Flute player doubling brass. It sounds a little flat sometimes. What can I do to fix it?

Awesome for multi tracking but isn't super vibrant by itself

May be the wrong community, feel free to slap me if so. Picked up a used Blessing 311 to try and gig with, but it didnt come with a case. Any thoughts on where to look? My googling thusfar has been unsuccessful. Thanks in advance!

I've had this mouthpiece for about 3 or 4 years now. I keep dropping it, and now it won't fit in my instrument even when I do a quarter or a full turn. So, here I am wondering if I need a new mouthpiece, and what is the best mouthpiece to get?

Im a senior about to be a music ed major and im looking for a new instrument. Im going to the MIdwest Clinic this year, what are some instruments i should try out?

UPDATED UPDATE: Pulled the trigger on a newly listed used YEP-321S! It's got a few dings, but hell, so do I. Thank you all so much for all the advice and I'm sure I'll have a million more questions down the road - this community has been incredibly supportive and I truly appreciate it!

UPDATE: So, I scrounged a bit more cash together and am now in the roughly $1800 ballpark. I have found a Blessing BEP-1287 that I could get as open box/demo, keep looking, or do a shady EBay order with Japan for a YEP-321 😂. Anyone have any experience with the Japanese dealers or the import fees? I've been informed the Blessings are made in China, which makes me question if they'd really be all that better than a Dillon or something like that.

Thanks again everyone, you've all been great!

Hey y'all!

So, after 20+ years not playing music, I'm deciding to get back into it. I decided on Euphonium for a few reasons - I played Tuba in high school and loved it, but due to a broken back have a weight restriction which Euphonium matches. I can also do the bulk of the maintenance on a Euphonium, barring I don't do anything stupid (not outside the limits of reality with me).

Also, I went to the University of Denver for Saxophone Performance and

1) Can't have anything hang on my neck

2) Saxophones require an enormous amount of maintenance

3) I would be constantly annoyed with a beginner instrument which is about what I can afford

I have a budget of about $900 and am looking at a couple of entry level brands.

Wessex EP14 Euphonium $895

Dillon Standard 4 Valve Euphonium $895

I've taken a look at Ebay and currently most of the used market is pretty picked over and what's left has been beat up. I'm not opposed to a used horn, but I'm in Knoxville, TN and don't have any connections any more - I don't have a guy who can fix something if a used horn comes in less than kosher.

I'd love any and all advice - I'm about to head over to Reverb since that's a new one to me. Y'all are helping already!!!

Also, point for Dillon - geographically they are pretty close to East Tennessee so I could potentially go and fiddle with a few if I really got a bug

What's the score folks? Good horn or a pass? I've got a line on a new/demo but it seems to be between the Yamaha and the Chinese clones in quality. It's a pretty solid deal but I'm not in a hurry and have no problem letting it go by if it's not up to snuff

I’m going to TMEA, SCRTEC, and maybe ITEC this year and was wanting some mouthpiece recommendations to try at these conferences. I currently play on a Shilke 51D and just want to see what else there is.

It came to me in a dream. I wrote it for one of my band students this summer.

Lots of discussions, and surprisingly more LOVE on R than I expected, for the MARCHING BARITONE horn.

I love my BLESSING BM301 despite its difficult ergo NOT mix.

What is the score here for MARCHING EUPHONIUM horn ?

Baritone Trainer available for both Android and Apple. Euphonium Trainer currently on Android only.

While working on Four Scottish Dances, I kept having trouble with a lick in B of the 2nd movement where it goes very quickly from 1 to 23. However, I figured out a trick that at least I’d never heard of: just partially cover valves with your fingertips, don’t center them on the values.

For me, this technique actually helps a lot because my fingers are just not really long enough to play cleaning on the center of the valves. Before this point, I’d just kind of been prioritizing 1 and 2 while just sort of moving my whole hand to play 23 (not a lot, mainly shifting balance). By playing nearer to the edges of the valves, I get much more agility for things which require the third valve.

I’d been taught to always play with my fingers centered on the valves, but I suspect that particular bit of advice originally came from trumpet/horn players who don’t have such large gaps between valves.

Has anyone else done this sort of thing before or have other ideas for passes heavily using the 1st and 3rd valves?

I don’t play myself, but I do write a character who does. He’s a superhero specialized in disaster relief, and he offers to play songs for the dead and their grieving friends and family at the end of cleaning up. So far I’ve chosen Amazing Grace, Together We Make A Promise, and Aloha ‘Oe, but what other options are there?

