, is that piece of tubing for support hollow? and if so, has anyone ever tried to bridge air into it somehow - controlled by a thumb trigger or something like that? Sort of like the trigger extension on a bass trombone? I doubt it would be the right length to be in tune with 12TET, and the shape may not be right for a consistent tone but details, details...
Michel Plourde yes, it is hollow, but it would be pointless to try and put air through it; it's not like an extra tuning loop.
Ah, thanks.
@Trent Hamilton do other brands of “mini sousaphones” exist, or is this the closest so far? That would be such a fun gift for a college marching band young tuba fan!
holly cow! lmao!, that high position, with your face!! *flops on floor dead from wheezing too hard*
So it's just a weird looking euphonium?
essentially yes
nice wrap-around marching baritone!
I wonder if a couple of bits were added between the mouthpiece and the lead pipe, the intonation might be helped?
If you want that mini sousaphone to sound like a real sousaphone just.put a big sousaphone mouthpiece on it ill try to make a video on how to put since the traditional tuba mouthpiece is bigger
Juan Arredondo Um... No, that won't work.
+Trent Hamilton Wait, a regular tuba mouthpiece fits right? And where did you get that mini sousaphone?
4:05 - He did it again!
I laughed at the Eb scale. Wow.
it is in the same key as the euphonium/baritone
Daxon Christie I do think so, yes. It is after all just a tuba an octave higher. 👍
glass98 and it's a mini version of a tuba too
So it is called a euphonium sousaphone
Yes since sheet music baritone Bb is one higher than tuba. Which is what he said this is
Maybe due to the new design of the insurment the tuning is different for the notes meaning that it would have entirely different fingerings
The bell looks more like the expansion of the universe to me
3:54 - He's doing It!
If the Sousaphone is "technically" pitched in BBb, then why isn't it written a Major 2nd higher like the trumpet? Usually, if an instrument is in Bb, they play a 2nd lower then written? I know with the Baritone Horn and Euphonium, they play concert pitch in Bass and Tenor clef, but play like the trumpet in Treble clef. Why not with the Susaphone/Tuba?
Bass clef brass tends to not be transposed. A written C is a C, while with the Bb trumpet a written C is a concert Bb. The pitch of the instrument refers to the note that is the fundamental. For BBb tuba, it's the Bb below the staff, for a C tuba it's the C below the staff, and so on, while their parts are written in concert pitch. This may be due to the historical variety of tuba keys (BBb, CC, F, Eb) vs the trumpet (almost entirely Bb in American bands).
I play Bass Clef Brass - along with others - so I know that, but I forgot about the fundamentals.
If you want distance from the neck where the mouthpiece goes, then buy bits that regular sousaphones use. Easy fix
Trent
I corresponded with you on the trombone forum about a G bass trombone I'd bought. To close the loop on the story. I was packing it up to ship it to the party who had bought it I found a scrap of paper with the web site of an Indian export factor. Maybe hustler would be more accurate. An arranger of "Deals" between Indian manufacturers and off shore buyers (suckers). From some on line articles I read about Indian Brass Bands who play for wedding processions I think they were original market for horns such as these. In these traditional bands you have a core group of players to which hangers on are added. The status of the wedding is reflected in the size and visual appearance of the band so a semi-skilled player who can blat out a few notes from a pop song or Bollywood hit on a flashy "Sousaphone" of "KId sweeper" ads to the status of the sponsoring family. The quality of music the instrument can produce is not a design criteria. Glitz and low price are.
DRB
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Sousaphones are pitched in the key of C not Bb, just as Trombones, Baritones, and most Tubas used in schools. Trumpets are pitched in Bb because when they play their C, it sounds a concert Bb, but with a Sousaphone, when you play a C it sounds a concert C
+Hiram Duran Wow... Such ignorance. Check out this: ua-cam.com/video/_ZUiD5hT1XQ/v-deo.html
Hiram Duran you idiot i am a tuba player. I would know its pitched in Bb
Hiram Duran its sounds like a concert Bb
Wrong - most Sousaphones around today are made in BBb pitch - the fundamental open tone is Bb on the Piano. Some Sousaphones are available in EEb, but are currently rarely made new in that pitch. Tubas are generally available in BBb, CC, EEb, and F. There are some "over the shoulder" Drum Corps Contrabass horns made in GG, but they are not as common as they were a few decades ago. By the way, tuba and Bass Sousaphone music is usually written untransposed, unless it is arranged for British Brass Band.
Any Sousaphone I ever played required 2 tuning bits in order to tune up. You can also adjust them to fit your face.Have you tried that?
1:49 Not entirely true, I have a Jupiter sousaphone with 4 valves that was used by a college marching band, and from what I've heard, those are pretty common. Maybe that's just an American thing, but I just wanted to point that out.
I am a current tuba & sousaphone player and I can say I want to own a mini sousaphone
Sousaphonium
If the harmonic series is coming out crooked, it is likely the wrong mouthpiece.
Fact check, you can totally buy a four valve sousaphone, Jupiter makes them, even if it's not common.
Sounds like a bass trombone idk why
Even if this were a playable instrument, the form is completely impractical. There is no need to rest the weight of an instrument this small on one's shoulder. In fact, there are instruments of the same pitch in a form like that of a trumpet. This makes no sense, except for the very small possibility that a child would be looking for a baritone that they could play.
5:06 same face I made when I heard it AHHH SO FREAKING UNTUNIBLE
Collectors item. My sousaphone is Eb.
I probably know why it's out of tune because the tubing is short on the valve section
5:07, the face of regret
That's one curly tuba.....
The scale made me want to scream.
I found a use. Run into a concert hall playing high notes
I have two things two say 1 I love your UA-cam vids and two what's better a sousaphone or a French horn
it needs some bits to extend the lead pipe (or whatever that gross little thing has)
I see on eBay they now sell a Bb helicon like your Bb baritone sousaphone, same except the bell. The leadpipe has no braces and will adjust right and left. Obviously your 2nd valve slide is too long.
Shame they aren't making these decent or I'd buy one. Thanks!
More early brass band videos!
This guy's face just screams "Felix"
Are you in the weir high band?
Had you ever played a normal Bb sousaphone
everyone has their own opinion, i personally think its cool
Wish I saw this earlier.... Guess what I bought today....
since its a cheap POS, what about hacking the valve slides to get the tuning straight? I have had some old horns that needed tuning slide chopped a bit to get to modern pitch.
I have never been taught to put my thumb through the thumb ring, but rather on top of it. Putting your thumb through the thumb ring can cause your hand to not be in the correct position for playing.
a tuba with a trombone/euphonium mouthpiece,no wonder the instrument doesn't play to good.it probably wouldn't sound any better even if they manufactured it with a tuba mouthpiece.
are you sure the instrument doesn't require a neck and bits to make it more comfortable and in tune?
That would require them to make them. I am sure standard Conn or King bits won't fit. And, I am sure the manufacturer is too cheap to think of that as well.
The Sousaphonium or Sousatone.
buy the largest indian sousaphone 25 inc. they became cheaper and began to cost $ 500. There are no reviews on youtube)
It's for the marching band of Munchkin land
I want to play pedal notes on it
Maybe the valve alignment is off
Wow i just bout three of these garbage and couldn't find the use of them even for fun.. Can i use them as for sound like a Baritone?
i heard this was a german style euphonium
idk that’s just what i heard
Euphonium Sousaphone!!!
I'm getting a sousaphone myself and mine is not going to be a mini sousaphone it's gonna be a full size sousaphone by Yamaha