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Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:32 pm
by bort
Anyone have any tips or suggestions on playing a pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba? The pedal C is not a problem, and even the pedal D isn't too bad - just the pedal Db is a real stinker.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:23 pm
by Art Hovey
Use a BBb tuba (13&4) or an Eb tuba (1). Save the CC tuba for the day when you have to play a pedal B-natural or C.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:56 pm
by Tom
bloke wrote:
2/ If your bell is fat enough, you can try the (valves 2 & 3, usually) "false" tone...
"Others, likely, will offer the same advice."
Indeed...this is what I did on my old 4 valve Rudy Meinl 6/4 CC.
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:05 pm
by tubalove
I have a 3/4 Yamaha C, the 621 silver. I adore this horn, but pedal D has always been a stickler for me. The c, B natural and B flat are fine but the intonation on the D is tricky.
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:12 pm
by bort
Dang, I wrote the original post
7 years ago?
That has also been:
-- 3 tubas ago
-- 5 jobs ago
-- 1 wife ago
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:17 pm
by Ben
lost your wife already !
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 4:23 pm
by bort
Nothing gets past you guys.
"1 wife ago" meaning I have 1 wife now, and had 0 wives back in 2005. Wait, wive
s? Dammit, this is too complicated. Let's just say I'm married (only once, and happily!) and didn't even know her back in 2005.
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:54 pm
by aqualung
How about a bell extension? It works on woodwinds.
Roll up a cuppla pages of music and insert in the bell of an alto sax to get a low A.
On a bassoon, a toilet paper tube inserted in the bell does the same job.
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:34 pm
by GC
That note almost jumps out of an Eb tuba.
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:17 pm
by GC
Yes.
Unfortunately, the E and F above that are godawful if you don't have a five valve horn or a good compensator. At least for me.
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:49 pm
by tubajoe
1+2 don't blow too hard. Love it.
No need for slides nothing....
Re: Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 11:52 pm
by Daniel C. Oberloh
Have you tried putting your foot in the bell?
D.C. Oberloh