I've just joined a brass band, and I got on really well with the Flugelhorn... so I'll be doing that for a while now! Wow, I really must stop learning all these instruments...


Just wondered if there was any other Flugelhornists out there...


Oddball!

QUOTE (Oddball @ Jan 20 2005, 02:33 PM)

Just wondered if there was any other Flugelhornists out there...

I own one, and play it very occasionally, but my main brass instrument is orchestral horn, and playing flugel changes my horn sound rather. I feel that the flugel is not as much used as it should be in the brass band. Putting it in with the cornets is a bit peculiar. I think it ought to work more with the tenor and baritone horns.

Possibly its best location would be in a brass septet or octet, of all different instruments: perhaps Eb soprano, Bb cornet, Bb trumpet, flugel, tenor horn, trombone, euphonium, Bb bass. That would give some variety of timbre.

in our band they put flugel over by the tenor horns - in most peices we play the flug is either with the horns or with the rep ( i play rep ) most of the music has a shared repiano and flugel part

QUOTE (jonscott14 @ Feb 3 2005, 01:54 PM)

in our band they put flugel over by the tenor horns - in most peices we play the flug is either with the horns or with the rep ( i play rep ) most of the music has a shared repiano and flugel part

Combined parts for flugel and repieno cornet were usual 55 years ago too, in standard entertainment music, but it doesn't make much sense. The brass band is a fairly uniform sound with an excellent blend, but there are times when you need contrast of timbre. I would be interested to hear music in which passages on flugel, tenor and baritone horns were contrasted with others on trombones. Trumpets would go well with trombones, but they are not standard in brass bands, of course. I would not be surprised to see that sort of scoring in a contest piece by a generalist composer.