It is great to hear the excerpts from Pictures at an Exhibition! They sound great on one single instrument.. I am actually fine with orchestras using an euphonium for Bydlo, but was just wondering if any of them use the euphonium for the whole work. It should be doable since it shares the range with the French tuba. I guess the player would use a bigger mouthpiece.
@jackamck
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words! I have recorded the excerpts in comparison with a euphonium, you can hear them here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/sIyu2ZWFj2aLd44 In my opinion, the euphonium has neither the bore profile nor the bell design to do justice to the sound colours possible with a French C tuba in the high or the low register. A bigger mouthpieces can help the playability of the lower register, but it doesn't change the resultant timbre.
@fosvandermeer8470
9 ай бұрын
That is very interesting. It sounds like the French C tuba has a bigger mouthpiece and bore than the euphonium. The euphonium would probably gain more low end from a bigger mouthpiece, although it may mess up the intonation @@jackamck
@jackamck
9 ай бұрын
@@fosvandermeer8470 Yes, I believe that increasing any parameter of the mouthpiece that could potentially have a noticeable effect on timbre (i.e. the throat and/or backbore) would have pretty a pretty devastating impact on intonation and pitch control.
@philippecriqui8606
Жыл бұрын
Très interessant, à chaque musique son caractère propre et son tuba. Bravo et merci pour vos démonstrations superbes
@raymondhorton9668
Жыл бұрын
Impressive demonstration! A masterful player!
@R4MUSICxVx
Ай бұрын
Sounds like a mix between bass saxhorn with a little bass trombone
@stefanalexanderlungu1503
Ай бұрын
Sounds appropriate for Symphonie Fantastique.
@walfredswanson
11 ай бұрын
Impressive to hear an actual French tuba. I can see where it has its place, and its lower range is surprisingly fuller than I imagined it would be. The curse of playing tuba is that there is not and never has been a "standard", yet we're expected to do a great deal in terms of individual sound and ensemble balance. Prokofiev and Berlioz ophicleide parts in the same program? Good luck.
@jackamck
11 ай бұрын
Yes, indeed! Personally I hope that tubists in the future put more emphasis on exploring the variety of instruments (and instrumental timbres) written for by composers, and less on trying to master everything on the horns immediately available to them.
@u2b83
2 ай бұрын
Mouthpiece looks larger than a euph mpc. (Almost like a Besson-shank Eb tuba mouthpiece, or a 1G/bass trombone)
@jomarluke
8 ай бұрын
I forgot to ask: What mouthpiece are you using on the horn? The ranges sound great, especially the low ones!
@jackamck
8 ай бұрын
Hello! Honestly, I can't remember precisely, unfortunately I didn't document this. But I believe it was an original Couesnon that came with the instrument. St Cecilia's Hall and Arnold Myers have produced a full inventory of the mouthpieces in their collection if you are interested!
@somebody9033
Жыл бұрын
the player is great, the instrument's intonation is yucky. nice tone though!
@jackamck
Жыл бұрын
Haha thanks! For an old museum object that only sees the light of day once every decade or so, I think it's not bad!
@seth094978
11 ай бұрын
I played a reproduction of a slightly different one, and I was shocked by how flexible the intonation was. I was able to lip notes more than a half step without even really trying. Easiest low C# I've ever played, though. The evenness from the pedal C to the 6-4-2 C# was astonishing.
@ethandymkowski1118
6 ай бұрын
@@jackamckhow are you able to get your hands on museum instruments and actually play them?
@jackamck
6 ай бұрын
@@ethandymkowski1118 The staff at this particular museum were very generous in letting me use their objects for research purposes.
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