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u/professor_throway Tuba player who dabbles on Euph 12d ago
Are you taking about the divisi in measure 38? The b natural in 43 or the Bell tones? Can you be a bit more specific in your question?
Otherwise the answer is .... blow in the small end.
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u/Zewa_Juju 12d ago
The “bell tones”
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u/professor_throway Tuba player who dabbles on Euph 12d ago
Listen to the opening of the Ohio State Marching Band play Carmen Ohio.... You want to mimic the sound of those opening chords... Hard attack and rapid decay
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u/MonkeyMan2104 11d ago
The goal is to sound like a bell. Just listen to some church bells and try to mimic that on the instrument. Or ask your percussion section to play some bells/chimes.
Strong attack, subtle decay, warm tone, full notes. The note shouldn’t be broken with space, just the attack of the next note (still tongued but tongue the attack)
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u/Positive-Inside-8981 10d ago
If you mean the bell tones then it’s like you have a quick decrescendo in every note, kinda like the sound of a bell, you know, you hit them and they sound loud at the hit, and then fade away, same principle, however, it’s says optional above, so, I don’t know
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u/tubaman51 7d ago
The optional gives you options. Play it on the horn as others suggest, or have a percussionist or handbell player play the notes instead. An arrangement of music isnt an exact science. Optional gives you an option to be creative how it's done. If you are playing in a band your director will instruct you if you ask. If you are in a small ensemble...be creative
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u/tubaman51 7d ago
Another thought: the music says at the bottom there is a recording available. Listen to that and you will know what the intention of the arranger was in making the bell tone option.
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u/VeterinarianHour6047 11d ago
Since the music gives a slide position for the B-natural, You should play this on a trombone.
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u/Benjabenja Besson Sovereign (euph and 4v baritone) 12d ago
It generally means that you accent it heavily followed by an immediate drop in volume - like each note has an fp.