Dave Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 you wouldn't call a trumpet a soprano in a concert setting, and you wouldn't call a tuba a contra in the same setting. Which is exactly why I say "contra" in drum corps and "tuba" everywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 just dont call em woodwinds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTS Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 To brutally beat a dead horse...it's okay to call tubas contrabasses and trumpets sopranos. As has been stated, the G horns got those names because of what voice they were in the brass choir. (And because nobody wanted to keep calling them "small bugles," "big bugles," and "fair-to-middlin' bugles.") Shift all of your horns up or down a bit in pitch, and there you go-- same voices. Since it hasn't become an inaccurate description of what the horns do and because it's traditional, it's okay to still use these terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayM Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 We just called them trumpets and tubas. Occasionally someone would say contras, but we never made a big deal about it. What's the point? We have other things to worry about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTS Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 We just called them trumpets and tubas. Occasionally someone would say contras, but we never made a big deal about it.What's the point? We have other things to worry about... I think we just called them both, with no rhyme or reason...I can't even remember. (We did call the tuba/contra section "sousies" as in Sousaphones if we wanted to rile them up, though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camel lips Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) I call them like I see them.So do the manufacuters of these instruments. Call a Sorpano bugle a Trumpet in Sr corps and prepare to get reemed. Same could be said for Contra Edited February 13, 2006 by camel lips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCVsopAaron Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Most corps don't use soprano bugles anymore, so don't still call them that. They're trumpets, tubas, baritones, mellophones... And clarinets, saxaphones, flutes, etc... heh. heh. heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSun76 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 honestly, i like to call an instrument it's actual name. you wouldn't call a trumpet a soprano in a concert setting, and you wouldn't call a tuba a contra in the same setting. if i were to have taught drum corps in the days of the G-pitched instruments, i still would have called them trumpets, tubas, mellos, etc. because that's what they are. they aren't sopranos, they aren't altos. that's describing the voicing that they play. i prefer to call an instrument by it's name. c-trumpet, Bb-trumpet, g-trumpet, c-tuba, f-tuba, etc. Wouldn't the "proper" term be soprano bugle as in alto saxophone or bass clarinet? Also, a contra bass bugle has different physical properties than a tuba. If tubas were suitable for the field, John Phillip would've never cursed us with the Sousaphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSun76 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 They're trumpets, tubas, baritones, mellophones... A bit confused? What is a baritone. When your dreams come true, how are you going to distinguish between woodwind voices? Can't have soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones can we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper11 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) i'd call trumpets sopranos... they are the highest voice in the brass choir... and since i came from G bugle land, "tuba" doesn't exist in DCI never call sopranos trumpets... ouch Edited February 13, 2006 by trooper11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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