Aria Con Variazioni. Tenor Horn and Piano
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- Interview with the performer: / tom-black
Aria Con Variazioni from the 5th Harpsichord Suite by George Frideric Handel.
Arranged by Bernard Fitzgerald for Tenor Horn with Piano accompaniment.
Played beautifully, such a lip, sounds almost like a a flugal horm /French horn cross! Such skill.
Thank you for your generous comments Bonnie, Merry Christmas from Tom 🎅🎅🎅
Nice.....quality Sound...😊👍✌🏿
Thank you for listening, much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful performance
Thanks for listening JT ... your comments are much appreciated 🤗
Nice job! I am not a brass player but I am a fan of a lot of lesser-known instruments and as a composer am a fan of having complete "families" of instruments present. I loved your sound and the smoothness of those runs. The more alto/tenor horn solos that are up on TH-cam, the better. :o)
Thank you for listening AMX and I appreciate the feedback ... cheers!
Best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Back in the 60"s we had , what we called County and State contest where we would play a piece and be "judged" by teachers and "expert". The ratings were from the lowest all the way up to Superior... with a metal for the best..
Well My Friend, I'm no "expert" but you just won the highest metal available. Tom that was ......a superior for sure!!!! What a talented player you are. Wish you lived in the States... we could sure use you in our humble concert band. Thanks for sharing this with us.
amazing!
Many thanks for listening, always appreciated 🙏
A lovely piece of music, played by a brilliant player, thank you for sharing!
Impressive!
Thanks for listening Thomas, much appreciated 🙏🙏
Absolutely beautiful! I really enjoyed this piece!
Hi Ricoh ... thanks for listening and I appreciate the comments.
Best wishes from Tom :-D!!
amazing!!! beautiful sound, smooth and warm. I wish to be able to play it at this great level...
Thanks for listening Andrea and I wish you every success ... best wishes from Tom:-D!!
This video was stuck in my head for weeks, I could not find it. Until now!
Hi Cat and thank you for listening 😁
Hi Alexander and thanks for listening.
The instrument is known as both a tenor and an alto horn but it is the same instrument.
In British style brass bands the instrument plays the tenor line ... the alto line is covered more by the back row cornets ...
USA and most other countries it is called an alto horn and in the UK a tenor.
Best wishes from Tom:-D!!
A young tenor horn player myself found this very helpful. I'm sitting my Grade 4 this year I hope I can aspire to be as good as this one day until then its back to buskin in Glasgow keep up the outstanding work my friend.
Hi Darren ... thanks for commenting and I appreciate the feedback.
Good luck with the Grade 4 and the buskin will give you good performance experience!
Best wishes from Tom :-D!!
+Mags496 steaming through grade 5. Now part of the west of Scotland wind ensemble. Can't believe it's been a year since I put a original comment here how times flys.
excellent, here in costa Rica not use much this instrument, It have a good sound...
Thanks for listening Jimmy ... much appreciated :-D!!
Beautiful!!!!!! Sounds like a French Horn :o
Thank you for listening Nameless Sir ... much appreciated :-D!!
Mags496 Could you play Amazing Grace for us Tom?? It would be wonderful!! :-)
incredibly well done!
Thanks for listening David, very much appreciated 👍
Fantastic! Very smooth, steady, and accurate playing. Enjoyable.
Thanks for listening Musical Collage, your comments are much appreciated ...
As a brass teacher, I haven't heard anyone play this instrument so well before. I will show this to every alto horn student I get.
Hi Soren Sloth ... many thanks for commenting and glad the video can be of some use to you ... good luck with the teaching and best wishes from Tom :-D!!
Thanks for watching. If you have a viewpoint please share it by commenting:-D!!
That was absolutely incredible. Bravo.
Thanks for listening Noel, your comments are much appreciated ... best wishes from Tom☺
I love this piece
Thanks for listening Lewis and best wishes from Tom☺☺☺
Mags496
Wow thankyou ☺️ I have my grade 5 exam next week and I’ve never been more frightened to do it haha, I should be fine though. lovely tone you have. All I have to do to master this piece is to practice the 24/16 time signature sections and the final section, very trickery with the fingering.
