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no, unfortunately

bloke what happened that made you make this poll?

Yes, routinely.

Yes, I played that note in Carmina Burana.

Yes, I cracked it.

with or without a trumpet mouthpiece. with yes

I played it without cracking exactly once on every tuba I've ever played... only once

I'm sensing some bitterness here.

Here you go. I played this last Saturday at Benaroya Hall. The excerpt is from "Ich wandte mich …" by Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After 20 minutes of tacet, and the solo notation means the only instrument playing is the tuba, though there is a bass/baritone singing. (There was some stress involved.)

And yes, for the smart alecks, it's an F# and not a Gb.

Mark wrote:Here you go. I played this last Saturday at Benaroya Hall. The excerpt is from "Ich wandte mich …" by Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After 20 minutes of tacet, and the solo notation means the only instrument playing is the tuba, though there is a bass/baritone singing. (There was some stress involved.)

And yes, for the smart alecks, it's an F# and not a Gb.

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whatever note it is, still too high for me

bloke wrote:Thank goodness for the listeners that it was an F# !

Thank goodness for ME that it was an F#. BTW, the conductor rejected my suggestion that of one of the six trombones play this on euphonium.

For whatever strange reason, I find the high F# considerably more intimidating than the Gb.

That’s exactly one octave too damn high!!

timothy42b wrote:For whatever strange reason, I find the high F# considerably more intimidating than the Gb.

me too!

Oh... that Gb just above the staff. I thought you were talking about the Gb another octave higher.

I am physically incapable of cracking a high Gb, right up until I walk into an audition or recording session when the anti Gb force field hits me. Or at least thats what I tell the juries/music directors...

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Or the one you have to hit with cold lips and a contrabass tuba at FFFF in Carmina Burana

Bnich93 wrote:I am physically incapable of cracking a high Gb, right up until I walk into an audition or recording session when the anti Gb force field hits me. Or at least thats what I tell the juries/music directors...

Edit:
Or the one you have to hit with cold lips and a contrabass tuba at FFFF in Carmina Burana

+1

Matt Walters wrote:Oh... that Gb just above the staff. I thought you were talking about the Gb another octave higher.

I was talking about the one an octave higher, in the treble clef.