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Brass for large-scale orchestral arrangements
"...offering a Hollywood sound at a Cricklewood price." - Sound on Sound
Piccolo trumpet
Bass trumpet
Triple horn
Horn ensemble (8 players) – Epic Horns
Bass trombone
Contrabass trombone
Contrabass tuba
Wagner tuba
Cimbasso
This Collection contains the instruments for large-scale orchestral arrangements, i.e., the “Wagner orchestral brass”. Oriented toward Wagner’s “Ring”, there are the bass trumpet, the contrabass trombone, Wagner tuba and contrabass tuba, all with the standard single note and Performance articulations like Interval Performances, Repetitions, Performance Trills, etc. As an alternative to the Viennese horn, Brass II also contains a new solo horn, the triple horn, Yamaha’s master instrument in F/Bb/high F, recorded down to the lowest register (A1). Further, there are the piccolo trumpet, the Pro Edition’s cimbasso, and of course the famous “Epic Horns” from the Horizon Series, an impressive sounding body of eight double horns that not only fulfills the sonic ideal of the theatrical late Romantic orchestra but also meets the challenge of “larger than life” scores for modern cinema.
ARTICULATIONS
Performances:
• Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast
• Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo
• Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast
• Performance Trills
• Solo instruments – Grace Note Performances: minor and major 2nd, up and down
Single notes:
• Short notes: staccato and portato with various attacks and note lengths
• Long notes: sustains with various attacks and vibratos
• Horn ensemble: blared sustains
• Dynamics: crescendo & diminuendo in various note lengths, various vibratos; fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
• Solo instruments – trills: half tone, whole tone; crescendo & diminuendo
• Flutter tongues: normal and crescendo variations
Each library comes with the Software Instrument, Standard Library, and Extended Library on DVD. You get each Collection with its Standard Library and the Software-Instrument (i.e., the engine with its user interface). You can also test the included Extended Library for a period of 30 days.
After purchasing a Vienna Instrument, which includes the Standard Library, registered users of the Vienna Symphonic Library and Horizon Series products will be granted extensive discounts to unlock the Extended Library of the Vienna Instrument.
Requires the Vienna Key.
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