Hi Lewis, just practice it slowly and deliberately with a metronome and you will do fine ... good luck with the grade five ☺☺☺
Mags496 sure thing. Thanks Tom 😄
I really enjoy this ! great sound, wonderfully played ! huge inspiration !
Thank you Jereen ... the best compliment is to be considered an inspiration.
Many thanks, you have made my day.
Best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Mags496 you're very welcome. I am trying/learning to play this using your video for a couple of months now. lately I have had more free time so I'm finally making some progress ;-) kind regards
Great Jereen, glad it is of some use to you.
Good luck with the music ... and maybe you will upload it one day,
All the best ;-D!
You are amazing!
Thanks for listening Tom, I appreciate the compliment .... best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Beautiful playing and sound...
Thanks for listening Mark and much appreciated 🙏
VEERY well played! Flawless!Does a great job with only 3 valves!
Thanks for listening Edwin, much appreciated, best wishes from Tom☺☺☺
This is amazing omg
Thanks for listening Matthew ... best wishes from Tom:-D!!
this is awesome!
Thanks for listening Yasmine and best wishes from Tom:-D!!
+Mags496 best wishes back from me, just a random trombonist from luxembourg :)
Amazing! Greetings from Brazil.
Hi Felipe and thanks for listening ... best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Excellent !!!! Très belle composition musicale. Le cor alto est un très bon instrument !
Merci d'avoir écouté ... j'apprécie les compliments !!!
Congratulations! It has combined with the character of your instrument. Perfect!
Such beautiful playing!!!!
Thank you for listening Alex, much appreciated ☺☺☺best wishes from Tom
I really enjoy this piece, I came to hear the sound of a tenor horn from being a baritone/euphonium player and i really enjoy the sound
Hi there Mr Eraser ... thanks for listening in to my channel,
Best wishes from Tom:-D!!
You have a really sweet and soothing and... What more? Perfect voice.
Hi there kind sir, glad you could understand my accent ☺☺☺ kind regards and thank you for listening, best wishes from Tom ☺☺☺
I wish I could afford a beautiful Besson tenor like your you sound great. I play on one of the Mendini ones off amazon with the polish and shrine band I play with it gets the job done but that besson blows it away without trying.
Thanks for listening Jeremy, I can certainly recommend the Besson Sovereign, you could possibly pick one up on eBay.All the best ... Tom :-D!!
maravilloso maestro!
Hi Victor and thanks for listening ... Best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Very impressive, and faultless playing with a superb sound. A little more dynamic contrast would be a bonus
Thanks for listening Kevin, your comments are much appreciated ... totally agree about the dynamics ☺☺☺ best wishes from Tom
Neat
Thank you for listening Daniel, I really appreciate the compliments ...
Best wishes from Tom :-D!!
I wonder why this instrument has not caught on in even concert bands. The euphonium isn't a standard part of the symphony orchestra, but it is certainly a standard part of the concert band. Alto/tenor horns have similar qualities, just in different ranges. I very much advocate for the promotion of euphoniums, but I never really thought about the alto horn. It could be just as good to add an alto horn to the orchestra as it would be to add euphonium.
As a Euphonium player mysel i totally agree haha. 😁👍
Brilliant
Thanks Lorraine, glad you enjoyed it .... best wishes from Tom:-D!!
PERFEKT !!!!
Thanks for listening Hannes and best wishes from Tom ☺☺☺
I was given this instrument as a child to play !
The sound is unmistakable for me, I only got to grips with a few scales but a trip down memory lane nevertheless, this musician really has his triple tonguing down aswell good job mate !
Hi Emma and thanks for listening, your comments are much appreciated :-D!!
Good
Thanks for listening Max ... 😁
Thank you Kerstin ... another one borrowed from the cornet repertoire:-D!!
That’s great
Thank you for listening, much appreciated ☺☺☺
Superbe quel musicien !
Hi Rémi and thank you for the listening, your comments are much appreciated, best wishes from Tom 😊
Hi Tom, Had a great weekend at Crufts ,completely shattered sat in hotel room eyes shutting fast. Yes I have had the 4A, you can have it in just silver at half the price I had gold to match horn, think it is about 45 pounds, think the weekend and the dog she wants ithas now cost about 1200 but she is worth it lol. Have a good week and speak soon Phil.
