Piccolo part for Stars and Stripes
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:15 pm
Does anyone have a piccolo part for the Star Spangled Banner written for tuba?
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".
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.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".
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.bloke wrote:Do you need it in G, then...or are you playing it with a band (A-flat) ?
I was referring to the tuba parts. I agree with you that the piccolos should be playing the piccolo part.bloke wrote:Originally, wind bandsmen played Db piccolos, and this solo (sounding in A-flat) WAS in G for the piccolo players.