CC vs BBb
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EQueg
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Pardon a serious response, however the answer is simple....it's whatever you prefer and sound best on. Best case scenerio is you and someone you trust listening to you play some of each and giving you feedback that you can rely on. Places such as Dillons and Baltimore Brass or The Tuba Exchange(just a few of the places with good personel and equipment,new and used) can provide you the oportunity to try many types of instruments. It does depend on your needs to an extent but the bottom line is whatever you sound best on and can afford is the best instrument for you. Good luck and have fun!
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Dean E
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TubaRay
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imperialbari
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I have had free access to a decently large storage of brass and nickel silver tubing in gradual bore sizes. I was allowed to pick, what I needed. So I at some point of time re-pitched my Conn 26K to D. Worked well in my ears, but was never tested in an ensemble context.
As for the original question I most certainly accept it. I also accept the advise about finding a good private teacher. But the real background for forums like the TubeNet is not so much of an on-topic nature. The reason is much more of a geographical and demographical nature.
A whole lot of the forum members are located in places, where they have no easy access to neither a decent teacher nor a decent selection of tubas. This forum comes in handy in matters of advice.
As an instructor/director/arranger (albeit retired) I care no s**t at all, whether a bass tuba is in F or Eb or whether a contrabass tuba is in CC or BBb. If the player is OK, and if the instrument is OK, then I am OK.
As a player I am an Eb/BBb person due to my aural upbringing. But that’s just for my playing. I will tell just about any fingering on just about any brass of any pitch anyway.
I concur with the considerations done on the price-relations between CC and BBb tubas. But my main parameter in choosing BBb was not money. My ears simply cannot find the open notes on a CC.
Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
As for the original question I most certainly accept it. I also accept the advise about finding a good private teacher. But the real background for forums like the TubeNet is not so much of an on-topic nature. The reason is much more of a geographical and demographical nature.
A whole lot of the forum members are located in places, where they have no easy access to neither a decent teacher nor a decent selection of tubas. This forum comes in handy in matters of advice.
As an instructor/director/arranger (albeit retired) I care no s**t at all, whether a bass tuba is in F or Eb or whether a contrabass tuba is in CC or BBb. If the player is OK, and if the instrument is OK, then I am OK.
As a player I am an Eb/BBb person due to my aural upbringing. But that’s just for my playing. I will tell just about any fingering on just about any brass of any pitch anyway.
I concur with the considerations done on the price-relations between CC and BBb tubas. But my main parameter in choosing BBb was not money. My ears simply cannot find the open notes on a CC.
Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
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LoyalTubist
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Am I too late to put up a food picture? Here is my favorite Vietnamese dish. They call it banh mi, which means, "bread."
Doesn't it look an awful lot like something you might find at Subway? Oh, but it tastes so much better. The bread is even great!
And as far as C and BBb... I really don't have a preference anymore. I can use either one, if I have to.
Doesn't it look an awful lot like something you might find at Subway? Oh, but it tastes so much better. The bread is even great!
And as far as C and BBb... I really don't have a preference anymore. I can use either one, if I have to.
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