Hi Phillip ... that has turned out to be one expensive mouthpiece :-D!!
Looking forward to hearing you playing someday, good luck with the 4A and keep in touch.
Best wishes ... Tom.
Hi Tangeles
For me the difference in the size of the mouthpiece would limit me to one instrument or the other. There are players that are able to multi-task and I'm sure, if there is a will to, it can be done.
These instruments also transpose to two different pitches. In other words, when you play a 'C' on the alto it sounds an Eb and the baritone sounds a Bb.
I use and can recommend How Brass Players Do It (John Ridgeon) and J.B. Arban's Cornet Method.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes Tom.
Hi! Im Sofia from 🇦🇷. I was wandering if you could tell me where I can find the piano accompaniment for these piece, Thanks I love your videos is not so easy to find much music for horn in Eb.
Hi Sofia, thanks for listening 🙏 ... this is just the standard Bb Trumpet version with the piano accompaniment transposed down by seven semitones to suit an Eb horn ... good luck with the piece 😍
What kind of mouthpiece do you use for your tenor horn and where would you suggest buying a good quality one
Hi Marcus, when this video was recorded I was using a Denis Wick 3 but I have been using an Alliance 2A for the past eighteen months.Not sure where you live but pretty sure either would be available on line from any good brass instrument supplier. If looking in the UK try to Google 'Band Supplies' or 'Roger Webster'.Best wishes ... Tom
Hello Tom
know that i really appreciate your kindness.
Regarding the mouthpieces, I have not yet received the DW5 I cannot speak about it yet.
I can still say that I find my Bach12 too deep, I know that this is what produces this very velvety sound particular to the horn. I would still like to try a shallower mouthpiece to maybe come back when my technique is more solid on this instrument.
I do not want to abuse your kindness but can you tell me on which number or letter I should trust to determine the depth of the cup. And if there is as for the trumpet mouthpieces a website where I could see the cuts and make the comparisons on the alto / tenor mouthpieces.
Thank you so much
Hi Rémi ....
I am happy to help, I'm not sure how the Bach system works but the Denis Wick and the Alliance use the same system ... size 1 being the largest and getting progressively smaller in cup diameter as the number increases. The letter 'A' in the system denotes a shallower cup ... so 2 and 2A have the same cup diameter but the 2 will be deeper and so forth throughout the range ... I have yet to see a chart that compares brands but there is not a great deal of difference between the DW and the Alliance ... the exception being the DW5, not quite sure why they came up with this one but of course it maybe a good stepping stone for you moving from cornet ... although I moved straight from a DW4B on the cornet to a DW2 on the horn!!
You mentioned before that you had tried many books and ideas ... I would suggest that you do try the 'mystery to mastery' technique, especially the blowing through the mouthpiece video - without producing any sound - and then inserting into the instrument without changing your embouchure ... you may find that the sound just opens up regardless of what mouthpiece you use ... this technique works just as well on tenor horn and helped me visualise the mechanics of producing a sound and I was surprised when it worked for me ... I only wish that I had the information forty years ago when I was starting out, it would have saved a lot of frustration!!
For information these are links with mouthpiece specifications:
www.deniswick.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Denis-Wick-Products-Mouthpiece-Mute-Comparison-Chart.pdf
www.jansenmusicalinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Alliance.pdf
Best of luck Rémi and best wishes ... Tom
Thanks Steve, I am honoured to get a such a high placing ;-D!!
Can I book you to adjudicate at our next solos competition .....
Best wishes from Tom :-D!!
You play so beautifully. Thank you for sharing this. I listen to your music often and also use some of them as examples to practice for competitions etc. I didn't start playing until I was in my 40's and I am currently up to Grade 4 in exams. I love this piece but am having trouble locating the sheet music for Tenor Horn. It all seems to be for Bb Trumpet. Can you please help me out with where I could get the sheet music. I am in Australia but it doesn't matter where I have to get it from.
Ruth Voysey Thanks for listening to the channel and for the nice compliments!Please check your in - box for a details.Best wishes from Tom
Very good! What mouthpiece does this use?
Hello Toby, I'm using a Denis Wick 3 on this recording.
