I've got three baritones and I must say that European style of baritones is the best. Cheers mate! :) P.S. I've got the same soviet tenor and it tottaly kicks ass! :)
Isn't the Wagner Tuba's distinction of being an extension of the french horn, i.e. having a narrower bore and horn mouthpiece, more significant than which side the valve keys are? (even though the position of the keys also comes from the horn design) of course I understand that the position of the valves is the easiest thing to spot when differentiating between W. Tuba and baritone!
Wagner Tuba with horn-mouthpiece is FrenchHorn's section alternate instrument.Kaiser bariton is an alternate instrument for (jazz-band) trombone players,and notation is equal to valve-tenor trombones,and euphonium's treble-clef notation
I think that instrument might have a medium shank. I have heard that they have a mouthpiece shank size between the small and large over in Europe for some of their baritones and tenor trombones, so this could be an example of that.
If I remember correctly, you once did a video where you demonstrated an old American baritone. If you still have that, a comparison between that horn and this would be nice. Seem to sound simular. Adding a euphonium for a complete comparison would be even better.
These horns are typically used in Balkan/Roma brass bands from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia. Nearly every one of these types of brass bands sport at least 2 or 3 of these, honking out the chords in rhythms. Usually a helicon rotary tuba pumps out bass lines and rotary trumpets play melody, accompanied by clarinet and/or sax. Check out Boban Marcovitch from Serbia
The medium shank (or European shank) is in between small and large. It's most common use was on old Besson euphoniums prior to about 1974. I have a besson new standard that uses this style. If you want a good mouthpiece in this size, check out the Denis wick 4AM or 6BM. Same as the 4AL or 6BL but with a medium shank. Also, The DEG Brian Bowman series are available in this shank size. European shank as it's called. We had an almost identical shank in the U.S. called the Remington shank, used on certain Conn euphoniums.
i have the "american marching baritone" with the curved bell....(i think look the best out of all of them) it sounds AMAZING....it is over 80 years old and is in pristine condition. just sharing is all......but wondering if all "baritones" have the same length tubing???
My school has an American-style baritone with the forward-facing bell. All of the finish has peeled off at this point, and the leadpipe is horrid. On the bell section the year 1946 is etched. However, it is such a beautiful sounding horn! I believe it definitely compares to a euphonium in the middle register when it comes to the typical "mellow" euphonium sound, but this baritone is incredibly lacking in the department of "direct" and "brassy" sound. Nonetheless quite a nice instrument considering its age.
If you wrap some tape around the shank of your small bore mouthpiece, it will fit better, and sit further out. Sellotape Diamond is a good one for that. You can also try clear plastic heat shrink tubing, if it needs a bit more - just shrink it onto the shank with a hair dryer or a lighter. It will still pull off, because of the taper.
You stated that some of the chemicals you use for cleaning are a bit "whiffy"... have you considered using lemon juice? I use it for cleaning all my brass and silver; just give it a good rinse with water after, and then buff up with a dry towel...
Brandon Smith that piece is so fun, listen to Dave werdens recording for the best one (in my opinion), gorgeous piece, I played it on euphonium. Good luck either way!
That instrument you're shaking around is actually called 'Tenor Horn' in most of European countries, I guess. A catalogue I happen to have (from 'Gebr. Alexander Mainz' one) shows lots of French Horns, some Tenor Horns, Baritones, Tubas and Wagner Tubas! So I'm very clear about that! (Alexander model no. reference 146 (tenor horn) & 150 (baritone)...) Man, that's confusing!!!
@@TrentHamilton And you were right for the most part. To be more precise, the official names of these 2 kinds of instruments are tenorhorn and baritone horn, or just tenor and baritone if we are lazy, but officially both have the word horn in them. At least in my country (Hungary). And as you've said, the difference between them is the bore, most apparent on the leadpipe, bell, and the section right before it. (Sorry, I'm not entirely sure if it's still called a bow in English or not in this situation, because it looks kinda different then on a tuba or U.S. style baritone. In many places in Europe, that part of the instrument is called the anstoß. Not in the UK of course.) And the funny thing is, that confusion is mutual. If we compare the U.S. style to the european, what people in the U.S. generally call a baritone, I'd definitely call that a tenorhorn. Kinda weird. And what you've said about valve orientation and articulation is interesting. I've never actually realized that before. Maybe I'll pay more attention to it next time I playtest one after I repaired it. But you know, nothing is perfect. The reason we still prefer rotary valves on everything except for trumpets, is that on bigger instruments, the springs make too much noise and the action feels kinda bad on pistons. At least that's how I feel about them. On trumpets we still prefer pistons as well though.
