Some of the contents of the pages on this site are Copyright © 2016 NJH Music | [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Tenors vs. French horns
Might I humbly offer two arguments in favor of tenor horns... The first is the unique "middle choir" sound of the tenor horns, baritones, and (frequently) flugel horn. This grouping has a presence unlike anything else is music, especially in the hands of a skilled composer or arranger. Witness "The Kingdom Triumphant" or almost any other Eric Ball piece. My second argument is made as someone who also plays in an orchestra and has to sit behind French horns on a regular basis. The (one hopes) heroic and singing tone the audience hears is reflected sound- the instrument is designed to be heard that way. In the "french-horned" brass band, that sound would mainly be reflecting off the bass players. In time, our hearing and sanity in jeopardy, we would be forced to retaliate. The obvious method would be to rotate our chairs a bit anti-clockwise and lower our bells. I imagine the effect would be like one of those movies where rival magicians are firing bolts of magic at each other. The carnage such a standing wave could produce is awesome indeed. The only reason major orchestras have not spontaneously combusted is that the horns don't play ALL the time and the outgunned solitary bass player has too few notes to mount an adequate counter-offensive. So, for the sake of peace in our time, and for the children, we must keep the tenor horns. Regards, Mike Solms misolms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx EEflat Bass, Scioto Valley Brass & Percussion -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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