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playing a helicon as an upright

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:41 pm
by ken k
I always said, "I wish I could find an upright horn that plays as well as my helicon."

Does this count?

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Re: playing a helicon as an upright

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:53 pm
by David Richoux
I do that with my sousaphone sometimes (on long seated gigs) with a rotation of the bell it is quite balanced, with the weight on my leg instead of my shoulder.

Re: playing a helicon as an upright

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:53 pm
by opus37
I tried this, it was OK but a bit awkward. Judging by this and your other post, you must be going through a "how to play tuba unconventionally phase…"

Re: playing a helicon as an upright

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 1:02 pm
by dmeacham5
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