Les Sacre du Printemps

Biggs · Post by **Biggs** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:48 pm

Is there a tuba part in this? Is it hard?

Just kidding...

I am working both Rite of Spring tuba parts (no audition or anything, just for my own development as a player and "enjoyment") and my rhythmic integrity is lacking. Does anyone have any syllabic tricks to hearing the licks correctly? [For example, BUM-ba-ba-bum-bum in the Ride could be heard as CO-co-nut-cream-pie.]

For the record, I am using CC and F tubas in both parts and the recording I am using for comparison/following along is the CSO under Ozawa.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:03 pm

Just be careful of that bassoon part!

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:10 pm

iiipopes wrote:Just be careful of that bassoon part!

"I'm not an English horn;
This part is much too high!"
etc.

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:47 pm

Get a metronome that subdivides! It'll be all but impossible to get the meter to work (too many changes), unless you can make a click track on your PC.

You could do that with a notation program, like Noteworthy Composer which has a free version available. Use the percussion voices, maybe a bass drum for the downbeat and snare or rimshot for the subsequent beats, maybe even subdividing with another sound. NWC is pretty straightforward, and since it can be free...

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:42 pm

This wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be to perform.A good conductor can lead you through it without too much bloodshed.Let the f player play all the high f#'s in that passage.I got to sit next to Demondrae playing the bass trumpet part.Nice...

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:15 pm

Yes.I was playing the first part on f and it was actually easier for me to play them on f than the 2nd player on his mira 186BBb,so we swapped for those notes.However,I've only done 2 performances.I'm sure there are folks on the tubenet who've done 20 or 30 or more who may have more insight...