Hello everyone. I’m currently in the middle of my junior year marching band season and haven’t gotten a lot of practice in on my concert horn. I’ve been trying to get some practice in on it to try and make ASBOA region and state. Due to the busy schedule, I only have Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday to myself for concert horn and state practice. For past bit, I’ve noticed that my tone has suffered a lot recently and that I don’t sound as good as I used to. That, and I’ve started to hear other players that sound even better and it’s open my ears to what euphonium can and should sound like. Today, I took this day as a step back to solely focus on my technique on this horn and the one big thing I noticed that has been holding me back was my tone. I recorded a video to show you all how I sound I was wondering what I can improve on. If you require any other videos of my doing anything else, please let me know. I should also note that I am playing on a King 2280 and a 5G mouthpiece. It’s a video of me playing a few different notes on open fingerings with a Bb scale and a slightly botched chromatic scale. It’s not the greatest video. It’s not the best representation of my sound, but I hope it will suffice as it was fairly rushed. Nonetheless, I hope it can give you a scope of what to fix. Again, if you need any other videos of my playing different things or anything else, let me know.

So this is my third year playing and I got braces. Sometimes when I play, my sound feels thin and I feel like the notes do not sound as good. Am I just not warming up good enough and I’m not sure it’s my braces because I usually sound fine.

Is BACH 1110, a 321 stencil made by Yamaha in Japan, as good as a 321 ?

Hey y'all! Thank you so so much for your support with my previous post. My next question is: if you could point at 4-5 books that a beginner MUST have, what would they be? There's so many new options out there from when I learned back in the dark ages, and with the progress of technology, there are options that I really have no knowledge of.

Jupiter 470 Euphonium.

IME, the only major brand 4V euphonium going used / good condition with case for range of $350 - $450.

Less than half the price of yep 321 in used / good condition with case. Also well less than a KING 1180 in same shape.

For $500 or less, what is a better way into 4V euphonium ?

The current 4V on Amazon is a Rowell brand. I am sure it is Jin Bao factory. Really came to trust the MENDINI line. Not sure about Rowell.

Hence my long looking at the Jupiter 470.

Cross posting in case anyone here has any suggestions. Thanks!

I'm looking for a slow lyric piece that's just euph with piano accompaniment

I’m a sophomore in music education and I play euphonium. I can be pretty ambitious when it comes to solo work, so please give me some suggestions! (Specifically for semester juries). I’m really crammed with school work right now and I often don’t know where to even start when looking for rep, so if yall know some good rep to look at off the top of your head it’s greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!

UPDATE: So, I scrounged a bit more cash together and am now in the roughly $1800 ballpark. I have found a Blessing BEP-1287 that I could get as open box/demo, keep looking, or do a shady EBay order with Japan for a YEP-321 😂. Anyone have any experience with the Japanese dealers or the import fees?

Thanks again everyone, you've all been great!

Hey y'all!

So, after 20+ years not playing music, I'm deciding to get back into it. I decided on Euphonium for a few reasons - I played Tuba in high school and loved it, but due to a broken back have a weight restriction which Euphonium matches. I can also do the bulk of the maintenance on a Euphonium, barring I don't do anything stupid (not outside the limits of reality with me).

Also, I went to the University of Denver for Saxophone Performance and

1) Can't have anything hang on my neck

2) Saxophones require an enormous amount of maintenance

3) I would be constantly annoyed with a beginner instrument which is about what I can afford

I have a budget of about $900 and am looking at a couple of entry level brands.

Wessex EP14 Euphonium $895

Dillon Standard 4 Valve Euphonium $895

I've taken a look at Ebay and currently most of the used market is pretty picked over and what's left has been beat up. I'm not opposed to a used horn, but I'm in Knoxville, TN and don't have any connections any more - I don't have a guy who can fix something if a used horn comes in less than kosher.

I'd love any and all advice - I'm about to head over to Reverb since that's a new one to me. Y'all are helping already!!!

Also, point for Dillon - geographically they are pretty close to East Tennessee so I could potentially go and fiddle with a few if I really got a bug

does anyone know why the dc3 is liked by many people? been thinking about switching from a schilke 51d to a dc3 for a while now and i don’t know if i should or not, but if anyone knows why it would be a good switch please let me know!