@@mouse3355 On average, it's not that confusing. For example the one hanging on the wall is definitely a tenorhorn. And there are some cases when it has such a huge bore (relatively speaking), that you can easily tell, that it's a baritone horn. But there are some cases in between, when even professionals can't agree. Approximately 1-1,5 years ago, when I was a student, my colleagues couldn't really agree on which one it is that I repaired at the time. So yeah, although on average it's pretty obvious, sometimes it's not, but in those cases it doesn't even matter that much, because if you can't tell the difference by looking at it, then you'll not hear it either. But I'd agree that probably these horns are the most confusing among brass instruments.
Hello mr. Hamilton! I'm a young tubist in New Jersey and love your content. I've always wondered, how many instruments do you own? Every few weeks it seems that you show us a different instrument, and it's always an oddity. Where did you get them? Where and how do you store them? Thanks!
I'm not sure how many instruments I own. It's a fair few. Most are either Chinese instruments bought online, and others are bought from Auction sites. One or two have been sent to me.
So it uses the traditional European Euphonium Shank mouthpiece (what Americans call medium bore and treat as the worst shank of them all for an instrument in this pitch range.)?
Do Wagner Tubas have mouthpieces like French Horns? Is the Anglo-Baritone more like a Bass Cornet? And how does this sit in the Baritone to Euphonium spectrum? For some reason I thought they called this a "Tenor Tuba" in Germany.
these ones... look painful to me, as is the same with wagner Tubas, I feel uncomfortable looking at them and their curved bell. Great showcase as always
The Wagner Tuba or Wagner Horn is played like a French Horn and uses the same mouthpiece. Wagner wanted a french horn with a tuba's tone quality, that is why the valves are controlled by the left hand, like a french horn. I am not sure of the key it is played in but that is the basics of it.
Hey Trent, im arranging a piece for my G-D bugle, but you can play a lot of music as long as it only involves one scale (no key change) and no accidentals. Unless those accidentals are high.
In a Polka we know two parts for the low melodie parts. The higher part called Tenorhorn and the lower part Baritone. Everey Polka needs a Tenorhorn, a Bariton and two Fluegelhorns parts for the melodie. The turning dircetion is differnt if you take an other brand! There is a dimension between the small trombone and the large trombone mouthpice. A Melton or a Miraphone Tenorhorn use the same mouthpeace dimension! The sound of this Baritone isn't very nice. Greats from Germany.
Yamaha's are reasonable. About middle of the range. There are certainly better though, but it's a good intermediate range. Do you have a model with the four upright valves?
You should be able to play Clarke's version of the carnival of venice on that two valve bugle. Look up the video of a 1989 scv baritone player playing it.
Trent, thanks you so much for your videos! Please, can you to tell (or show), which the difference in sound of European Baritone (and smaller - Tenor) and Wagner Tubas (F/B)? The Wagner Tuba - is left hand, The Bariton (Tenor) - right hand. It's understand. But it's very similar instruments. Can we to get differend sound from ones or no? Thanks!
Hell Warthog The Wagner Tuba is played by horn players in some orchestral pieces, having a smaller bore at the start which fits a horn mouthpiece. I'll put a link to a video of some being played below...
Hell Warthog The links I promissed: Wagner Tuba stuff at the start and end with horn stuff in the middle. ua-cam.com/video/MFm2C-ve7qw/v-deo.html And a clip of European Tenor Horn, which is being played by the same orchestra's principle trombonist. ua-cam.com/video/-fiv4XSBJa4/v-deo.html
Hi Trent, I just bought the same Amati Bariton. Great sound. Could you please explain how to use the 2 rings at the back of the instrument's main body? It does not match well for a neck/shoulder strap.
