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Which horn would you recommend playing V. Williams' Six Studies in English Folksong with? CC or F? I've performed them on my CC a while back and now have a chance to perform them again. I have a very good F now, something that wasn't an option before.

Will wrote:Which horn would you recommend playing V. Williams' Six Studies in English Folksong with? CC or F? I've performed them on my CC a while back and now have a chance to perform them again. I have a very good F now, something that wasn't an option before.

I've heard these played on clarinet, and I think they benefit from as much clarity as possible. You'll hear that clarity on Gene Pokorny's recording of them. Thus, F tuba would probably be my choice, but it depends on which F and which C.

Rick "for whom the F would be less work" Denney

isn't that the one piece he did on the york?...

MikeMason wrote:isn't that the one piece he did on the york?...

Don't recall, but on my best day I couldn't get the lightness and clarity with an F that Gene gets with a BAT.

I would not choose the F because Gene did, but because I'd have to play an F to approach the style in which he played it.

Rick "who thinks a BAT can be light-hearted, but not by most players" Denney

I just checked my liner notes, it says he did them on the york.

Doc is right, 4/4 HB CC.

No HB 4/4. How about my 188? My F is an 822 by the way.

I have performed these pieces on a Yorkbrunner and had fabulous results. It really depends on the transcription and what key it's in.

Lot's of people don't understand how Gene Pokorny gets such a clear, beautifully articulated sound on that huge horn. The thing is, the bigger the horn, the less you really have to work. And the sound just can't be beat because it is so perfectly amplified. I have found that the Yorkbrunner makes it so easy for me to "be in the song" and not have to think of the physical aspects of playing. Hey, but that's just me.

I say CC all the way. Big or small horn. It doesn't matter. Keep it LOW and MELLOW.