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Re: ANZAC Day - Last Post on clarinet?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-04-21 16:30

If you can't get a bugler, see if you can find a trumpeter who can play Last Post on fluegelhorn if they don't have a bugle, as in my opinion that is the nearest sound to how a bugle should sound on this and most occasions - a softer, sombre sound which is more fitting.

Played straight (with no vibrato) and also musically starting the notes at the required volume instead of bulging the notes (which so many buglers tend to do) and rounding off the phrases nicely with a controlled diminuendo as opposed to cutting the notes off abruptly will make the moment special.

I play a Selmer 530 bugle which is basically a fluegelhorn but without the valve section and they have 'that' sound as opposed to the usual bugles with the double wrap that have tuning issues and tend to want to go flat up top.

I also have a couple of legitimate copies of a two part Last Post which is never heard anymore which is a shame. So if you can get two players to play both parts instead of both of them playing in unison (where you'll notice the mistakes more), then that will make for a memorable Last Post for such a poignant occasion.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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