Where can I buy sheet music for this?! It sounds so beautiful. I just bought the tenor horn a few days ago and my school doesn't have music for it. So I was wanting a solo to play and this is the one
don't know if you need this, but I played this solo on my trumpet, and it's in the same key and clef, same exact piece, I found it on amazon, called Aria Con Variazioni by Handel arr. by Fitzgerald
@@mrjeb1208 tenor horns are in e flat
24/16 time for the win!
Thanks for listening Zakuri:-D!!
Beautiful tone. I notice that you don't use the thin tone with rapid vibrato that was the style of British bands for so long.
In the USA, that was once called a *peck horn*.
Hi Keith, thanks for the compliments:-D!!Peck horn's a pretty accurate description if you take a look at some of the music we have to play within a brass band score!
I would love to learn tenor horn but my school doesn't have any :( Im a junior in highschool and I play euphonium, tuba, trombone, trumpet, bassoon and a lil clarinet and French horn
My goodness Joshua that's an impressive range of instruments ... you are a one man orchestra!!
Thank you!
Joshua Banks yeah theyre almost exclusive to european brass bands. our school is going to order things like piccolo trumpets and alto horns for our brass band as we have to transcribe most of our parts
Love this thanks. Usually a woodwind player but learning horn (need more practice as I'm in a brass band now too) :) :)
ps please do you have a link for sheet music as currently I can only find it for trumpet :(.... ah just seen I shall have to use the trumpet version and transpose the piano. :D
Hi there JCB and thanks for listening ... I see you are moving to the dark side ... or the brass band the horn section :-D!! ... yes, you are right, it's the trumpet version with the piano part transposed ... much easier to move your hands down the keyboard :-) Good luck with the horn and maybe you will upload your playing ... all the best, Tom:-D!!
Fantastic performance! What mouthpiece and horn are you using?
Hi there and thank you for listening, at the time of recording I was using a Denis Wick 3 but have since changed to an Alliance TH2A. The instrument is a 1987 Besson Sovereign ... best wishes from Tom
Mags496 Thank you Tom. Who sells the Alliance? Thanks again. I really appreciate your quick response!
A-Well executed..performance.Tempo and dynamics well done .
In regards to tone on any brass instrument
if you are very fortunate you could have a unique
tone (Shoena White ) Owen Farr etc.
Otherwise you just have to do the best with what you have
This is one of the. Facts of life.
And you could still be technically brilliant.
Long time euph player and long long past it.
Warmest Regards .Joe
Thank you for commenting Joseph, much appreciated 🙏 ... best wishes from Tom
Mags496 This is great tutorial for those learning and perhaps struggling
With the score .Being able to listen and viewing at the same time is
a great help,really a one to one ,especially in these strange days of lockdown.
should be really grateful.
You are to be commend for all your hard work. Thank You.Tom
@@josephfittis1579 Thank you again Joseph, comments like this make it all worthwhile ... 🙏 ... best wishes from Tom
You did amazing job, I am studying this on a Bb trumpet. One of my favorite pieces, the only problem I am having is Var. V
Hi Jenny, thanks for listening and I appreciate the compliments, this piece sounds great on a trumpet!
Var. V probably looks trickier than it is ... I always practice anything like this with a metronome set at 60 beats per minute until I don't have to think about the notes ... then leave it until the next day and gradually up the tempo over a few days until target is reached.
Best of luck with the music and best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Mags496 Sorry, to reply so late. I been busy. I am also writing a paper on this for my Music Literature class. You are very welcome, I am going to practice like you have stated. Is there any tips on how to work on this piece?
Hi Jenny,
If you have an Arban Tutor practice the G Major scales exercises near the front of the book using a metronome, slowly to begin with until the runs are nice and clean and you aren't thinking too much about what valves to push down. These exercises will also help with the octave interval leaps.
Dynamics are important, (although they aren't great in this video) ... practice playing pp as well as ff.
Stick at it and you will succeed!
Best wishes from Tom :-D!!
Okay thanks for the information, I well do that. Yes sir, I do have the arban book.
Hey mr. What brand is your horn? I play by myself, and have done that for a couple of months. I am thinking of getting my own horn (I am borrowing one right now), so what brands can you recommend?
