It’s not often you’ll hear someone play tenor and bass simultaneously to an incredible level. It’s a different sound concept. You can usually tell pretty fast if a tenor player if ‘doubling’ on bass and vice versa. A great player can make it work for all intents and purposes, but the sound has some ...

It’s always frustrating trying to find the pitch playing with an amateur orchestra. There’s some very flat notes in the solo, but the bassoons are playing quite sharp like you said. I noticed later on the first violins are a mile sharp too. It’s a minefield. Good on you for posting some not so ...

@Bloke

Did you watch the trumpet video? It's near irrefutable evidence that weight does make a difference.

Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zugArUcAG8

This player shows the effects of extreme weight on a trumpet mouthpiece. The most noticeable things I noticed were firmer slots and more presence heard by the audience.


Excellent video!

From past experience listening to a top 0.1% tuba player going ...

The 45S and 45SLZ are very underrated instruments.
Lovely clarity with a compact, colourful tone in a very easy to play package.

Amazing.

1. Which of these two instruments do/did you own?
I owned an Eastman 836 for a few months before I sprung for the Yamaha. I really liked the Eastman, which was a primo example of the model. But the Yamaha was stuck in my brain, and I eventually came up with the $$$$$ to go back and get it.

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1. Which of these two instruments do/did you own?
I owned an Eastman 836 for a few months before I sprung for the Yamaha. I really liked the Eastman, which was a primo example of the model. But the Yamaha was stuck in my brain, and I eventually came up with the $$$$$ to go back and get it.

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I’m not sure of your financial situation, but I think if you can you should keep the Yamaha. You’ll very likely regret it if you do let it go and you’ll almost certainly never be able to get another one if you change your mind.

There’s not many excellent York copies around, but the very best ...

I’m not sure of your financial situation, but I think if you can you should keep the Yamaha. You’ll very likely regret it if you do let it go and you’ll almost certainly never be able to get another one if you change your mind.

There’s not many excellent York copies around, but the very best ...

I’m not sure of your financial situation, but I think if you can you should keep the Yamaha. You’ll very likely regret it if you do let it go and you’ll almost certainly never be able to get another one if you change your mind.

There’s not many excellent York copies around, but the very best ones ...

MiBrassFS wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 4:34 am

JC2 wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 2:41 am Ooft…

I’m not taking the bait on this one.

But, yet, here you are…

“Included in the fray…”

I know right. Tempting as it is, I don’t think there would be any positive outcome. Enjoy your music making

Ooft…

I’m not taking the bait on this one.

Music is an abstract art. It’s also a very subjective experience.

Words about music is also very abstract. You won’t find any concrete definitions on what a ‘warm’, ‘dark’, ‘bright’ sound is etc. because they’re impossible to determine.

Whilst it is somewhat interesting to get into the science ...

Again, I agree with that, but teaching oneself how to hear perfect intervals is not that difficult, because nature assists us in hearing them.
What's difficult is tuning to major thirds which are imperfectly sharp and minor thirds that are imperfectly flat, or major and minor sixths that are the ...

Just my opinion from the peanut gallery... but I don't think anyone has helped my playing as a amateur button masher more than regular drone work.

I really like two exercises

1) Play a drone (I like cello drones over tuner) .. say C then play long time arpeggios over the drone.. normally I do ...

Pianos are tuned, so they're technically not "out of tune" unless they're not tuned as pianos are customarily tuned.
They're certainly not tuned using equal temperament, because that would sound terrible. They are tuned to "favor" (come pretty close to tuning) perfect fifths with respect to A ...

Better to be sharp than out of tune? Haha

There is a some truth to it though, sharp is bad but flat is worse.

Ideally, just play in tune like I said.