davidp Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) Agree with what is posted here, but will add this...If your first baritones are weak or non-existant, the Bb horn can easily double the part and sound good. The F horn can play the notes, but won't have the sound. "Back in the day" some corps were using two horn parts and adding a mello part above them - Dreitzer did this alot. If I were doing the book, assuming a solid bari line I'd use F horns. Whatever you do (IMO), don't get sucked into using mellos with frenchie mouthpieces and adapters. As for mellos with horn mouthpieces & adapters, not to worry. Freddy Martin pretty much cured me of that when I was in high school. I like my King Bb a lot, and the DEG F is good too. I've been playing around with some of the Stan Kenton Christmas stuff (playing by ear (sort of) mostly; I only have one of the charts), and I can almost do as much on the Bb as I can on the F (which isn't much, lemme tell ya). I'm hoping our minicorps will get off the ground for real this year. If you're in the Atlanta area and need/want a place to play (or even if you're not, and want to try it anyway ) , PM me for the particulars. Edited March 30, 2008 by davidp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_7 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 (edited) I liked the Kanstul Bb over the Kanstul F because it was an easier blow. Although I understand the traditional use of the longer horn when playing high for the richer horn sound. But in terms of raw power in a stadium evironment, the easier blow wins majority of the time. Not that it matters much in the hands of a skilled player. Edited April 3, 2008 by Shadow_7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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