Bravura

Bravura March by Charles E. Duble.

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Music

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• Bravura
• March
• British
• Guards
• Band
• Charles
• E.
• Duble

[ybravura]

Is the black video supposed to compliment the dirge tempo?

[emptyangel]

@ybravura

Look I know the Americans are very keen on playing marches at ridiculously high tempos but the march in the recording was played by a British band who, like the rest of Europe, play marches at a steady walking pace.

[cuttinhorse101]

That is the slowest version of this song I've heard!! I'm not a huge fan of marches of course for flute players there's tons of runs, it seems like my flute flies at times

[emptyangel]

@cuttinhorse101

'Pershing's Own' play it even slower than this recording at the 1996 Edinburgh Tattoo in following video, /watch?v=jewHRuz52fo.

[GregorytheImpaler]

This brings back memories of Marching Band from High School. I love this song.

[figgyforprez]

oh oh, and i know why everyone keeps mentioning the speed....they are jealous they were forced to play it faster and it was over too soon! XD

[figgyforprez]

we are playing this this year XD

I love it even if i'm not on my beloved flute.....trumpets cool though too I guess.

[mayday2460]

I remember this being one of the pieces that would be played during our brigade Pass in Review, where the Brigade commander, a full bird colonel would "inspect" the troops. I actually believe this is the tempo that was used, since a brigade is quite large to inspect, hence giving him more time to inspect.

[MineBrownies]

Oh playing this with the Flugel horn.

[97MrSaxobeat]

Everybody needs to stop saying "Oh this is too slow, we played this much faster blah, blah, blah." The band that played this fine recording is British, and traditionally, European bands take marches at a "walking" pace as some people would say. It is better to be slow and correct than fast and wrong.

[Hugh0166]

This is a classic military march. You can't march at 160 per with troops following behind. Some college bands today go for that super up-tempo stuff, and that's fine if you like that kind of thing. I'm and old military bandsman, and this is march tempo the way it should be. I have played Bravura numerous times and it brings back fine memories.

[truth4all2hear]

Woahhh, this is SLOWW

[hellmaker34]

@emptyangel Damn right. I'm actually from Texas and I completely agree.Playing marches so fast that it isn't pleasant to hear doesn't make you a better band.

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

@Hugh0166 Yep...It should be at least 130 minimum for this type of march...but the slower tempo is good for people who are learning it.

[Hugh0166]

Come on---120 on the march, 130-135 in concert.