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Greg wrote:When I played this piece I used the bass tuba. A besson 983 in fact and it worked well for the piece.

imperialbari wrote:Just tested my link in a couple of browser. Only works in one, as there is a copyright disclaimer acceptance procedure (or whatever you would call it) to be passed. This link goes to a directory page, where the whole requiem is under E:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Brahms,_Johannes

Klaus

bloke wrote:Alla breve means, freely translated, "as the half" or "in the manner of a half". ...Maybe this helps...??




Terms such as "cut time", "stinger", and "descrescendo" (as well as playing with a Dr. Beat plugged into a "Long Ranger" cranked to "11") are probably reserved for concert/marching band use.

Don't take me seriously regarding anything in subscript...' just teasing!
Not to be obtuse, but wouldn't half of 4/4 [or common time] be 2/2? With 2 half notes? I successfully took a lot of music theory to obtain my music degree and have yet to see 4 half notes pass for alla breve [or the more plebian: cut time]. I sure do enjoy learning something new, though.

scottw wrote:Something very interesting: in the cut time portions of the tuba part [Thanks, Klaus!], there are 4 half notes per measure.I have never seen cut time written this way; is this a particularly German notation? As I learned cut time, it was as though it were written in 2/2. This notation would make it appear to be 4/2. Can anyone explain the discrepancy to me?
Thanks!
Scottw

bloke wrote:Yes, if you take the symbol mathematically literally.

At the half, though, can also be interpreted as "at the half note"...ie: The half note is the pulse, which is true of either 2/2 or 4/2. Regardless, you can look at the music and you know exactly what to do...That's all that really matters...yes?

bloke wrote:think less

play more

bloke wrote:

ppalan wrote:I believe that what is commonly referred to as "cut time" actually is "alla breve", meaning that the unit of pulse is the "breve" or half note.

I tried to explain that, but I must not have done a very good job.

T. J. Ricer wrote:When I did this with the Knoxville Symphony, I used my Old Besson/Boosey "Fletcher-mods" Eb (now owned by Ken Sloan). The director mentioned to me in rehearsal that "tubas in Brahms' day would probably have been smaller" - I took that as a nice way of asking me to play a bit softer and everyone lived happily ever after. This director reportedly later told the bass trombone player, "He's probably thinks I'm an idiot, I just realized that that was a pretty small tuba, it just has a big bell." Nice when directors are paying attention!

--T. J.

T. J. Ricer wrote: I just realized that that was a pretty small tuba, it just has a big bell." Nice when directors are paying attention!

--T. J.