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By Philip Sparke. Anybody familiar?

This is, um, quite an Eb part. The first entrance is an FF (concert) middle C starting a 16th note run, at Vivo, down the Bb scale a 9th, landing on the tonic. Coming down the scale isn't a big deal but coming in on that middle C as the first note, is! I mean, that is a euphonium part.

I don't have problems with the rhythms, and it is not entirely eating my lunch, but it is requiring some serious woodshedding. Playing 16th notes at this clip is just barely getting into my ability level, and hopefully before the concert on March 30th, it is at a point where it doesn't come out as a bunch of muff.

Are you playing that on the 184? Was it once a test piece? Sounds like the kind of part where I'd be happy I'm using an F tuba

I’m sure I played that with the motor city brass band years ago. I’m sorry I don’t remember the specifics of it but we played it for sure. I played it on Eb tuba. I may have that part stashed away somewhere but I left the group in 2008. I’ll look to see if we had recorded it if I have that.


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jtm wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:53 am Are you playing that on the 184? Was it once a test piece? Sounds like the kind of part where I'd be happy I'm using an F tuba

I'm playing my 183 Mfone Eb on the part. I don't think I could manage the high stuff at that speed on the 184. The Eb is considerably more nimble.

Ha, I just previewed the concert band version on the J.W. Pepper website and the lick you mentioned IS in the euphonium Part. The tuba part is pretty standard and in a comfortable range! Good luck!

Well, in the brass band version we have, there is quite a bit of euphonium range whoopee in the Eb tuba part. I don't know what the euphs are doing, maybe a cornet part or something. I assume the BBb tubas have the concert band "tuba part."

You'll get it! I like his music. The concert band I play with played his "Music for a Festival" last year. Fun stuff!

Played it awhile back with the
Rocky Mountain Brassworks
on a MW2141 Eb
Lots of fun!!

I have our recording of it on my phone. Was a fun piece.


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