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So in a Symphonique orchestral or in general. Does the tuba (in is low registrer) must sound like a bass trombone or like a tuba ............ I mine with a sound very brassly or soft.

Brassly for me is like....... Gene Porkorny. (WOW)

tuben wrote:Tuba.... Go practice.

End of topic.

RC

no I mean ......... I have a lot of respect for gene porkony but when i pay in a orchestra with the bass trombone everytime i'm have some questione abaout my sound.............. my sound does is must sound like a basse trombone or note

It is a tuba. It should sound like a tuba. It is not a bass trombone. It is not a cimbasso. It it not an ophicleide. It is not a serpent. It is not a police whistle, nor is it a duck call. It should always sound like what it is.

Yes.

If you sound like a bass trombone or note, you are doing something wrong.

Gene plays Fountains, Romeo and Juliet, etc. with considerable edge, but the core remains making it sound like a muscular and less vulnerable tuba, not a bass trombone.

Once in a lifetime, you have an opportunity to hear the note you've been waiting for.
Gene played that on the York in Middlebury.

Once in a lifetime, you have an opportunity to hear the note you've been waiting for.
Gene played that on the York in Middlebury.

Mojo workin' wrote: Gene plays Fountains, Romeo and Juliet, etc. with considerable edge, but the core remains making it sound like a muscular and less vulnerable tuba, not a bass trombone.

What may possibly be happening is that the original poster is listening on something like a small boombox or very inexpensive headphones - where only the upper harmonics are coming through on the lowest notes and the fundamental is lacking - effectively removing the core from the sound. This would give the bass trombone allusion.

The intent of most composers is for a tuba to sound like a tuba and a bass trombone sound like a bass trombone. They play different roles within the music.

Here's my take on the various roles. I will add a string bass to this mix also. In general (simplistically), the string bass in a symphony sets the foundational notes for the other strings and they can provide a base rhythm in some music. The tuba can play a similar role as the strings get louder, or as the brass enters a piece to add more substance to the music. Many times a tuba adds the chord foundations to the trombone section. The bass trombone helps the tuba to provide punctuation in louder passages. They also work with the other trombones to form a low brass ensemble sound.

Each of the roles requires a unique sound that either is provided by unique instruments, or by an instrument trying to fit into a role required by the music.

Normal wrote:The intent of most composers is for a tuba to sound like a tuba and a bass trombone sound like a bass trombone. They play different roles within the music.

Here's my take on the various roles. I will add a string bass to this mix also. In general (simplistically), the string bass in a symphony sets the foundational notes for the other strings and they can provide a base rhythm in some music. The tuba can play a similar role as the strings get louder, or as the brass enters a piece to add more substance to the music. Many times a tuba adds the chord foundations to the trombone section. The bass trombone helps the tuba to provide punctuation in louder passages. They also work with the other trombones to form a low brass ensemble sound.

Each of the roles requires a unique sound that either is provided by unique instruments, or by an instrument trying to fit into a role required by the music.

your right juste make de role you are supose to do