bloke wrote:We all know what an "air guitar" is...but - since we actually do play tubas with air - what is an "air tuba"?
Not wishing to be be vulgar, but the expression "break wind" comes to mind. Of course, timbre and pitch are a bit hard to control, as is uniformity of sound and dynamics throughout the range of the, uh, instrument. Embouchures vary.
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bloke wrote:We all know what an "air guitar" is...but - since we actually do play tubas with air - what is an "air tuba"?
That's when you hear a piece you know forwards and backwards, and your fingers start moving as if they were operating tuba valves...........
Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
1970s Marzan Slant-rotor BBb
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
