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RandyTX
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 Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: flugel |
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| shofarguy wrote: | | RandyTX wrote: | | shofarguy wrote: | | The Schilke is a well made instrument; beautiful to look at and to hold. The sound is quite bright. It would be good, perhaps, in a BBB setting, but not so good for the dark sound we usually like in jazz. |
I've never heard anyone say they wanted a flugel in a brass band to have a bright sound. I say this, having played flugel in a brass band for the last nine years. YMMV. |
I was referencing some highly respected British bands whose videos I've watched on YT. The flugelhorn in those videos sounded, frankly, a lot like a Wild Thing Bb trumpet with a deep mouthpiece. It was not the "dark, smokey" sound of an Art Farmer or even a Serge Nakariakov. The Schilke I played sounded much more toward a trumpet sound than other brands I have played. Perhaps, that has developed and changed over the past several years. |
It's always hard to know what people really mean when they say "bright" especially about flugels. If you mean 'not fluffy' or 'smoky' then I concede the point. I was thinking 'like a lead trumpet' bright, which is definitely not what brass bands are going for anywhere with the possible exception of Soprano, and even that's not really a good analogy.
Clarity of articulation is more of what is needed, as the parts can get quite technical in many pieces. Intonation is a much bigger deal than it would be in a big band setting or improv solo work also.
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