Thank you!! Regards from Nick ;-)
Hi Nick, mine is a 1987 Besson Sovereign and it is the only brand I have any real experience playing.
The Yamaha Neo is a good solid instrument as is the York and Sterling.
They are all very expensive brand new so might be worth a look on eBay ...
hope this helps and best of luck with the playing.
Regards from Tom:-D!
Hey mags so. I llay euohonium and i was going to get this but instead decided on buying the german tenor horn in b flat. Wich is almost the same as euohonium but a little more unique. I just wanted to ask. Does that instrumwnt play in the band alot. So do the conposers make music for it. And if tgey dont. Do you llay in the band? And like read french horn music i just figured if i bought the tenor horn. Then i wouldnt get to play it in band \ orchestra. Which is a huge no. And i know how to read bass clef not treble and i woyldnt be good.. But if i got the german tenor horn then i could read euohonium music probably and already be good at it
Hi Anderson, the tenor horn in this video is pitched in E flat and is generally known as an Alto Horn in Europe and USA ... there are three in a British style Brass Band, Solo Horn, 1st Horn and 2nd Horn with individual parts written for the instrument in treble clef. There is quite a bit of music written for the instrument and there are many virtuoso players around the globe.
Thanks for the reply. So. Question. Do you know what the german tenir horn is? Its curved. Its also known as the European baritone. In b flat. So that would mean i coyld read euohonium music right. Because i havent seen music written just foe the german twnir horn in a band or something. I want to play an exotic instrument and its in b flat. So like a euphonium. Do you knkw anything about it?
Yes, it is a curved version of what we call a B flat Baritone in the UK and you will be able to play music written for any B flat instrument including Euphonium without having to transpose, they aren't used in a traditional brass band setting but there are quite a few uploads on TH-cam of the German Tenor Horn.
@@TomsTenorHorn thats awesome im going to buy one. I sounds like so much fun. Anyways thank yiu. Your obviously an expert and you sound great
You're welcome Anderson, many thanks and enjoy your new instrument ☺☺☺
Hi I play the trumpet if bb. I wonder if the tone is the same with this instrument thank you for the help.
Hi Andres,
Not sure if your question is being lost in translation, so apologies in advance!
This is a tenor horn (or alto, depending on where you live!) and is pitched in the key of E flat (Eb) ... seven semitones below your trumpet.
Hope this helps and best wishes from Tom:-D!!
Andrés HorrachAndres, it should not matter if you are Bb flat trumpet and he is a Tenor Horn which is in the Key of E. Just listen to how is sounds and play's. Are music is going to be in G Major for a "Bb Flat Trumpet," for Piano it would be in the key of F Major. I hope his well help you plus if you listen more to them playing it then you well do fine. I have look all over youtube and he is the only person that is playing right on it, like 100% right.
Sehr schön .War das ein es horn?
Hi there Gerd and thank you for commenting.
The instrument is a 'Besson Sovereign E flat Tenor Horn', often referred to as an 'Alto Horn' depending on which part of the world you live!
I hope this helps.
Personal question if you don't mind, but what mouthpiece do you use? I purchased Prestige horn few months ago and it came with an Alliance.
Hi Philip,
Always good to hear from a fellow horn player ... I use a Denis Wick 3 in silver plate.
I haven't tried an Alliance mouthpiece yet, does it feel any different than a Wick?
How do you like the new Prestige, is it the model with the repositioned trigger?
Mags496 Hi, Prestige is a great instrument I had the new one with the revised trigger works and plays well, very easy blowing and no tuning issues. It came with an Alliance No2 which is a DW1, was until then using a DW Heritige2. Alliance has a bigger rim which is more comfortable than the DWH. Have a issue now as have lost 174.2 kilo since Feb 2012 and means my embouchure so much so just ordered Alliance Prestige 4 which is DW3. gets so confusing with mouthpiece's will let you know how good it is when it arrives.
Phillip Regula
Hi again Phillip ... thanks for the info and I would appreciate your evaluation of the Alliance 4 ... did you have problems with the Alliance 2?
