Choosing The Perfect Instrument For You | Brass
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Choosing an instrument is an important and special time for a musician, but often they don't know what instruments are available to them and what each sounds like. This video walks through all the brass instruments, giving information and a quick demonstration to help a player decide what fits them best. Remember, every instrument requires considerable and consistent time dedicating to practicing to develop on. Pick something you'll want to practice everyday!
If you play a brass instrument, let me know in the comments!
Happy practicing, everyone!
1) Tuba
2) Euphonium
3) Trombone
4) Horn
5) Trumpet
Background music: A Better Life, from www.fesliyanstudios.com/ - Hudba
His main instrument is the trombone clearly.
some evidence to help your claim is in the thumbnail he has a moustache
@@user-ow2cs7fb5l You are a very observant person!
@@a-mazur-ing I’m confused, what does the moustache so
@@sebman1235 all trombone players have moustaches
@@sebman1235 everything
French horn is so hard, I'm college and it surprised me with how much I still need to learn 😳
I’m glad it’s not just me!
@@a-mazur-ing I played trumpet my 6th-9th grade years and I never could play as high as the other trumpets so my band director made me try horn since my technique and ear was really good and it was a perfect fit. I can play the full range unlike trumpet I can play from my low a all the way to high c (a little more than 4 octaves) my band director says it just takes a different embouchure compared to trumpet and trombone.
I’ve played trumpet since 5th grade (now in 8th) and my band director approached me and told me i should learn french horn. still learning (clearly)
@@mr.pancakes9213 same I played trumpet for a year and I couldn’t play as high as others so my teacher switched me to trombone
He wasn't playing the French horn very well either, too much flutter.
Facts about each instrument from the video:
Tuba:
Biggest brass instrument
Plays the lowest notes out of all brass instruments
Change notes by pressing valves
Takes a lot of air
Euphonium:
Miniature version of a tuba basically
Plays counter-Melodie’s in band
Same valves as tuba but an octave higher than the tuba
Trombone:
Uses slide to change notes, not valves
Plays in the same range as the euphonium
Prominent jazz instrument
Can play extremely loud or very delicately
French Horn: (I play the French horn :D)
Goes from harsh and blaring to mellow and smooth
Very challenging instrument as you need to master the different registers
Previous music experience helps with this instrument
Often played in movies
Trumpet:
Plays the highest notes in the brass family
Most recognized
Plays a lot of styles
Often heard in ensembles
Must play like a confident person
Please don't call us mini tubas, it's like calling a short person (not little person) a midget
for trumpet you forgot, "Must be egotistical"
I discovered the world of brass instruments after watching the anime series Hibike Euphonium. Your video is very helpful and after watching it, I still enjoy the sound of euphonium the most.
Finally, fellow Hibike fan
Very interesting. Glad you found the Euphonium (it’s my favorite Brass instrument, along with the French Horn).
i loved that anime so much
I discovered it from botw goron city...
I waited for you and here you are: Hibike fan
I started on euphonium about 4 years ago and that really helped me to progress towards tuba which I really enjoyed playing for a while, I also learned trombone for jazz band and been doing that for about a year and half but overall I really enjoy playing brass!
Great video and great trombone playing!!!
Keep up the playing! Finding the similarities between instruments and using previous skills to get better at new instruments is fun isn’t it?
I study accordion in music academy, but i play Tuba in band as my second instrument and i enjoy it💪😁
@@viktormk8644 WOAH I didn’t even know you could study accordion! Sweet🪗
i also play the euphonium and i didnt even know i was working towards the tuba until my band director just gave me a tuba and told me to figure it out
I recently bought a euphonium as well just 4 days ago with the intent of switching to tuba when I can afford one. Just bought a cheap student one for about 460 dollars. Wish me luck!
thanks! this video was extremely helpful for me 'cause i've always wanted to play a brass instrument but never seen a real one
Go for it dude!
Which one did you pick if you picked one yet?
The fact he can play all of these instruments like I-
He needs more subscribers
Tell your friends;)
1:28. Whenever I think of tubas, I think of this exact song.
Me too.