They are made for a strap. At least the ones on the outside tubing. If you use a single strap, you wear it over one and underneath the other shoulder, and then you have to adjust the length to your size. Shouldn't be uncomfortable
Every brass instrument has a standardized set of fingerings yes. The key of the instrument is determined by which harmonic series is playable when no valves are used or the slide is all the way in on trombones
H Trent! Where did you get the wires for hanging the horns in the back, or did you just buy wire or rod of a certain gauge, amd bend them yourself? Ever worry about bumping them upward and pushing them off the hook and onto the floor?
Hey Mr. Hamilton, I'm a decent euphoninist going into my 5th year of playing, but everyone else I seem to know is doing so much better at their instrument than I am, even though I pour in somewhere around 60 hours in a month into it. Do you have any suggestions on how to get better,seeing as how you are such an incredible player?
Greeting, Trent. Thanks for your great videos. Greetings from me in New Jersey, U.S.A.. My brother and nephew live in Israel and both play Euphonium (or maybe Baritone, they aren't sure.) We all enjoy your talks. Question: Am i correct that this instrument is the "tenorhorn in B flat" that Mahler calls for, for the solos in the first movement of his Seventh Symphony? Mahler was from Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. (Then Austro-Hungarian Empire). Thanks, and keep up the good work. Question 2: Do you have a video on the Cimbasso, a contrabass valve trombone that Verdi called for, before the tube was well-known in Italy?
The instrument I played in high school, we called it a baritone, but its shape was that of a euphonium. But "euphonium" is harder to picture in your mind. Today, if I had to explain it to non-musicians, I would call it a baritone horn. You know what a horn is, and "baritone" also, perhaps.
Ive seen these things all over ebay. Ive been thinking about buying one of those russian oval baritones, because theyre so cheap. Do you think its worth it?
lucky dog, another nice horn. I'd like to hear something more melodious. How about a 3way comparison of this horn a British tradition baritone band a euphonium. I'm imagining something like Shostakovich 2nd waltz.
I really wish that woodwinds had this same variety of instruments that we can see in the brass family. It's kinda depressing to know that the flute we see now is the essentially the best one we have, and the older flutes, while nice to have around, are no where near as refined, technique-wise, projection-wise, etc. If there was a similar sort of situation, I don't think I'd have any money left!
The piece you played at the end was a beautiful work of classical renaissance music called Darude - Sandstorm
Cosimos Cendo,
Could you do a video on the Chimbasso? I would love to see that.
Matthew LeFebvre *cimbasso
TurtleTrombone My bad sorry
Matthew LeFebvre DUDE ITS A CIMBASSO.
@@richardgordon8110 he knows idiot
Look at his knew video
I've got three baritones and I must say that European style of baritones is the best. Cheers mate! :)
P.S. I've got the same soviet tenor and it tottaly kicks ass! :)
It's spelled "licks", not "kicks".
The piece is my life CRAWLING IN MY SKIN THESE WORDS WILL NEVER HEAL
Isn't the Wagner Tuba's distinction of being an extension of the french horn, i.e. having a narrower bore and horn mouthpiece, more significant than which side the valve keys are? (even though the position of the keys also comes from the horn design) of course I understand that the position of the valves is the easiest thing to spot when differentiating between W. Tuba and baritone!
Wagner Tuba with horn-mouthpiece is FrenchHorn's section alternate instrument.Kaiser bariton is an alternate instrument for (jazz-band) trombone players,and notation is equal to valve-tenor trombones,and euphonium's treble-clef notation
wagner horn we call it. :)
Wagner tuben (or "tubas") also use a horn mouthpiece, and are in both tenor and bass variations or Bb/F and F/CC (BBb) respectively
I think that instrument might have a medium shank. I have heard that they have a mouthpiece shank size between the small and large over in Europe for some of their baritones and tenor trombones, so this could be an example of that.
If I remember correctly, you once did a video where you demonstrated an old American baritone. If you still have that, a comparison between that horn and this would be nice. Seem to sound simular. Adding a euphonium for a complete comparison would be even better.
