Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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Does anyone have a piccolo part for the Star Spangled Banner written for tuba?
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Re: Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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The marine band has posted all the parts of the march for free, you can google it. What I did was took the piccolo part and just transcribed it to the tuba.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1irBIA ... Zmyg_Ycd5m" target="_blank

There is a link that may work, tell me if it doesn't.
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Re: Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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Worked for me! By the way, why the name DiveBomber? I'm a bit of an airplane nerd, so I'm curious...
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Re: Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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bloke wrote:Do you need it in G, then...or are you playing it with a band (A-flat) ?

> It's a piccolo solo. Give the piccolo players their due (as flute/piccolo players really aren't featured, much, in wind band music...and even in symphony orchestras, it's THEIR solo).
> The "tuba playing the piccolo solo schtick" is a tired joke that never was funny, and one that the audience/crowd/patrons probably won't "get".

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Re: Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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windshieldbug wrote:
bloke wrote:Do you need it in G, then...or are you playing it with a band (A-flat) ?

> It's a piccolo solo. Give the piccolo players their due (as flute/piccolo players really aren't featured, much, in wind band music...and even in symphony orchestras, it's THEIR solo).
> The "tuba playing the piccolo solo schtick" is a tired joke that never was funny, and one that the audience/crowd/patrons probably won't "get".

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Yes, much like the "bears balancing on a tightrope" act. Bears are pretty nimble and are known to be nimble but the humor comes from the anticipation that the bear will goof up and fall off the tightrope. Same with tuba on piccolo part. It's not so difficult for a tuba player to do but oh, so funny, if the tuba player screws it up.

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bloke wrote:Do you need it in G, then...or are you playing it with a band (A-flat) ?
The scary part, for me, is that after all these years of griping about sharp-keyed marches, the orchestra version in D (not G) is starting to look more natural than the Ab. I guess I need to play in more bands.
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Re: Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes

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bloke wrote:Originally, wind bandsmen played Db piccolos, and this solo (sounding in A-flat) WAS in G for the piccolo players.
:? I was referring to the tuba parts. I agree with you that the piccolos should be playing the piccolo part.
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