By Philip Sparke. Anybody familiar?
This is, um, quite an Eb part. The first entrance is an FF (concert) middle C starting a 16th note run, at Vivo, down the Bb scale a 9th, landing on the tonic. Coming down the scale isn't a big deal but coming in on that middle C as the first note, is! I mean, that is a euphonium part.
I don't have problems with the rhythms, and it is not entirely eating my lunch, but it is requiring some serious woodshedding. Playing 16th notes at this clip is just barely getting into my ability level, and hopefully before the concert on March 30th, it is at a point where it doesn't come out as a bunch of muff.
Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
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Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
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Re: Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
Are you playing that on the 184? Was it once a test piece? Sounds like the kind of part where I'd be happy I'm using an F tuba 
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Re: Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
I’m sure I played that with the motor city brass band years ago. I’m sorry I don’t remember the specifics of it but we played it for sure. I played it on Eb tuba. I may have that part stashed away somewhere but I left the group in 2008. I’ll look to see if we had recorded it if I have that.
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Re: Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
I'm playing my 183 Mfone Eb on the part. I don't think I could manage the high stuff at that speed on the 184. The Eb is considerably more nimble.
Re: Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
Ha, I just previewed the concert band version on the J.W. Pepper website and the lick you mentioned IS in the euphonium Part. The tuba part is pretty standard and in a comfortable range! Good luck! 
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Re: Brass band guys: Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
Well, in the brass band version we have, there is quite a bit of euphonium range whoopee in the Eb tuba part. I don't know what the euphs are doing, maybe a cornet part or something. I assume the BBb tubas have the concert band "tuba part."
