A4, Score (21) & parts (4x2+4x3=20, plus optional tuba, 1, total=21)
Horns
8
Additional Equipment
Straight mutes, fiber mutes, brass mutes
Others
1
Other Instruments
Tuba
Difficulty
2
Duration
4
Structure / Movements
One movement.
Clefs
Treble, bass
Meters
C, 2/4
Key signatures
None
Range
Horn 1: g - c3
Horn 2: g - bb2
Horn 3: d - f2
Horn 4: G - f2
Horn 5: f - bb2
Horn 6: c - f2
Horn 7: c - d2
Horn 8: Ab - b1
Creator's Comments
Performance Notes
The title, and a list of instructions as found on the parts should suffice to give a good idea of what this piece sounds like:
- Fiber mute
- Open
- Stopped
- Dark tone
- Normal tone
- 3/4 closed
- Remove F horn tuning slide
- Open F horn slide
- (Remove a different slide for each part, then play that note)
- Finger nails on valve slides
- Brassy
- Finger nails on bell
- Reverse mouthpiece
- Brass mute
Or, as Nancy Joy put it: “You do everything, except stand on your head, on the horn in that piece”.