I started playing trombone this past March (2021). A couple weeks ago I started on trumpet, and I'm having a lot of fun playing them both, enjoying the differences in tone quality as well as the different ranges. I play other instruments, too, mainly clarinet and string bass, with the former being my "original" instrument which I started in 4th grade (60 years ago!) and latter as I started my high school years, but I have always had an interest in learning to play a brass instrument. There are so many wonderful choices available, and it's best to start with one to learn music, and then learn to play others later if you want, but it's also fine to stay with only one if desired.
Awesome story! I love that you’re still learning instruments at your age. I played trombone exclusively for all of middle/high school and then learned the others, I think that’s the best way to go!
Thanks for putting the euphonium. Really. I live in France, I didn't even know that instrument before I'm 17 while at school I had music courses 1hours/week for 4 years (mostly singing though). Very underestimated.
Euphonium is sadly forgotten more often than the others... Euphs deserve the accolades too!
You really helped me on what to choose. I came down to the decision between euphonium and trumpet and finally chose trumpet. It is a very fun but slightly difficult instrument.
I love comments like this, so happy to be able help your decision! Enjoy the fun musical career ahead!
Don't worry, you'll probably end up playing the euph.
My friend used to play French horn in the St. Patrick's day parade here every year and be super embarrassed about it. Super skill imo.
this is epic video, it helped me pick trombone for beginner band.
Fantastic video, so helpful thank you.
Helpful video. I love your energy
When I was choosing which instrument to play, I was deciding between the tuba or the French horn. Ultimately, I picked the tuba and I’m glad I did. I can’t imagine how hard French horn is.
I can imagine for you…
It’s actually pretty easy
pretty awesome sound on the low brass!
Thank you friend!
I Play the French Horn, very difficult Instrument at First, i often got dizzy after playing it because of the wide range it has. However, now, I’d say I’m okay at it.
Clarinet + Tuba player. I love tuba
Don't we all?
Amazing trombone playing
For the past five months, I've been really enjoying the trombone and it's the first instrument that I've ever played/picked up. I had a few playful teases by my family saying it sounded like farts when I started since I didn't have good lip control at the time. (even puffing my cheeks) the teasing almost made me change instrument to the french horn or clarinet but then I realized how much I really enjoyed playing it. Right now I'm struggling with high notes and playing for longer. My highest I can go witout souding like a dying goose is a B flat and sometimes a B and I can play for 2 measure and sometimes 3 1/2 or 4 measures depending on the tempo or how much I practised
That’s so cool!! Keep it up! It’ll start to be even more rewarding soon! (And the fart noises are pretty fun)
A high B flat I assume
French horns
Where we at
Noticed how sharp he was playing it? XD
(Not making fun, but hand further in and/or main tuning slide out more would work of course)
French horn player... not here haha
Here dude!
Loved this vid, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
This is great. All you need now is percussion and strings, and you've mastered that you know how to play all of these instruments, which is what I want to do. Could you make a video just like this but more details on what similarities and differences they have when it comes to applying skills that are required to play them?
Thank you! There are certainly many skills that carry over when learning a new instrument, but it all depends on which order you go about learning them. That’s all up to the player! If you go about learning them all, you’ll find the shared skills yourself, which is great for memorizing fingerings and such. Good luck!
When I was 10 years old, I saw a "Felix The Cat" comic strip where he was "playing" a tuba. It was love at first sight! I'm now 82 years old, and have been playing tuba ever since.
That’s the best story I’ve ever heard!!
@@a-mazur-inglmao bit of an overreaction mate
These are great!! Do you have plans on making a part 3?
Kinda! I filmed stuff for a string part but I haven’t put anything together
@@a-mazur-ingstring part 3 still happening? because i love the sounds of string instruments so much especially cello and violin 😊
@@funslapin6663 I don’t know where that footage is tbh 😢 and since leaving college, I don’t have the connections I used to to get access those instruments so I think hopes for a part III may be futile… BUT! I did make this video that you may enjoy:) czcams.com/video/GR7htOlwEXo/video.htmlsi=hFj-PlP-e46EcCbi
Thank you so, so much for this video (and also part one)!! Those two videos were the most helpful ones I have seen on how to decide what instrument to choose, and I have been on a CZcams deepdive for hours so that means something :D
I‘m still a little unsure which instrument to learn, though. I‘ve played the flute for three years when I was in middle school but haven‘t had anything to do with music since then (5 years). I wanna start another instrument but can‘t decide between clarinet, saxophone and trombone. Could you maybe give me a little more advice? I‘d appreciate it! Have a nice weekend!
