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Post by bandgeek101 on May 12, 2009 18:39:15 GMT -5
Is the better sound and coolness of Contras and Euphs worth it to you?
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2009 19:22:24 GMT -5
Yes for a euphonium, no for a sousa.
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Post by bandman001 on May 12, 2009 21:49:48 GMT -5
Are you referring to the Euphs that look like mini contras?
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Post by bandgeek101 on May 13, 2009 0:31:30 GMT -5
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Post by bandman001 on May 13, 2009 13:59:00 GMT -5
Totally worth it
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Post by let1troll on May 13, 2009 20:50:35 GMT -5
I think that it would be totally worth it to march a Euph, but I would NEVER march a contra. I would drop it on myself, I just know it. Thank god we have sousas.
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Post by trumellotonium on May 13, 2009 21:43:12 GMT -5
The sound is definitely worth the pain... the contra is so much more open than the sousa.
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Post by bandgeek101 on May 14, 2009 0:51:04 GMT -5
I'm sad lately because my SL doesn't agree. I am the only euph right now and he's making me switch to Bari.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 13:31:47 GMT -5
I think being uniform is more important than having one person sound good.
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Post by bandgeek101 on May 14, 2009 17:37:15 GMT -5
no baritones either
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Aug 28, 2009 19:29:12 GMT -5
What are the differences between the marching baritone and marching euphonium besides the fact that the euph weighs more? And is it normal to have a hard time crescendoing on baritone? I get to a certain point of loudness and then my tone quality explodes.
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Post by trumellotonium on Aug 28, 2009 22:02:28 GMT -5
It is very common and easy to overblow on the baritone. The key to getting louder will be to focus your tone and pitch into the center of the instrument and find the point that it really resonates rather than just getting blatty and ugly.
The difference between baritone and euphonium, both concert and marching, is that the euphonium has a larger bore (wider tubing) and gives it a sound more like the horn or tuba (other conical instruments) where the baritone sounds more like a trombone (a cylindrical instrument).
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Post by the_sousabone on Sept 16, 2009 10:34:39 GMT -5
baritones have a tighter overtone series which makes them easier to hear on a field. Euphs have a more round sound but if you're the only one you won't be heard. Contras have a more concert sound while Sousa's are louder. Played all of them at some point. Voted Euph and contra.
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Post by 84bdsop on Sept 18, 2009 2:35:20 GMT -5
PERFORMING is worth it....what you play is irrelevant...it could be a soprano or a set of tenors...doesn't matter. No section or subsection has a monopoly on pain during rehearsal.
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Post by bandgeek101 on Oct 3, 2009 22:38:42 GMT -5
OK am i the only one that finds the euph harder than the contra? Contra just sits on you shoulder and yes, I have marched both. 37 (repairs make it roughly 40) pound contra and 10 pound euph.
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