Youtube video with Alan Baer on the Kodiak

[bububassboner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kXa_EvcZU&NR=1" target="_blank" target="_blank

Enjoy

[bttmbow]

This is great! I missed this one before.
Bravo, Alan!

If you haven't gotten his 2nd CD, get it. Amazing playing and it's a bunch of great music, too.

CJH

[BVD Press]

AL's new CD can be found here:

http://www.baertracksmusic.com/index.ph ... baertracks

not only great playing, but a very cool cover as well!

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[Wyvern]

Interesting to see Mr. Baer using a tuba stand even for a small F

[Tubaguyjoe]

that tuba is by no means a, "small F". It is quite possibly the largest F tuba I have ever played. I can see it working well for a large orchestra like the New York Phil, but in my opinion it sounds and plays too much like a C tuba. When I get an F tuba, I want something that SOUNDS like one too.

[The Big Ben]

Interesting to see Mr. Baer using a tuba stand even for a small F

Yes. I did not think that I wanted one of those. When I got my heavier horn, I decided to give one a try and now wouldn't like to go without it. It holds the mouthpiece right where I want it. I don't need to 'fight gravity' to keep the horn where it should be.

Regarding another thread:

Mr. Baer has *no* problems with his low C.

[The Big Ben]

that tuba is by no means a, "small F". It is quite possibly the largest F tuba I have ever played. I can see it working well for a large orchestra like the New York Phil, but in my opinion it sounds and plays too much like a C tuba. When I get an F tuba, I want something that SOUNDS like one too.

That's probably why they make so many different types and styles. To each their own....

[bttmbow]

Wade, you put up an interesting post that "got deleted(?)" If you are starting a new thread, I'll be curious...

I tend to agree with you on 98%+ of what you say, but...

To be continued
C

[Wyvern]

Wade, you put up an interesting post that "got deleted(?)" If you are starting a new thread, I'll be curious...

I tend to agree with you on 98%+ of what you say, but...

To be continued
C

I also was lucky enough to also read that post before it was deleted. I have very much come around to that way of thinking too. My choice of using my Neptune or Melton Eb is largely made on what I perceive as the appropriate tone for the music. Bass tubas and contrabass tubas should have their own distinctive tone. I have never heard a Kodiak live, but it certainly sounds like a bass tuba on that video with Alan Baer behind the mouthpiece.

[THE TUBA]

It is a very big F tuba. Very big.

In his masterclass at ITEC this past summer, Mr. Baer talked a little bit about using stands.
Playing with the tuba on a stand as opposed to resting on legs allows for more resonance due to less dampening on the bottom bow. Also, you can get precise with a stand so that you tuba is placed exactly where you want it each time.

[bububassboner]

Youtube video with Alan Bear on the Kodiak

oops. Thats embarrassing.