In my opinion, the Euphonium might be the most beautiful instrument made. The tone is so pretty, it has a great range and is able to sound good in all the ranges, and comes with the option to play two clefs. It is by far my favorite instrument to play, and will be endlessly underrated to me.
Very moving arrangement. Love the phrasing. Favorites - euph and Flugel. LEast favorite - bone. NONE were bad. It was hard to choose. Very beautiful misic and a real pleasure to listen to.
i think my favorites were the euphonium and the trombone. the euphonium is so soft and cushiony and the trombone is so straight ahead and punching. the euphonium captures all of the soft dynamics and the trombone captures all the loud dynamics each so well. i think the ideal way to play this piece would be to have the euphonium play the piano dynamics and the trombone play the forte. really great performances all around
Ive always had an issue with the volume of brass instruments. Ive played in many stage bands and orchestras and it was always a pain to hear myself, as a double bass player. Violists know exactly what im talking about. Here, however, all brass instruments are mixed so smoothly with the piano. It kind of makes me forget about how much pain ive suffered on the other end of someones bell. This is very good for making brass instruments sound as good as they should.
I know exactly what you're talking about. Much less physical work when playing with piano, also, you can have a much better use of quiet dynamics which makes it easier when you need to build up :)
If the volume of different instruments is unbalanced it is your conductor's fault. Musicians can play together without a conductor, what they can't do is balance their own volume. That said there might not be a problem. What the audience hears may be different from what you hear with the bell almost in your ear.
Mark Horton- Balance is definitely the conductor’s domain but it may also be positioning compared to the brass. However it is also the responsibility of every player to think about personal dynamics and effect on balance. Sadly in some ensembles poor listening skills, lack of technique and ego get in the way. Dynamics are relative. Someone that blasts ‘because it’s forte’, will find playing any subsequent ff or fff difficult. Then there are tonal and style considerations. That being said at times I lose my sound in the ensemble and can only feel it. Lucky I am a tuba player and possibly more intimately connected. Another thought- what other ensembles do they play in? Do they need to play very loud most of the time?
Matonizz, if you don't mind, could you comment on the differences and similarities in how you, as a high level musician, you approach playing the tuba vs. euphonium? This could include technical and/or styling. Thanks.
Hi friends, enjoy this beautiful piano rendition of Deep River arr. Drew Fennell really exposing the tone of each instrument. Which sound do you believe this tune suits best? Thanks for watching and don't forget to like and share. Have a good one BrassNations
For me it depends the sound one might be looking for. What makes it (the piece) extra great is that it is well suited for any brass and sounds wonderful. It also helps that all of you are super talented! Also worth noting no one is playing (to my knowledge) their primary horn. All JP horns. Nothing wrong with them. I play a JP 374ST myself. These guys make these mid range horns sound as good as any pro level horn. Well done all as usual!
Any instruments is my favourite as long as it's sat in the right place. This Arrangement very cleverly alternates four brasses having slightly different tone colours, so I like it, but as long as I have to state an opinion about the individual instruments, they must be placed in the correct context, then any instrument is beautiful in its own way.
You have to state an opinion. Granted that all four performances rate at least 9.5 on a scale of 1 to 10, and granted that it is strictly personal opinion, which do you prefer?
Very nice experiment and arrangement! All player/instrument combos are good exponents of the respective tones and timbres that can be expected from the individual instruments. Any favourite would be based on personal preference alone. I liked them all and couldn't rank one over another.
~By far the tuba sounded the best. The euphonium was week on the lower notes while the tuba had a full rich sound. I have owned and played both a Conn Artist Recording bass (tuba) and a Willson euphonium even though Tuba was my primary instrument. Tone quality is largely affected by mouthpiece size and shape and I understand that Matonizz is required to play many more high notes on euphonium than low notes and due to that requirement his mouthpiece selection does not allow him to obtain the best fullest sound in the lower register. My own mouthpiece choices were Bach 24AW for tuba due to it's large organ like fullness and a Shilke 60 on euphonium also due to it's huge mellow lower register. Please understand that my comments are not a negative toward Matonizz who I greatly admire but merely an observation on how mouthpiece selection does affect tonal quality and range. Even though I used a huge Bach 24aw for tuba playing I was still able to easily play in the upper register since the larger mouthpiece requires stronger muscle development to play higher while a smaller mouthpiece utilizes it's size to support the upper register.
Thanks for sharing detailed feedback Daniel. Glad you liked tuba playing! This piece was originally arranged as tuba solo so it does fit it very well :)
Beautiful playing all around! I believe the "best tone" depends on the piece and the end goal. If anything, this video more so told me how I prefer each instrument; tuba and euphonium are so smooth, intimate, and full, capable of either being lead voice and blending seemlessly with piano, but at measure 50 I have to give it to trombone (with flugel being close) because the impact isn't harsher but just more gut-wrenching from the...I guess shrillness of the tone? It's like tragic, beautiful screaming, while the former two are more of a wail in the distance. I suppose it's down to the individuals playing as well as the listener, but for most of the piece I'd say euphonium is the most in texture and nice, but the trombone breaks out in an amazing and powerful way at the end
Why does F below middle C see so muted, In fact everything betweenF and and e natural sounds congested. Upper register sound fine except mic placement diminishes the upper partials of the tones. Get better mics. Where is the secomd mic on the piano for everything below C an octave below middle C.
As a tuba player my self i would choose the tuba but a VERY VERY close second would be the Euphonium as i love the tone and sound of a euph, what i find very challenging with a tuba is playing fast exerts as on a tuba it can sound very easily like a blurry mess
Euph, obviously :) But the flugelhorn was also very nice, and I think carried the melody better. I think you could do well with a quartet performance from this. Is it just me, or does the Bass in Bb part look like it's written an octave too high? I'd expect it to be the same as the Bb Euph TC. I can't even read the upper range you got there. :)
I specifically looked up "brass instrument tone comparison" because I was curious. Your video was at the top and I like your playing and stuff but this video is a bit too long just to hear and compare the instruments. Just some feedback.
I'm definitely bias towards the low end and like tuba best, followed by euphonium then flugelhorn. Trombone isn't bad either, but I do like the softer, conical flugelhorn tone a bit more in this case. Been seeing people refer to the flugelhorn as the soprano of the tuba family, which is interesting, yet also that it should be played by a trumpet/cornet player, so I guess that eliminates that doubling opportunity, lol