Hi Sanja, I’m so glad this was helpful to you! Your words mean a lot! It’s great that you want to get back into playing. If you’re looking for the best fun, for you I’d recommend saxophone. The fingerings are very close to flute and it’s not too bad to pick it up. Do you have a school band or another group to play with?
I am playing the mellophone in a marching band and when my band switch to concert band, I was given the French horn to play, I thought playing it should be easy since I already master trumpet, trombone, and the mellophone. But this instrument was a challenging instrument, I had to get an entirely different embouchure just to not make my notes flat, cracking notes was also another issue, but otherwise it is a fun instrument to play.
I agree! Lots of “quirks” about the horn, but I love playing it!
I find the horn and tuba to have different embouchure
Because of how much tubing they have, and having the biggest mouthpiece and smallest mouthpiece of the brass, and because horn is in F and Tuba is so low
Yup, I am a mellophone and been a horn player, I have to practice my horn during marching band or else I will not be able to play it when concert band starts. people often don’t realize that mellophones play more like a trumpet and only sounds like a French horn with a bit of trumpet mixed in.
Everything was peaceful and all until he let all of his skill show on the trombone
Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried.
as a trombone player myself i found the trumpet, euphonium and tuba effortless to pick up but honestly you just don't get the buttery-ness really
I think the only other instrument that can recreate the butter trombone sound is the tenor sax a little bit. And the baritone
But high notes are hard on trumpet since you are used to lower range
@@rodrigroudon1872 bro i play trumpet and damn high notes kick my butt, i can get up to about an A above the staff and sometimes the Bb above staff
This was an awesome video!!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
3:08 that was lower than what he did on tuba
Keen ear there
he's not tuba player
@@lleraq9285 ??
Tuba player can play lower
@@lleraq9285 I’m not a tuba player, I can play lower.
i would like to point out that the first valve cap on his euphonium is loose. hence the clacking
great video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
As a freshman in high school, I became a brass player on April 27th 2021 because I wanted to learn the trumpet. I am a woodwind and a percussionist since I play the drums, saxophone, and bass clarinet.
Once I get extremely good at the trumpet, I am going to ask my high school band director if I could play a solo, and I am going to see if I could play trumpet in marching band for my junior year of high school.
Good luck!
wow admirable
I play bass clarinet and Bb clarinet and I hope to play basson one day
Andy Dai I’m a bassoonist yes please give it a go if you have access to one, you get to play loads of different parts but most,yay you’re with the euphonium, but give it a go you won’t regret it
@@nyancs7098 I want to play the bass on, but my high school band room doesn’t have one sadly.
@@andydai6539 I want to play bassoon as well, but my high school band room doesn’t have one. I only played bass clarinet for one year.
what a charming chap
Hey it’s Liam rood here I think the next instrument you should get is the contrabass bassoon
Those are pretty sweet!! I’ve never played one but I’m sure it’s be crazy fun
for me i chose trombone after trying trumpet while still playing trombone i found that using a slide worked better for me and i didn't need to much air like a tuba but i also didn't feel like i was playing a straw for a mouthpiece like trumpet or french horn so i stuck with trombone i prefer to have a trombone with an F attachment as well it makes it easier to play certain scales
Certainly makes a good case for being the perfect instrument…
i really like ur attitude and charisma. do u ever plan on showing other families of instruments?
Thank you, it’s easy to be excited around instruments:) You’re in luck! czcams.com/video/ydTyQpUR0SU/video.htmlsi=C4ciqKmwlhyrlY6O
@@a-mazur-ing oh I've seen this one. You plan doing others?
@@zak7270 Once upon a time I was. I actually filmed the video for orchestra strings but never edited it and I don’t know where the files are now.
@@a-mazur-ing bummer
I have been playing the French horn for about 5 years, started middle of my 6th grade year, and I have tried every brass instrument but the tuba and I must say that I am just about as good on baritone and trumpet as I am on French horn even though I have played many many more hours on French horn
A lot of the skills you were building playing the horn transfer over with a little extra practice. The better you are at your first instrument, the easier learning another is!