It is a difficult choice deciding on a new mouthpiece and not one I have done too often, for me it's like having a new conductor standing in front of the band ... great for a while then you wonder what was so wrong with the old one:-D!
Congratulations also on the weight loss ... that is a terrific achievement!
Best wishes from Tom.
Hi Tom, It was the weight loss that has given me problems with the Alliance 2 was ok but always had an issue with the higher register, after the loss it got worse, in trying to find a way round it, tried the heritage which is what Besson used to give with the new instruments then they changed. I was at the Brass Winter School weekend last week with Major David Bringer and Alan Fannie, long discussions over lunches also emailed Owen and conclusion was weight loss has made a major difference in register, but can be gotten back with lots of effort, I know that the Alliance is much kinder to the lips, but took quite a few calls to places to decide which way to go, so went for the A4 as its the equivalent to the DW3, Alliance gave a much richer tone I found in high and low range. But of course will find out if gone right way when it comes from Alliance. Love the videos by the way given our of chill time on my iPod. Regards Phil
Phillip Regula
Hi Phillip and thanks for listening!
I had thought of giving the DW2A a go, mainly to try and get a warmer sound and I will look forward to your opinions on the A4 when you try it.
It always seems tricky for me to get an opportunity to change as we always have a contest just round the corner.
I'm pretty sure I would be preaching to the converted in your case but I had descent results increasing my range using the exercises in 'How Brass Players Do It' by John Ridgeon.
Good luck with the playing and I look forward to hearing from you again.
Best wishes ... Tom
How did you do that finger trill thing in the beggining of line 3 in the first section? Like what notes did you play?
Hi Danny and thanks for listening, this is an 'inverted mordent' ... you play the written note 'A Natural' followed by the note above, in this case 'B Natural' both within the time of the semi-quaver that it is written above ... hope this helps and good luck with the piece ... best wishes from Tom☺☺☺
Thanks so much I go to state with this peice in a few weeks so I need all the luck I can get !
You're welcome Danny ... practice makes perfect ☺☺☺
I want to play this for solo and ensemble and I found the sheet music for my instrument and it looks the same as that but its for the bassoon. So is Tenor horn music and bassoon music the same?
Hi there Ange ... the musical notation is the same but the difference will be that your instrument plays in 'concert pitch' ... where the note that is written is also the one you hear and mine is a 'transposing instrument' pitched in Eb ... where the note that is written has a pitch four semitones lower than 'concert pitch'. I hope that helps :-D!!
Mags496 Thank you, I have one more question what's that scribble above some of the notes it sounded like a trill but I know the correct term is Mordent
Hi Ange, yes it is a mordent ... the note is played with a single rapid alternation with the note above or below ... they can be chromatically modified by a small flat, sharp or natural accidental. Technically, in this case, you play the note it is written on followed by the note above all within the length of the note.
Mags496 I think I understand but correct me if I'm wrong, Do You play the note with the mordent above it and the next note that would be chromatically after it in one beat or do you play the note with the mordent above it and the note after it in the music in one beat
Hi Ange ... if you take the first mordent written over the B natural quaver as an example ... play a B natural followed by a C natural within the time of a semi quaver (each being a demi semi quaver in length) followed by another B natural (a semi quaver in length) ... This will mean that you are playing the three notes of the mordent adding up to the value of the quaver that it is written over ... The pitch of the mordent's grace note is determined by a # or b symbol written above or below, also indicating to play above or below the written note ... no indication of pitch will mean you play the grace note within the key signature ... I hope this helps :-D!!
Tenor horn gets along with cornet, and alto horn with trumpet..
England brass band uses tenor horn.. USA band prefers alto horn or saxphone..
Thanks for listening and commenting... perfectly correct, the tenor horn links the cornets to the baritone sound in an English brass band.
Nice fast "BeBop lines"!
Thank you John ☺☺☺
Still can't let rip as a French horn can :-(
Hi there Marsvltor ... thanks for listening. An accurate and true statement but I'm pretty sure there will be tenor horn players out there who could oblige:-o!!
Best wishes from Tom and thanks for sharing:-D!!
accidentally bought a Eb alt horn for my son and he use to play Bb baritone bass. I don't know the difference but I would like him to play both, is there much of a difference?
what lesson books do you recommend?
thanks