Unusual choice for Mahler Fifth solo

[me203]

This could be the key to the definitive performance of Mahler's Fifth.

 

[Vannie]

I love it.

 

[HoodedRat]

Such a beautiful, expressive, tone and timbre.

 

[Essex Boy]

Dogs don't like it for some reason. This isn't the only video of a dog throwing a tantrum at the beginning of Mahler 5.

 

[me203]

Dogs don't like it for some reason. This isn't the only video of a dog throwing a tantrum at the beginning of Mahler 5.

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Now imagining this conversation with a dog.

Human: "Good news! I got a job playing the trumpet! I'll be able to buy you new toys and give you better treats!"

Dog: Happy bark.

Human: "There is one small problem... Our first concert will include Mahler 5th--"

Dog: Loud oh, no! whine

Human: "And so I'll have to practice it, even though I know you don't like it."

Dog: Loud howl.

 

[Araucaria]

I took up trumpet in 7th Grade, and I was surprised when my dog started howling the first time I practiced at home. And for the next six years, he howled every time I practiced or played, including the last two years I was in the high school band. He howled at everything, unlike the dog in the video that only howled at one piece.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I took up trumpet in 7th Grade, and I was surprised when my dog started howling the first time I practiced at home. And for the next six years, he howled every time I practiced or played, including the last two years I was in the high school band. He howled at everything, unlike the dog in the video that only howled at one piece.

I suspect it is the intensity of the brass instrument focusing sound in close waves. When the player was running scales and arpeggios, he wasn't playing as hard. Once he took up the Mahler, the tone was more focused.

 

[NotHardUp1]

This could be the key to the definitive performance of Mahler's Fifth.

But is it ethical to press chickens into involuntary service?

 

[rareboy]

Well McNuggets might have some thoughts on that.

 

[pigface]

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[Vannie]

Dont high pitched sounds hurt dogs ears? Or am I mistaken?

 

[NotHardUp1]

Yes, but the trumpet was playing in the same range, or higher, when it played the arpeggios and scales.

And a normal brass instrument range is not high relative to dogs' hearing.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

Remember, most wind instruments -- hell, most instruments, period -- will probably have overtones dogs can hear which are too high for us.

From everything I've heard, dogs howl at most wind instruments, but an oboe or a trumpet will bother than more than a bassoon or tuba. (Our malamutes were never happy with my bass clarinet, though.)

 

[pigface]

And a normal brass instrument range is not high relative to dogs' hearing.

But the Wolf is portrayed by three horns.