Fingering proficiency on multiple tubas

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:45 am

Thanks a lot for the replies; they were informative.

I'm glad to hear that others do not have a problem switching around. Now, my decision on buying a BBb or CC larger tuba will be about how how much I like the horn versus how much money I'm willing to pay.

Incidentally, I used to play recorders a lot, and would think nothing about switching between C and F instruments for different movements of a piece -- certainly an example of different fingerings for the same notes. I also had to cope with some German publishers thinking that the alto recorder was a transposing instrument ("in F"), versus the rest of the world thinking that the written music for it should be at concert pitch. Then, there was the authentic old music published using the French violin clef...

Actually, the amount of anarchy in tuba keys, fingerings and transpositions could be characterized as a medium amount.

So now I'll go forth and consult my wallet (and more importantly, my wife) about what to get.

Allen Walker

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:17 pm

christuba wrote:roger bobo didn't seem to havea problem with it.

Yeah! And if Roger Bobo can do it, then the rest of us can too.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:46 pm

I can just here it now... "I knew Roger Bobo, and Senator, you're no Roger Bobo"

Seriously, I played F, CC and BBb at my BME senior recital in '04. Why - simply because A) I wanted to and B) the pieces I picked each sounded better on a specific horn.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:52 pm

bloke wrote:I would have inserted a potatoe in my pants.

That only works in Indiana...

Sam Gnagey · Post by **Sam Gnagey** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:52 pm

Last week I played Nutcracker on Eb on Friday night and switched to CC on Satruday. After so many years of playing the ballet the challenge of changing instruments keeps one's attention focused. I switch among all the keys pretty readily. It seems my teacher, Bill Bell, was pretty adept at doing this also.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:42 pm

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