November 14, 200817 yr Whimsy, for Eb Tuba and Pianoforte. A quirky, somewhat humorous little piece I wrote for my little brother (who plays the tuba) for his birthday. Intended as nothing more than a joke, I hope this makes some of you laugh! I shall attach the score later. For now, here's a link to the mp3. SoundClick artist: Daniel Barkley - Contemporary Modern Classical Composer.
November 14, 200817 yr I already said what I thought of this. It's very humorous, pleasant and wacky. I liked it quite a lot!
November 14, 200817 yr Very enjoyable and whimsical. In the slow middle section, the piano trying to "get away" is a fine comic touch. Well done. :thumbsup:
November 21, 200817 yr Author Thanks guys - glad you liked it. :) Update: I decided to post the video on YouTube, to test the waters for possibly putting more pieces on there. Whimsy
November 24, 200817 yr Hey - this is a great birthday present. ;) It's very fun, I like the little Tempo Primo bits in the slow section, as Euler mentioned. I watched the youtube video as the soundclick thing was being very slow. I think it's a good idea to put compositions on there - way before I found youngcomposers.com I was searching out all the videos tagged with 'original/new composition' etc. Good work. :P
November 25, 200817 yr Like I said, I'm going to try to record this next time my mum's out and I can smuggle her laptop with it's good mic into my room. Hopefully whenever I get rid of this terrible cold... I was playing the piece the other day. Figured the whole thing out and can play it now. Love it. XD
November 27, 200817 yr Author Thanks, you three. :) Glad you like the YouTube idea, Terve; I shall continue to put pieces on there.
November 27, 200817 yr Nice and fun piece! I like it. Putting it on YouTube seems like a nice idea too, it combines the score and the audio neatly. It probably won't work well with large scores, but for stuff like this it's great.
November 28, 200817 yr Author Thanks, Mike and Gardener. Glad you like it for what it is. :) Gardener: Glad you like the YouTube idea too; I think it works quite well for big scores too - I just show the important elements (and a few other things too). Let me know how you think it worked here (I think it's quite effective): YouTube - Jubilee Fanfare
December 19, 200817 yr Isn't that just a kick in the pants! :D I can see I'm going to be humming that tune for a while. Love that middle section, with the piano wise-cracking momentarily in the middle of this lyrical moment. Great birthday present indeed! How did your brother like it? What did your family think when you played it? OK, educate me now: having never written for the E-flat Tuba, I'm wondering...is it always written in treble clef transposed, or only when it's playing a solo line? And when it's playing the bass line in a band, does it use bass clef then? You band-type people are showing me things I've never seen!
December 31, 200817 yr Author Thanks a bunch for listening and commenting, Lee. :) You caught the exact mood I was intending, even if the mp3 didn't convey that perfectly. My brother himself likes it -- I hear him practising it quite often now. The family I think liked it. E-flat Tuba (or Bass) is written treble clef, transposed (Octave and Major 6th) for British brass band stuff, and associated instruments. All brass band instruments except bass trombone (and timps etc.) use treble clef, and transpose -- this is for ease of swapping between instruments without learning new fingerings and clefs -- but the same instruments (Tuba, Euphonium etc.) in the orchestra, or concert band might use bass clef or not transpose. Trombones are Bb transposing instruments in the brass band. Enough waffle. Thanks for listening. :) Did you get a chance to hear my new brass band piece (since I'm on the topic) called Hymeneal? You might find something of interest in that.
December 31, 200817 yr I haven't heard Hymeneal yet...I'll give it a listen. Thanks for the info on the band instruments. Had no idea how all that worked.
