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"1. Besides spending time with family, from sunup to sundown, and sometimes on through the night. 2. Since the pandemic hit in March I have composed over 200 finished, professionally engraved pages of sheet music. 3. I can hear it in my head. 4. I…"
"Haha! I gotcha brother! "
"lol, I think it's fine the way it is. I was half-kidding about the brassy part. In fact, I actually like brassy brass chorales where you really let 'er rip."
"In the regular dynamics of mp-f yes. When you get to FF both can be bright but the bass trumpet sounds like a low direct trumpet. If people’s concept of trombones is only Zimmer Braaaammmmssss then yes the sound concept is lacking but nothing some…"
"I’m not sure about how well written it is since I felt like I just threw it together but I do appreciate the compliments. H. S. Teoh said:
Very nice! Very brassy... perhaps a little too brassy for me, but nevertheless it's still so well written…"
Very nice! Very brassy... perhaps a little too brassy for me, but nevertheless it's still so well written…"
"Would you believe I did the math. It’s exactly 50% mellow and 50% brassy. Maybe I’ll cut and edit a version with just the mellow parts for ya? Lol. H. S. Teoh said:
Very nice! Very brassy... perhaps a little too brassy for me, but nevertheless…"
Very nice! Very brassy... perhaps a little too brassy for me, but nevertheless…"
"Thank you my friend. Nothing amazing about it though, just simply a hymn repeated over and over again several times like an English hymn with each time in a new setting. I even kept it diatonic with no accidentals. I suck as a composer. Timothy…"
"Trombone is mellower than bass trumpet, really? OK, I guess I am really ignorant of brass timbres. :-/ Or maybe I'm confusing trombone with muted F horn. (I really like that buzzing muted horn sound, esp. at ff.)"
"If you like mellow, you need to write for euphonium. From mellow to brightest or brassiest in this range is: euphonium, Rotary Kaiser Baritone, English/ French Baritone, German Tenor Horn, Trombone, and Bass Trumpet. "
"I like more mellow, but does a trumpet need to get any louder? ;-)
OK, just kidding. Maybe I should write a concerto for this beautiful bass trumpet. :-P (But that's after I get through my huge backlog of unfinished concertos and fugues, so don't…"
OK, just kidding. Maybe I should write a concerto for this beautiful bass trumpet. :-P (But that's after I get through my huge backlog of unfinished concertos and fugues, so don't…"
"Hello HS! The range is an 8va lower than a regular Bb trumpet or the same range as trombone or euphonium. I’m not sure if you are familiar with rotary valve trumpets but they are both more mellow and louder than a regular piston trumpet. So in…"
"What's the range of this beauty? Sounds like a mellower version of the trumpet with a lower register... would love to compose for it sometime. (Har har, like I have the time to do anything these days...)"
"Very nice! Very brassy... perhaps a little too brassy for me, but nevertheless it's still so well written that I liked it anyway. :-P"
"This is really quite amazing. I think the title is underrated for what it is. It's a great big majestic wonderful brass thing!"
"Thank you for the reply! Oh yes that’s the part where we build it up and everything’s about to change! Michael Lofting said:
Well you weren’t kidding about this noisy little brass thing.
Loved the relatively quiet beginning, picking up the…"
Well you weren’t kidding about this noisy little brass thing.
Loved the relatively quiet beginning, picking up the…"
"Well you weren’t kidding about this noisy little brass thing.
Loved the relatively quiet beginning, picking up the reverb/echo giving the impression of open space.
I did find the transition around 2’ disconcerting when I first heard it as it seemed…"
Loved the relatively quiet beginning, picking up the reverb/echo giving the impression of open space.
I did find the transition around 2’ disconcerting when I first heard it as it seemed…"
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Thanks for the invite, Rodney. I was quite impressed by your Sins of the Old Testament pieces. Dance of the Golden Calf was quite beguiling. I'm currently listening to BelgianComposer's new Double Bass Sonata (http://youtu.be/c4wIy1qyf1E). Check his Youtube channel out. I haven't run across him elsewhere, but his work is consistently first rate. Again, thanks for your work.
Thank you so much Alex!
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