Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:43 pm
Mine is not a CC, but it has 6 valves. Unfortunately you didn´t mention the length of the 5th.
So my horn has a halfish and a fullish step 5th and 6th valve.
Each horn is different, so it´s up to quite some work with the tuner to figure out fingerings.
I didn´t own a tuner when I got started on that horn, so my approach was this: will I need little, medium, or flat out BIG compensation for a given note when played with 1 through 4 ?
Consult a tuner and find out what works best on YOUR horn.
Examples:
I figured 2-4 would be close enough, and 1-4 would be the first to need compensation. 4-5 was still too sharp to be called a BBb on an F tuba. So I settled on 1-4-5, lipped up a little.
From then on I just used my right hand as if I had a 4-valved tuba and thought: "4-2: no comp. 4-1: little comp (5); 4-3: little comp (5) 4-2-3: medium comp (6); 4-1-3: medium comp (6) 4-1-2-3: maximum comp (5,6).
This probably is NOT the mathematically correct way, but it was logical. Quirks could be lipped easily, and this pattern faciliated fast passages, since the right hand gets to do the same throughout the range.
So my horn has a halfish and a fullish step 5th and 6th valve.
Each horn is different, so it´s up to quite some work with the tuner to figure out fingerings.
I didn´t own a tuner when I got started on that horn, so my approach was this: will I need little, medium, or flat out BIG compensation for a given note when played with 1 through 4 ?
Consult a tuner and find out what works best on YOUR horn.
Examples:
I figured 2-4 would be close enough, and 1-4 would be the first to need compensation. 4-5 was still too sharp to be called a BBb on an F tuba. So I settled on 1-4-5, lipped up a little.
From then on I just used my right hand as if I had a 4-valved tuba and thought: "4-2: no comp. 4-1: little comp (5); 4-3: little comp (5) 4-2-3: medium comp (6); 4-1-3: medium comp (6) 4-1-2-3: maximum comp (5,6).
This probably is NOT the mathematically correct way, but it was logical. Quirks could be lipped easily, and this pattern faciliated fast passages, since the right hand gets to do the same throughout the range.