Roland Szentpali talks about his Tubas | Melton Meinl Weston

Roland Szentpali talks about which Melton-Meinl Weston instruments he's using and also explains why. The last mentioned model does not have a Melton- Meinl Weston engraving ;-)
Recorded in Geretsried on May 11th, 2011

[@jasonwall6991]

His work and practice to get where he has, has been long completed. Him performing is what keeps it all intact

[@olgaleonenko9334]

Loved the sound of the last Tuba the best! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@tubalooney]

Roland is my hero!! I loved his serpent playing!!

[@KaiserSoze-dp1hw]

Great video. Thanks

[@JacksonParodi]

He's awesome! Great video!

[@isaacandrew2087]

Thanks for sharing, Roland. I enjoyed hearing you play and thought your comparison of BBb versus CC tubas was well articulated. Thanks again.

[@xthejordx]

Playing the Fountains of Rome excerpt memorized on both BB flat and CC tubas was impressive. You really gotta know the piece to be able to do that.

[@WATSSSSSSUP]

I got to touch one of those 6/4 Weston tubas once, then I realized it was worth more than me.

[@LA6NPA]

Wow! You made the serpent sound awesome! Well done! :) I'm looking for videos featuring the 5450 Thor. Know where I could find any?

[@Melton200]

Hallo, sehr lehrreich, Thank you from Germany Melton 200

[@wheattoast1971]

thats awesome ive never seen a serpent tuba before

[@stanleyross6430]

Does anyone recognized the last excerpt that Mr. Szentpali just played and if so, what's the name of the piece and who's the composer? Thanks!

[@TubaWorld]

@Ophicleidist You are wrong, it is not from Pines, but Fountains.

[@TubaWorld]

@metallica2014 He is telling it at 8:20. It's the excerps from Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi.

[@Thermionman1970]

I have a dented up Yorkmaster silver plated E flat tuba and I love playing it but I wish I had b flat to play .., that would be so cool.to get really low dark tones..so expensive though .....

[@TonyZilincik]

He works his butt off! :)

[@PhilCollenz]

Most definitely Fountains

[@greenockcut]

Thank you for the comparison of BBb and CC. I have been considering the purchase of a new instrument and possibly switching to a CC but I'll never be an orchestra player, so I'll stick with the BBb. I love the F tuba; I'm a big fan of Wilfried Brandstetter. And thanks for the serpent demo; as a saxophone player I feel a certain sympathy for the lizard family.

[@scarclan7178]

If your going into college you all but need to buy a CC tuba. A B flat tuba will not suffice for most things.

[@stanleyross6430]

Roland could you tell us the name of the excerpt you played on the serpent instrument?

[@stanleyross6430]

Does anyone else knows the name of the excerpt on the serpent?

[@ricardosenatuba]

interesting

[@user-cx4yp3nx1s]

very good morning

[@greenockcut]

I went to college many years ago as a bassoon player but recently took up tuba. All of my playing with tuba is concert band or jazz, however the F tuba intrigues me for Jazz.

[@tubaguyjon]

Kenneth H try Cimbasso, I have been playing it for about 2 years now and its a total blast for jazz

[@Ophicleidist]

@metallica2014 It's from "The Pines of Rome". (He says so at 8:20.)

[@bonetonelord]

Tubas. Plural. The thumbnail has probably around $30000 at least in tubas.

[@davidstein7397]

+Bone-Tone Lord Dude... his CC costs 30000 alone. The others are more in the 10-20k range.

[@salsatuba]

Lol!! But Respighi's excerpt of the Bb and CC it's not Fountains of Rome it is Pines of Rome...right?

[@sultanofcod9135]

No, it is Fountains

[@Ophicleidist]

Quite right, TubaWorld. Sorry. Easy to get them mixed up! I heard him say "Fountains", but posted the comment a bit later, by which time I'd remembered the wrong piece. Ooops!

[@ZacTheTuba]

@2badude how does he play high, air speed. That's all it comes down to. If you can put the air fast enough through your horn, then your range is literally limitless.

[@jerrybyers2172]

The MW 6450 sounds and looks GREAT! But the price is far out of my budget.

[@davidsilvam1992]

This is Fountains...

[@16mmDJ]

Wow, this is brilliant. In the part where he compares the CC tuba and the BBb, the difference is like night and day. I think I'll always be partial to the sound of a Bb tuba, however. Even for solo stuff, I think the big, fat sound really matches the tone qualities of a conical bore instrument more accurately. The CC instrument sounds nearly like a cimbasso or a contrabass trombone with its "poppy" sound characteristics, compared to the more mellow and full sound of the Bb variety.

[@2badude]

How does he play so damn high?

[@metallica2014]

What is he playing at 5:55 ?

[@chefboyardee2497]

Daniel Rogers fountains of rome

[@CA-oh6rs]

Chef Boyardee 8 years too late

[@FrozenCappucino]

he's got a serpent! goodness me!

[@fredericmartin7148]

Fabulous tuba player but lousy audio quality on this video.

[@falloutboy7778]

Lots of practice...

[@용글랜드]

it's interesting that he wasn't bald lol

[@tromboneaphone123]

Ummm, the Bass Trombone plays on Fountains too and does almost the same thing...

[@iambubbleman]

0:23 he was just screaming :3 I literally don't understand how he can play so high, I can go all down into the pedal range nice and comfy but above the high Bb sitting on the top of the staff, I poop out :/

[@stewkingjr]

Not really a nice thing to say. De ő nem játszik jól.

[@rcook549]

more like fart city with all those tubas

[@raghulsachi1428]

R Cook fuck off