Brass:
Tuba
Baritone
Trombone
French horn
Trumpet
I currently play baritone but may step up to euphonium. Does the euphonium get as fun/"better" of parts as the baritone? As a baritone being more in-between tuba and trumpet, it has more than just half notes, whole and quarter notes-- would the euphonium be the same?
You can expect the parts to be the same, I don’t actually know of any songs that have a baritone and a euphonium part. Get ready for a little more air needed, though!
Horn is very challenging, i was lucky enough to learn it before any other brass instrument so learning trumpet is very easy (the embroshure at least). Horn is so fun to play once you practice enough. It requires a lot of control, but having that control is so rewarding.
Going horn to trumpet is definitely the way to go! The other way… 😳
I can confirm going the other way is rough but totally worth it if you put the time and effort in.
I just started euphonium at Friday
Where can we find Part 3: Strings and Miscellaneous? It’s not showing at the end of this video for me. Thank you 😊🙏
Hi Mr. Alex,
I am a flute and piano player. I am thinking of playing the Trombone before Christmas or before I turn 15. And I'm also doing grade 4 flute this year. I am wondering what would happen to my flute embouchure when I play the Trombone. Will it affect my flute embouchure or not?
Cheers
i dont think it will be a problem as long as you practice both instruments consistently. i used to play alto sax before i switched to bari, but sometimes when i get bored i go back to alto and i have to readjust my embouchure to get comfortable on the alto again. then when i go back to bari it feels a little weird and i have to readjust again. but that’s mainly because i dont practice alto anymore. so i think if you practice switching back and forth between the instruments, you’ll probably get a feel for the differences between the embouchures. i know sax is different than flute so it may be different between flute and trombone. if it helps i did try trumpet for a bit and it didnt really affect my sax embouchure (but i did give up on trumpet so idk). anyways, i’ve probably rambled on too much but that’s what i was thinking, hope it helps
What notyalc said is true! If you’ve watched my videos obviously I play them both and have had no trouble. I used to be afraid of the same thing but you shouldn’t be worried! If anything, trombone will come easier since you already know how to use your air to produce sound. Go for it!
As a principal brass player (I started playing euphonium) and now also flautist, I can say that the embouchures are nothing alike, so they won't affect each other
people will say all this stuff to you but play them both if you want to. its your life.
@jcm3911 Well said, Mario
As a french horn player i can confirm this is deceiving. The spreading of False information and very surely Wrong.
John Williams is only a bait to get more players in reality live is a sad repetitious abyss of offbeats.
This is hilarious. At least you get really good at offbeats!!
@@a-mazur-ing FESTIVE OVERTURE😍😍😍
Well at least we have more notes than trumpets - Tonic Dominant all day can't be fun.
What about the horn part in Mahler 5th scherzo? 😆
that trombone lean, tho🤣😂
🕺🏻
I want to start a brass instrument and thinking of doing euphonium. Is it recommended?
Yay I play trumpet
The trumpet wasn't too bad, just had more of a low brass embuture
You are a generous man
@@a-mazur-ing btw I think you sound good on all of the instruments you play
Will there be a part 3?
Only time will tell…
I got my Bb/f tenor trombone to sound like a tuba
You’re already starting with a near perfect instrument, no need for impersonations!
man i am missing out on the trombone
Bass cleff baritones play the same music as trombones. Teble cleff baritones play the trumpet music
I’m trumpet and tuba guy so my inclination to play trombone was to find a valve trombone.
The most Frankenstein of all the instruments… *shudder
Part 3
i have a euphonium and trumpet what is a nice cost for a tuba?
A LOT, definitely a couple thousand
So it's all lip position? The keys just change keys? 3 plungers on a trumpet is just modifying the lip sound?
Yes, yes, yes.
Finally…. a demonstration of various brass instruments that doesn’t Include Hot Cross Buns✅
How could I forget! Smh gotta make a new video…
@@a-mazur-ing hahahaha
I wanted baritone but in my mind I wanted euphonium as well but I felt like if I wanted euphonium my band teacher would give me a silver one instead of a brass one
TIL with the help of this video that I play, for concerts, a silver Yamaha Standard bell front Euphonium, yknow, the ones most people would probably use for marching (It even has a slot for a marching stand!). I love my baby. :)
That is so cool, never stop!
