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Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:33 pm
by tubapress
I stumbled across
this today. Who knew ophilcleides could sound so great? Bravo!
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:39 pm
by David Richoux
Psssst, look over here... In the section marked "Clip Art" -
just the place to find all sorts of U-Tuba stuff, even "Summit in Berlin"
As I recall.
(Sending from my phone, so no HTML tricks
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:43 pm
by Wyvern
Great sound! Yes, VERY SURPRISING for ophicleides.
However, if the great players of the 19th century could make them sound like that, which no doubt they could, then it does well demonstrate that an F tuba makes a very good substitute for ophicleide in works where it is specified in the instrumentation. Not a hugely different sound.
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:46 pm
by MartyNeilan
Before we give TOO much credit to the ophicleides, though, look at who was playing them
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:55 pm
by Bob Kolada
MartyNeilan wrote:Before we give TOO much credit to the ophicleides, though, look at who was playing them
Trombone players. So, theoretically, they could sound even
better than that!
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:12 pm
by J.c. Sherman
Neptune wrote:Great sound! Yes, VERY SURPRISING for ophicleides.
However, if the great players of the 19th century could make them sound like that, which no doubt they could, then it does well demonstrate that an F tuba makes a very good substitute for ophicleide in works where it is specified in the instrumentation. Not a hugely different sound.
?!?!!!?!
I don't hear the tiniest smidgen of similarity in tone quality between these bad boys and any tuba on earth played by anyone. I never have.
Each of these player are, of course, excellent. And this video may make a small step in pointing out that there's nothing inferior about the ophicleide; it's just different.
J.c.S.
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:00 am
by oedipoes
Neptune wrote:Great sound! Yes, VERY SURPRISING for ophicleides.
However, if the great players of the 19th century could make them sound like that, which no doubt they could, then it does well demonstrate that an F tuba makes a very good substitute for ophicleide in works where it is specified in the instrumentation. Not a hugely different sound.
Soundwise they sound much more similar to a german-style baryton horn.
Wim
Re: Awesome Ophicleides
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:22 pm
by windshieldbug
Neptune wrote:However, if the great players of the 19th century could make them sound like that, which no doubt they could, then it does well demonstrate that an F tuba makes a very good substitute for ophicleide in works where it is specified in the instrumentation. Not a hugely different sound.
F or bass tuba, it's not the sound that matters, it's the facility.
And having done Berlioz on ophicleide, bass tuba AND contra, I'd pick ophicleide any day of the week.