These horns are typically used in Balkan/Roma brass bands from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia. Nearly every one of these types of brass bands sport at least 2 or 3 of these, honking out the chords in rhythms. Usually a helicon rotary tuba pumps out bass lines and rotary trumpets play melody, accompanied by clarinet and/or sax. Check out Boban Marcovitch from Serbia
I just got my Soviet tenor from Ukraine. It plays wonderfully and yes it has 3 valves. Excellent vids my friend, cheers.
The medium shank (or European shank) is in between small and large. It's most common use was on old Besson euphoniums prior to about 1974. I have a besson new standard that uses this style. If you want a good mouthpiece in this size, check out the Denis wick 4AM or 6BM. Same as the 4AL or 6BL but with a medium shank. Also, The DEG Brian Bowman series are available in this shank size. European shank as it's called. We had an almost identical shank in the U.S. called the Remington shank, used on certain Conn euphoniums.
A euro shank mouthpiece would probably fit because it is in between a large and small shank mouthpiece.
I love the new outro!
you really went all out on the merch great work as always
these are the main mid-low brass instruments in Balkan brass bands, in fact it's usually only them and flugelhorns
That is The Goblin's Rondo by Antonio Bazzini.
Wagner tuben (or "tubas") also use a horn mouthpiece, and are in both tenor and bass variations or Bb/F and F/CC (BBb) respectively
There's one of these hanging outside of our local music store and I've always wondered what it was, it's really cool!
My fav instrment
Wagner Tubas are also in the key of F like a French Horn or Mellophone
They are in both tenor and bass variations or Bb/F and F/CC (BBb)
i have the "american marching baritone" with the curved bell....(i think look the best out of all of them) it sounds AMAZING....it is over 80 years old and is in pristine condition. just sharing is all......but wondering if all "baritones" have the same length tubing???
They do.
My school has an American-style baritone with the forward-facing bell. All of the finish has peeled off at this point, and the leadpipe is horrid. On the bell section the year 1946 is etched. However, it is such a beautiful sounding horn! I believe it definitely compares to a euphonium in the middle register when it comes to the typical "mellow" euphonium sound, but this baritone is incredibly lacking in the department of "direct" and "brassy" sound. Nonetheless quite a nice instrument considering its age.
Well thank you! I now know why my rotary baritone (the sorry, sorry relic I emailed you about) and my piston-valve baritone look so different.
I always refer to this style as a Continental baritone to distinguish it from the British style brass band baritone.
The piece at the end is dance of the goblins originally composed for violin
So much information, as always!
I agree with the tenor horn and baritone.
If you wrap some tape around the shank of your small bore mouthpiece, it will fit better, and sit further out. Sellotape Diamond is a good one for that.
You can also try clear plastic heat shrink tubing, if it needs a bit more - just shrink it onto the shank with a hair dryer or a lighter. It will still pull off, because of the taper.
TooSlowTube Maybe PTFE tape too.
You stated that some of the chemicals you use for cleaning are a bit "whiffy"... have you considered using lemon juice? I use it for cleaning all my brass and silver; just give it a good rinse with water after, and then buff up with a dry towel...
I thought it was a Wagner Tuba, and commented about it on a different segment. I now see my error. My bad! I go my way enlightened and grateful.
Hey Trent Hamilton, could you play Morceau Symphonique on Trombone? I'm actually playing it for a college audition and would love to hear it.
Brandon Smith that piece is so fun, listen to Dave werdens recording for the best one (in my opinion), gorgeous piece, I played it on euphonium. Good luck either way!
Hey Trent nice video love the channel and keep up the good work!
Do you know the opening solo from Mahler's Seventh Symphony? (for Tenorhorn in German nomenclature)
Wagner tubas are played with french horn mouthpiece. Therefore they played lefthand like the French horns
I like finding out about a all these different instrument.
How do u pay for them all
It's goblins rondo. We played this last year
That instrument you're shaking around is actually called 'Tenor Horn' in most of European countries, I guess.
A catalogue I happen to have (from 'Gebr. Alexander Mainz' one) shows lots of French Horns, some Tenor Horns, Baritones, Tubas and Wagner Tubas! So I'm very clear about that!
