That is a lot of valves
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The Brute Squad
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Re: That is a lot of valves
Wasn't someone making an argument a month or so ago about how the best key for an orchestral tuba is BB? Looks like he got his wish.
Joe K
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Player of tuba, taker of photos, breaker of things (mostly software)
Miraphone 181 F w/ GW Matanuska/Yamaha John Griffiths
Kalison Daryl Smith w/ Blokepiece (#2 32.6, Orchestra Grand Cup, Symphony American shank)
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Mark
Re: That is a lot of valves
Yes, but it has 25 valves!The Brute Squad wrote:Wasn't someone making an argument a month or so ago about how the best key for an orchestral tuba is BB? Looks like he got his wish.
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windshieldbug
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Re: That is a lot of valves
Mark wrote:Yes, but it has 25 valves!The Brute Squad wrote:Wasn't someone making an argument a month or so ago about how the best key for an orchestral tuba is BB? Looks like he got his wish.
Even using Pure Intonation, there has to be some combination that always leads to maximum resonance in ANY key!
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Ace
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Re: That is a lot of valves
I may be wrong, but doesn't B in German mean Bb? Also, doesn't H in German mean B natural? Thus, if an instrument is really in BBb, it would be shown as BB. And, an instrument in BB natural would be shown as HH.The Brute Squad wrote:Wasn't someone making an argument a month or so ago about how the best key for an orchestral tuba is BB? Looks like he got his wish.
Ace
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umlaut_kraut
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Re: That is a lot of valves
From the watermarks in the pictures, I'd rather guess that these horns are produced in India. I've never heard of "Queen Brass" before, and I guess I don't care to find out more,
That said,
On a somewhat related note, I play bass guitar in a big band and sometimes with the backing band of a gospel choir. Big band charts are usually written using English chord symbols, but in choir music, that often makes me play a bunch of wrong notes until I switch back to German mode
That said,
is correct, except that we don't use double-Bb or C. To us, tubas are simply in Bb, C, Eb or F.Ace wrote: I may be wrong, but doesn't B in German mean Bb? Also, doesn't H in German mean B natural? Thus, if an instrument is really in BBb, it would be shown as BB. And, an instrument in BB natural would be shown as HH.
Ace
On a somewhat related note, I play bass guitar in a big band and sometimes with the backing band of a gospel choir. Big band charts are usually written using English chord symbols, but in choir music, that often makes me play a bunch of wrong notes until I switch back to German mode