Euphonium Demonstration

As you can plainly see, my username is Euphonious91. For those of you who don't know, the word "euphonious" means "pleasant-sounding." There is a particular musical instrument called the Euphonium, the name of which is based off of this same word. In my years of playing this instrument, I have always had to answer questions about it, such as, "I've never heard of it -- what is it?" So, in an effort to educate the masses (or at least the YouTubers), I've uploaded this demonstration.

The Euphonium, which is sometimes mistakenly called the Baritone (when clearly there are differences), is a brass instrument with 4 valves. It resembles a Tuba, though much smaller, and it sounds like a Trombone, though in my opinion it has a much smoother, fuller tone to it. It has quite a large octave range, and is mainly found in Wind Symphonies and Concert Bands. For some reason it is not used in Symphony Orchestras. I don't know why this is, and frankly, it's a shame.

There are 3 parts to this demonstration:

1) B flat major scale.
2) Andante con moto -- selection from Concerto Miniature by Leroy Ostransky.
3) Scherzando -- selection from the same piece.

Hopefully this will answer any questions you might have, inspire some of you to be musicians, and/or give you knowledge with which you can amaze and astound your friends!

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• scherzando
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• trombone
• tuba
• solo

[Twelveoakstavern]

Excuse me, what piece are you playing in this? And from what book? Well played by the way.

[Euphonious91]

@Twelveoakstavern I put the title of the piece in the video description - it's Concerto Miniature by Leroy Ostransky. I got it from a book that I can't seem to find at the moment so I can't tell you the exact title.

[reversethecurse91]

@Euphonious91

The book is called "Concert and Contest Collection" for Trombone

Compiled and edited by H. Voxman

It is a Rubank Hal Leonard book

So it's bass clef.

[Euphonious91]

@reversethecurse91 Yes, that's it exactly. Thanks! I really should figure out where I put that...there were a couple of other nice pieces in there that I wanted to work on...

[wallynator49]

Im just wondering. How do you practice for good tone quality? I guess Im not so good when it comes to this.

[Euphonious91]

@wallynator49 The best tone quality comes when you have a lot of air support. Even when you're playing softly, make sure you have tons of air to back up your sound, and your tone quality will be much better.

[anobixx]

If you sit up straight you have more air so your tone will be even better.

[werepas]

hello my name is javier peru'm here the euphonium is best known commercially speaking as wind LOW euphonium I work a key one but it is too old nurse would like to know if there will be some that do not use it for me many hugs vevendas distance musician friend.

[reversethecurse91]

@Euphonious91

No problem, glad to be of service. There are some good pieces in there indeed! My favorite so far is that Concerto Miniature though.

[TheMrBandGuy]

Very good playing! I read the description and there is a false statement in there. Euphoniums do not always have 4 valves. In the 60-70s, besson produced 3 valve compensating euphoniums (which I happen to play on). So a euphonium is not always 4 valves. And the reason why they are not found in orchestras, is because most orchestral music was written in the 17-18th centuries, before the euphoniums invention. Such there are almost no parts thatcall for euphonium

[msolkademolka]

COULD YOU DO IT SLOWER !!