(Alexander model no. reference 146 (tenor horn) & 150 (baritone)...)
Man, that's confusing!!!
I don't know. Just kill me
I’ve got a smaller three valve version that is definitely a tenor horn, but I was fairly sure this version is a baritone in Europe.
@@TrentHamilton I don't know anymore..
Why on earth they created so confusing ones!
Thanks for clarifying BTW!
@@TrentHamilton And you were right for the most part. To be more precise, the official names of these 2 kinds of instruments are tenorhorn and baritone horn, or just tenor and baritone if we are lazy, but officially both have the word horn in them. At least in my country (Hungary). And as you've said, the difference between them is the bore, most apparent on the leadpipe, bell, and the section right before it. (Sorry, I'm not entirely sure if it's still called a bow in English or not in this situation, because it looks kinda different then on a tuba or U.S. style baritone. In many places in Europe, that part of the instrument is called the anstoß. Not in the UK of course.)
And the funny thing is, that confusion is mutual. If we compare the U.S. style to the european, what people in the U.S. generally call a baritone, I'd definitely call that a tenorhorn. Kinda weird.
And what you've said about valve orientation and articulation is interesting. I've never actually realized that before. Maybe I'll pay more attention to it next time I playtest one after I repaired it. But you know, nothing is perfect. The reason we still prefer rotary valves on everything except for trumpets, is that on bigger instruments, the springs make too much noise and the action feels kinda bad on pistons. At least that's how I feel about them. On trumpets we still prefer pistons as well though.
@@mouse3355 On average, it's not that confusing. For example the one hanging on the wall is definitely a tenorhorn. And there are some cases when it has such a huge bore (relatively speaking), that you can easily tell, that it's a baritone horn. But there are some cases in between, when even professionals can't agree. Approximately 1-1,5 years ago, when I was a student, my colleagues couldn't really agree on which one it is that I repaired at the time. So yeah, although on average it's pretty obvious, sometimes it's not, but in those cases it doesn't even matter that much, because if you can't tell the difference by looking at it, then you'll not hear it either. But I'd agree that probably these horns are the most confusing among brass instruments.
for playing a song can you play washington post by sousa?
Can you demonstrate the different types of articulation produced by the opposing rotation of the valves?
Thanks for discussing the difference from the Wagner horn.
Furthermore Wagner tuben (or "tubas") also use a horn mouthpiece, and are in both tenor and bass variations or Bb/F and F/CC (BBb)
Hello mr. Hamilton! I'm a young tubist in New Jersey and love your content. I've always wondered, how many instruments do you own? Every few weeks it seems that you show us a different instrument, and it's always an oddity. Where did you get them? Where and how do you store them? Thanks!
I'm not sure how many instruments I own. It's a fair few. Most are either Chinese instruments bought online, and others are bought from Auction sites. One or two have been sent to me.
Hi Trent, Speaking of Wagner tubas, could you do some reviews of Wagner tubas or French horns? Love your vids!
So it uses the traditional European Euphonium Shank mouthpiece (what Americans call medium bore and treat as the worst shank of them all for an instrument in this pitch range.)?
Do Wagner Tubas have mouthpieces like French Horns? Is the Anglo-Baritone more like a Bass Cornet? And how does this sit in the Baritone to Euphonium spectrum? For some reason I thought they called this a "Tenor Tuba" in Germany.
Mentioned here Wagner tuba also has a french horn mouthpiece.
Goblins rondo
Congratulations! I wasn't expecting anyone to get that so fast. Send me a message or an email.
Trent Hamilton hey I love your videos I wish u could do more of them u r 1 of the best players if seen
lucky...
Bård Jelsness
Tormod Flaten played it last summer when I was at a band camp with him as one of the teachers
Bohemian indicates part of what used to be called the Czech Republic, right?
these ones... look painful to me, as is the same with wagner Tubas, I feel uncomfortable looking at them and their curved bell. Great showcase as always
can u make a video about a matching baritone and upho
These style came out of Czechoslovakia,and were curved for musicians riding on horseback.This is also called a tenor horn
What is the range of these baritone? lowest note? I have a similar one.