Choose the french horn if you want to hurt yourself and experience pain, i would know. ( I eventually caved and switched to trumpet)
😂😂
Do percussion next
what brand of tuba is that. what is the name. i might want one lol
I don’t even know… I borrowed it from the school!
Miraphone
It's in the style of a Miraphone 186. Most tuba manufacturers that make rotary valve tubas have a model just like this.
As for me, a trumpet is the best)
Your profile picture begs to differ!
Get your audio levels together and I'll show this to all of my students. :)
I hope you do! What do you hear wrong with the audio levels?
I am getting a Yamaha XENO bass trombone the 830
WOW
i want a blue french horn
i play the euphonium
Before this video starts for me.
I've noticed that I can only whistle parallel octaves to my singing voice.
It always seemed strange to me. So I wonder if different people experience the same in horn choice. I thought that big dudes play deeper horns because they are a heavy instrument.
I've seen it go both ways, anybody can play anything!
Yes, you are a trombonist. Even before you played, I could tell by the way you hold the trombone. 😉
A true one here 🤝🏻
What kind of tuba did you use?
A big one😜 I don’t actually remember what that is, maybe an Eastman tuba??
Horn is the best !
Absolutely!
Tuba or trombone
Tuba!
yes, Tuba
What about alto horn?
You asked, and you shall receive.
czcams.com/video/Q-fDQoZz_8E/video.html
Definitely a euphonium main im calling it
Either trombone Euphonium or tuba
Am a trombone player and I might switch to tuba
Porque no los dos?
@@a-mazur-inghaven’t thought of that
That horns water scares me- 💀
tuba is the goat
As a euphonium player I’m sad he did us dirty and called us a mini tuba
“Basically…”
@@a-mazur-inghow dare you
how to choose? why is it five minutes I need only two words: Play Tuba
i play baritone
Fluegelhorn, cornet, piccolo trumpet............
Me: hmmmmmm I choose……. Saxophone
Also great content
Check out Part 1! czcams.com/video/ydTyQpUR0SU/video.html
His main is for sure horn and definitely not trombone
bro i just randomly picked trombone lol
Lucky pick:)
Did you forget to make Part 3 ... ? 😉
I forgot.
Baby driver teaches you instruments
Made me laugh
@@a-mazur-ing i completely forgot i left this comment, but the moment i opened this video, the first thing i thought was: Damn, this guy looks like Shawn Mendes!
So i guess you look like Ansel Elgort and Shawn Mendes had a baby
@@vukulele1 The ultimate compliment.
I was asking if please you can sponsor me with a trombone
Show me what you have making you worthy of a sponsorship.
Aah today I saw a picture of a guy who looks exactly like you in my school...but I'm pretty sure his name was josh...now I gotta figure out who you look like
Show me!:)
@@a-mazur-ing You still look exactly like someone I knew/saw and I still can't remember who. Now that I think about it, though, maybe it was another CZcamsr or someone from a tv show
@@mouhiazeck Well shoot! I guess I’m left in suspense
@@a-mazur-ing Same same D: I'll update you if I do find out lol
Also this video was really helpful! I love the little comments in the subtitles too haha
@@mouhiazeck Thank you, I’m glad you found use in it!I like to have fun with them;)
I think your horn playing could use a little work. But nice video.
I agree.
im sorry to say but it is very evident that you dont do the smaller mouthpeices.
At this time, you are very correct. Check out my progress though:) czcams.com/video/TT3I8FFdw34/video.html&lc=UgwS0ZbCEIbkk_6dIwl4AaABAg
wait a minute
alex mazur... my band director is mrs mazur hmmm interesting
Where are you from??
llano tx
If I had it to do over, I would never touch a brass instrument. I somehow got talked into trumpet during 5th/6th grade and it almost killed my interest in big band music. Brass is such an obnoxious series of tones imo
Umm f horn 4 life
The french horn is hard to play you have to make more practice
Why am I watching this I'm a cellist
3:17 does he have a twin?
Didn’t you see him?
Why play one when you can play all
^
He should stick with the low brass.