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So apperantly I play Oboe now.....

#64
quite recently at work i was wearing my Planet Bass beanie, and one of my co-workers asked me, quite randomly, if i had watched some deep-sea fishing show that aired the night before.. it took me a few minutes to realize he asked me that because of the hat i was wearing... i then proceeded to laugh for several minutes :D
 
#65
Some of you seem to be VERY confused about the difference between a euphonium and a baritone.

A euphonium is actually larger. They both have the same length of tubing and play the same pitches, but the difference is in the shape of the tubing. A euphonium's tubing starts getting bigger almost immediately whereas a baritone's tubing stays the same diameter until almost the end. It's like the difference between a cornet and a trumpet. The number of valves is immaterial.

euphbar.jpg


Euphonium on the left, baritone on the right. Or, to put it in terms bass players can understand, euphonium is in front of the bergantino, baritone is in front of the acmes. ;)

In the US, we also have an instrument that's a cross between the two -- usually called an "american baritone" or sometimes also "baritone horn". These are pretty rare and really only beginners and old guys in community bands play them. An american baritone is closer to a euphonium than it is to a true baritone.

This is an example of an american baritone:

http://www.kingwinds.com/content/detail.php?item=627

Note that even the manufacturer is a little confused, calling it a euphonium at the top of the page and a "baritone horn" in the text...

A lot of the confusion comes from the fact that even a lot of euphonium players erroneously call it a "baritone" -- and a lot of music, especially older music, will say "baritone" on it. It's really a euphonium.

The original picture that was posted was, in fact, a euphonium.
 
#67
i just got back from the reno jazz festival.

so when its time to perform, im carrying both my warwick and the school's 'yamaha electric silent bass.' yea that weird upright one. the first thing i hear as im walking through the door, is this lady saying OOOOH THAT LOOKS LIKE A CELLO!

which is supposed to mean what exactly?
 
#68
The ignorance of most people towards the bass as an instrument seems to me at least to be a good piece of evidence for getting PROPER music lessons into schools. At the moment, for the UK at least, music lessons are a waste of time for three years of secondary school and only the people who have private tution or are good singers really benefit. I'd certainly vote for music lessons where ALL children get the chance to play an instrument or sing.
 
#74
About the euphonium/baritone thing, I would actually compare it to a flugelhorn/cornet. The cornet is more similar to the baritone because of how conical the bore is. The trumpet, though it has a similar ratio of conical-ness (we'll call it that) to the cornet, gets MUCH larger right at the bell. Look at a flugelhorn and then look at a euphonium, and the same with a cornet/baritone. You'll see what I'm talking about.

Anyway, I get a lot of heat about my euphonium. I always have to describe it as a little tuba. It makes me die a little bit inside.
 
#76
I've been playing bas at my church for over 10 years. About 2 years ago I was walking out to my car after service and I ran into the pastor's wife. She doesn't know very well so she tried to make small talk with me. Knowing that I play on the worship team she says, "Great job on the drums today young man." I just said thank you and kept walking.
 
#78
I never get that. Everyone at any of my gigs that talks to me knows what a bass is. Then again I play a pretty standard looking 4 string Fender Jazz. Once you get past 5 strings I could see why non-musicians could get confused by such things.
 
#79
I like to play a game whenever people guess the wrong instrument or obviously have no idea what it is and don't want to admit it by venturing a guess. This game is called "How much deeper can their confusion go?" The rules are simple: Throw out as many different instrument names in one conversation as humanly possible, and NEVER admit it's actually a bass.

The game is over when someone else enters the conversation and finally spills the beans. A true master of the game will leave the other party so thoroughly confused they will actually continue to question whether or not it's a bass even after they're told it is.
 

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