British marching Eb!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:11 pm

What? Did you expect a "Marching F Tuba"!?

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:48 pm

Having been to the UK several times, including college choir tours, yes, Eb is the standard pitch for most tubas, even traditionally for those who play in orchestras. There are those who would say that is slowly changing to CC.

But unlike American primary or elementary schools, if you start to play tuba, whether brass band or concert/mixed band, you will be started on an Eb.

fpoon · Post by **fpoon** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:26 am

Is that actually a tuba? I've seen marching baritones like that, but never a tuba...

Too bad that dealer just got a bad rep here on TubeNet. It would be fun to play the 3rd trumpet part in a jazz band on that thing...

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:43 am

iiipopes wrote:But unlike American primary or elementary schools, if you start to play tuba, whether brass band or concert/mixed band, you will be started on an Eb.

There are some small student Bb tubas over here, but most players probably start (and many remain) on Eb.

iiipopes wrote:There are those who would say that is slowly changing to CC.

Use of CC is largely confined to orchestral players, although the majority of amateurs and even a couple of professionals (to my knowledge) still only use Eb.

Jonathan "who would not consider anything from this buyer after DP's experience"