Bydlo on an alto trombone?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:44 am

Nobody in the audience knows or cares what you perform it on, just that you nail it and it sounds good. You have "Great Gate" coming up real fast, so no matter how you handle it, you better be ready. I've used an F, an euphonium, and let the bass trombone take it, but however you do it, you need to be ready to play "Kiev", too!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:01 am

I've always wanted to hear Bydlo done on a nose flute.

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:05 pm

The Theremin has always been my horn of choice for Bydlo, though the intonation can get iffy if I have too much coffee beforehand.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:12 pm

Might be fun on a didge ...

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:55 am

I once heard the solo in Bydlo played on French Horn in a youth orchestra. Didn't sound half bad, either.
(And NO, I wasn't the tubist in that orchestra

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If I was hired to play it right now, I would probably play it on the middle horn below, although there is a chance I would try it on the big one - it has a pretty good high Ab.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:54 am

MartyNeilan wrote:I once heard the solo in Bydlo played on French Horn in a youth orchestra. Didn't sound half bad, either. .

To my knowledge, the Ravel orchestration is the only one that gives the solo to the tuba. Horn makes a lot more sense, given the range to be played.

THE TUBA · Post by **THE TUBA** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:40 am

Well, range wise, horn makes the most sense. Bydlo is, I think, a picture of a an oppressive ox carriage, and what is more oppressive than listining to a tuba play in the tenor tuba range

? Actually, I support making all Bydlo solos manditorily played on contrabass tubas instead of bass tubas. Talk about oppressive.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:54 am

THE TUBA wrote:Well, range wise, horn makes the most sense. Bydlo is, I think, a picture of a an oppressive ox carriage, and what is more oppressive than listining to a tuba play in the tenor tuba range ? Actually, I support making all Bydlo solos manditorily played on contrabass tubas instead of bass tubas. Talk about oppressive.

It'd be pretty opressive on bari sax, too...

kathott · Post by **kathott** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:22 pm

Hello,
I don't think the bydlo solo benefits any from a performance on the alto trombone.
Put the music first (and keep it in perspective)
I say bring a real ox onstage at the appropriate moment and see what happens.
Bydlo is the "Bolero" of the tuba repertoire - not really that hard until you have to play it.
Kathott

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:17 am

I performed the Bydlo solo one time, with the UCLA Symphony Orchestra. I borrowed Tommy Johnson's 4 valve Bb Alexander rotary euphonium. He also has an N4 with a euphonium shank that I used on the horn. I think some other guys in town have also borrowed that horn to play with the philharmonic. I seem to remember that Tommy actually called it "The Bydlo Horn". It was a dark, warm sound and can be played in tune.

That performance was the only time I ever had three horns on stage. I had "The Bydlo Horn", my old Rudy F, and the Yorkbrunner. It wasn't a problem switching horns, and it worked so nice for the piece. I'm sure it attracted plenty of attention from the crowd, as we always do when we switch around horns in a performance. One of the cool things about being a tubist.

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