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Re: Vibrato and James Watson !! -Reply

Hi David and listlovers,

Jim Watson playing the cornet, and even to be imitated, THE CRITERIA... I beg
your pardon??? No, thank you.
What do we get here Monkey? It's already enough to us he's conducting, isn't it?
We can learn from those people, that's for sure. But if you want a current
trumpet player playing the cornet OK, have a  listen to e.g. Maurice Murphy and
another former Dyke player who was recorded at the Bergen European championships
1996  (can't remember right now his name nor the 2 pieces). You'll hear (even on
trumpet) the nice cornet sound with a controlled use of vibrato, even when
playing Haydn's trumpet concerto. No surprise of course they were formed in
banding.

Edy Van Asch
Belgium

>>> "David W. Buckley" <davebuckley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 05/13/98 06:49pm >>>
Nobody is knocking vib when it is used to add to the music in a musical
way. But much brass band vib is simply unmusical and way over the top.
Listen to Phil Smith or James Watson play a cornet and imitate that
level of player. Cornets, trumpets or garden hoses need to sound correct
for what they are playing. Lets make that the criteria.
Regards, Dave.

 Ron Grice wrote:
> 
> I've just received my May issue of B.B.W. What a delight to read in "The
> life of Brian" quote"when he's on song, his lovely unaffected tone makes
> you wonder why so many of our excellent players are hell-bent on making
> their cornets sound like trumpets". When are all these so called experts
> (mainly trumpet players or people who double on both) going to stop
> knocking the best of the British cornet players for their sound(mainly the
> use of VIB).Most of the contributors don't seem to know that they are not
> the same instrument,one a little longer than the other. The true Brass band
> cornet player wouldn't waste time playing a trumpet as it will detract from
> their sound.After all this is a Brass band list!!!  And why over the last 2
> years has Phillip McCann been subjected to so much criticism ,but then he's
> probably never heard of most of you people. And to close this little missel
> (something like a Papal bull) ,don't quote to me the couple of players that
> can do both very well they are the exception not the rule.
> 
> Ron Grice.
> Conductor. Cornet player, True Brass Band lover
> Newcastle   Australia.
> 
> ----------
> > From: A. Dalton A9750388 <a9750388@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: brass-band <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: Vibrato
> > Date: 12 May 1998 01:54
> >
> > Long live Philip McCann!!,
> >
> > Shurely shome mishtake!!
> >
> > Adrian D (you know the rest!)
> > Long suffering member of Hudds Uni Band (Whom I'm sure will beg to
> differ!!)
> >
> > Cameron
> >
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> >   Piano, cornet and duck-call
> >   Fundamental Brass	       http://users.ox.ac.uk/~newc0349/fun
> >   City of Oxford Band     http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/~cmabon/COSB.html
> >
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