Trent can you play the Moscow Parade by Gerhard Trede?
The Wagner Tuba or Wagner Horn is played like a French Horn and uses the same mouthpiece. Wagner wanted a french horn with a tuba's tone quality, that is why the valves are controlled by the left hand, like a french horn. I am not sure of the key it is played in but that is the basics of it.
They are in both tenor and bass variations or Bb/F and F/CC (BBb)
In Romania we call them BassFlugelhorns.
Yeah, the same in Czech Republic
Hey Trent, im arranging a piece for my G-D bugle, but you can play a lot of music as long as it only involves one scale (no key change) and no accidentals. Unless those accidentals are high.
It the piece at the end Napoli by Herman bellstedt?
did you really have to start with the flying fingers thing from Ruslan and Ludmila :-) ?
In a Polka we know two parts for the low melodie parts. The higher part called Tenorhorn and the lower part Baritone. Everey Polka needs a Tenorhorn, a Bariton and two Fluegelhorns parts for the melodie.
The turning dircetion is differnt if you take an other brand!
There is a dimension between the small trombone and the large trombone mouthpice. A Melton or a Miraphone Tenorhorn use the same mouthpeace dimension!
The sound of this Baritone isn't very nice.
Greats from Germany.
So.. not the baritone that you fixed the braces on?
I love your intro music!
ShowingSummer what's it called
Were you at the mid-western orchestra and band clinic?
There's nowhere in my country that's referred to as "Mid-Western", so no.
It was in Illinois in the US, people from all around the world come to it, just wanted to see if you did :D
Were you in the high school institute?
The song is Bazzini, or The Goblins Rondo.
Do you know if anyone makes a practice mute for this instrument?
when are you doing a review of Wager Tuben?
You are the good on UA-cam.
It’s probably Josef Klier’s Baritone Shank.
Is that a wagnertuba on the wall or another baritone?
What a Strange noise He said it was a soviet era Ukrainian tenor horn, he has a video about it.
Sorry if I sound a bit condescending.
Mr.Hamilton I am a beginning euphonium I just switched from trombone and I got a Yamaha euphonium do you advise Yamaha or is there better horns .
Yamaha's are reasonable. About middle of the range. There are certainly better though, but it's a good intermediate range. Do you have a model with the four upright valves?
Trent Hamilton no my euphonium is a 3 valve horn
You should be able to play Clarke's version of the carnival of venice on that two valve bugle. Look up the video of a 1989 scv baritone player playing it.
Can you do a woodwind instrument?
Is there any difference between a baritone and an ephonium?
It's really similar!
Comrade Matthew so so so many difference. Careful asking that question you'll open the floodgates
Comrade Matthew One Difference is the name
Trent, thanks you so much for your videos! Please, can you to tell (or show), which the difference in sound of European Baritone (and smaller - Tenor) and Wagner Tubas (F/B)? The Wagner Tuba - is left hand, The Bariton (Tenor) - right hand. It's understand. But it's very similar instruments. Can we to get differend sound from ones or no? Thanks!
Hi, I would really like to do this for you, but unfortunately I don't have most of the instruments you are wanting to demonstrate :(
Nevertheless thanks! :)
Hell Warthog The Wagner Tuba is played by horn players in some orchestral pieces, having a smaller bore at the start which fits a horn mouthpiece. I'll put a link to a video of some being played below...
Hell Warthog The links I promissed:
Wagner Tuba stuff at the start and end with horn stuff in the middle.
ua-cam.com/video/MFm2C-ve7qw/v-deo.html
And a clip of European Tenor Horn, which is being played by the same orchestra's principle trombonist.
ua-cam.com/video/-fiv4XSBJa4/v-deo.html
Wagner tuben (or "tubas") also use a horn mouthpiece, and are in both tenor and bass variations or Bb/F and F/CC (BBb)
Is it the polka from the age of gold?
I have a baritone of this style, except mine has three rotaries instead of four.
"And this is, this"
Try using valves other than first and second
Hi Trent, I just bought the same Amati Bariton. Great sound. Could you please explain how to use the 2 rings at the back of the instrument's main body? It does not match well for a neck/shoulder strap.
