I had the chance to meet Fred Pfaff in the late 1970s/early 80s(?) when I visited Lee Richardson in Florida. When Lee and I pulled up to Fred's house, he greeted us from his roof, where he was fixing a few shingles. Of course, he was around 80 at the time. His son Lou was at the house during our vis...

i've seen the statement "staccato doesn't mean short; it means separated" many times
How does one separate (place space between) notes without making at least the first one shorter?
And what, then, does staccato mean if it appears on a note surrounded by rests?

The Big Ben wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:21 pm

Casca Grossa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:54 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjo1TVKaFmU

You beat me to it! I was going to post it. It's a great one!

In the key of E, no less!

Assuming you're not trolling the group, I say NO to both of the changes. *The long C is out of character for a march and inconsistent with what comes before it and after it. *You are playing it alone in a barn/workshop, not in a reverberant concert hall, in the back row, as a member of an ensemble--...

Hi, Crymzon... Try this to kill a couple of birds with one stone: Try playing some hymn tunes or other simple melodies in a comfortable key. Then try playing the same tune up a half-step or a whole step. Keep going up by half- or whole steps That way you can practice moving up your upper register an...

The Indy Brass Choir has played that arrangement several times with yours truly playing it on euph. I'll see if I can find a recording.
That arrangement is "interesting," as are several others by the same person.

As I mentioned above, in the midst of all the OT of trips to Alaska ,
nothing is firmly universally out at this time unless a local coordinator has
so decreed.
Please check the TubaChristmas website for updates about your event of choice.
Jim

The board of the HPF is weighing options for TubaChristmas.
Check the tubachristmas.com website for updates.

To me, they are two very distinct instruments. In fact, I'm not sure why Yamaha gave the Neo a 642 designation. I find the Neo (my current horn) to be more responsive and even through the registers with a nicer sound and less-sucky ergonomics. The old 642 always struck me as a "neutral" in...

All the Wonderphones seem to have uniquely-shaped bells. I've seen several and
wondered about their design. Not sure I have the vocabulary to describe what I
see. Any wisdom about the bells?
Jim

Had 10-15 German-style gigs cancelled and dozens of church services. Indianapolis Brass Choir on hold until 2021 at earliest because 90% of our jobs are in churches--hard to space performers and audiences. Indiana Wind Symphony starts up at the end of September--our home venue (the wonderful Carmel ...

Tom Walsh played in the Munich Phil until his untimely passing around 2017 or so. He also played in a brass group called "Blechschaden" from the orchestra--the name is kind of a pun in german Blech=brass, Schaden=damage, and "Blechschaden" is like what we call "property dama...