They are made for a strap. At least the ones on the outside tubing. If you use a single strap, you wear it over one and underneath the other shoulder, and then you have to adjust the length to your size. Shouldn't be uncomfortable
Don't like the thumb ring?
If it's essentially the same as the Wagner Tuba, does that mean it has the same fingering as a french horn?
William Midgley Not exactly. I believe the instruments are in different keys
Ah
Presumably, it's still open, 1&2, 2, open etc. then
Yea thats correct. Just different pitches come out the other end.
Every brass instrument has a standardized set of fingerings yes. The key of the instrument is determined by which harmonic series is playable when no valves are used or the slide is all the way in on trombones
H Trent! Where did you get the wires for hanging the horns in the back, or did you just buy wire or rod of a certain gauge, amd bend them yourself? Ever worry about bumping them upward and pushing them off the hook and onto the floor?
Hey Mr. Hamilton, I'm a decent euphoninist going into my 5th year of playing, but everyone else I seem to know is doing so much better at their instrument than I am, even though I pour in somewhere around 60 hours in a month into it. Do you have any suggestions on how to get better,seeing as how you are such an incredible player?
have you tried a European/medium shank piece yet?
Greeting, Trent. Thanks for your great videos. Greetings from me in New Jersey, U.S.A.. My brother and nephew live in Israel and both play Euphonium (or maybe Baritone, they aren't sure.) We all enjoy your talks.
Question: Am i correct that this instrument is the "tenorhorn in B flat" that Mahler calls for, for the solos in the first movement of his Seventh Symphony? Mahler was from Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. (Then Austro-Hungarian Empire). Thanks, and keep up the good work.
Question 2: Do you have a video on the Cimbasso, a contrabass valve trombone that Verdi called for, before the tube was well-known in Italy?
Mahler was writing for a Tenor Horn in Eb, however, most often it gets played on the Euphonium.
Also Trent does not have a video on the Cimbasso.
The instrument I played in high school, we called it a baritone, but its shape was that of a euphonium. But "euphonium" is harder to picture in your mind. Today, if I had to explain it to non-musicians, I would call it a baritone horn. You know what a horn is, and "baritone" also, perhaps.
Pardon my ignorance, but isn't this a wagner tuba?
scr3am0andt3chn0 No, a Wagner tuba is in a different key.
lbrown21494 That's not exactly true. Wagner tubas come in both Bb and F. Orchestral pieces that call for them often use 4, 2 in Bb and 2 in F
Hi Trent, I am thinking of buying a bass trombone. Do you have any recommendations as to what sort of level of skill I should be before I buy one
What was that outro music?
I play on this instrument. This not wagner tuba, wagner tuba small mouthpiece.
As many people have said, it uses a European size shank receiver
Trent can you do a video about the saxhorn?
all the Saxhorn variant, including OTS (i wouldn't expect you to own examples of all, but maybe graphics....) ? : )
Ive seen these things all over ebay. Ive been thinking about buying one of those russian oval baritones, because theyre so cheap. Do you think its worth it?
Not unless you can get your $$$ back if it has air leaks.
What do you use to clean your instruments? and where might I buy this product or products?
I use brasso on raw surfaces.
lucky dog, another nice horn. I'd like to hear something more melodious. How about a 3way comparison of this horn a British tradition baritone band a euphonium. I'm imagining something like Shostakovich 2nd waltz.
I'm planning a video like that in the new year sometime.
Wagner tuba is pitched in F.
What was the excerpt you played on the baritone in the intro?
The Dance of Goblins by Bazzini
that song was called every circus song ever
I really wish that woodwinds had this same variety of instruments that we can see in the brass family. It's kinda depressing to know that the flute we see now is the essentially the best one we have, and the older flutes, while nice to have around, are no where near as refined, technique-wise, projection-wise, etc. If there was a similar sort of situation, I don't think I'd have any money left!
I play Euphonium and the American marching Baritone
The first difference I see between that and a VOGGnr tuba is the mouthpiece,
In america we mostly use euphoniums
Flight of the Bumblebee?
Gabe Lanier boi
Mark Moreno Whoops.
Ridiculous answer