Old friend turned into stranger?
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Alex C
- pro musician
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Re: Old friend turned into stranger?
tuben, I know what your old tuba needs... a new home.
City Intonation Inspector - Dallas Texas
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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imperialbari
- 6 valves
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Re: Old friend turned into stranger?
Alexander contrabass tubas come in different sizes, but aren’t they all considered rather free blowing?
The Bell model has a small bore for a rotary contrabass. It may take less air to fill, but the flip side of the coin is the stuffiness sensed, when coming from something more free blowing.
Our ears and minds should be open, objective, and ready to handle all situations. But truth is, that we adapt very much to the intonation oddities of our current instruments. When we are confronted with different oddities, they appear very hard to handle, even if we may have been able to negotiate them previously.
This also goes outside the tuba world. I have heard people having been very proficient on the various older/obsolete computer platforms complain, that they can do nothing on these machines when they have been away from them for just a few years.
I believe the statement of bloke, but I have a strong suspicion, that if one of his older BBb-to-CC conversions or the Gronitz were the only contrabasses available for him to use for an upcoming orchestra concert, then he wouldn’t turn down the job.
We all have our dreams of ideal instruments, yet we tend to play the ones available here and now.
Klaus
The Bell model has a small bore for a rotary contrabass. It may take less air to fill, but the flip side of the coin is the stuffiness sensed, when coming from something more free blowing.
Our ears and minds should be open, objective, and ready to handle all situations. But truth is, that we adapt very much to the intonation oddities of our current instruments. When we are confronted with different oddities, they appear very hard to handle, even if we may have been able to negotiate them previously.
This also goes outside the tuba world. I have heard people having been very proficient on the various older/obsolete computer platforms complain, that they can do nothing on these machines when they have been away from them for just a few years.
I believe the statement of bloke, but I have a strong suspicion, that if one of his older BBb-to-CC conversions or the Gronitz were the only contrabasses available for him to use for an upcoming orchestra concert, then he wouldn’t turn down the job.
We all have our dreams of ideal instruments, yet we tend to play the ones available here and now.
Klaus
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MartyNeilan
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Re: Old friend turned into stranger?
When I have been away from F tuba for at least a few weeks, I often feel the same way. I have all kinds of issues with the horn - response, pitch, range. This has been with every F tuba except the push buttons and blow YFB-621. I have even run into this some with bass trombone when away for a while, especially on the larger horns. Even had that occur on the relatively easy to play 6/4 bellfront Martin.
Yet, a funny thing happens. A few days after serious practice on that horn, the response improves, most of the intonation issues go away, and the extreme ranges suddenly play great.
Spend a few days getting reaquainted with your old friend. You may remember why you became friends in the first place. If after a week or two you still feel the same, then maybe it is time to part ways.
Yet, a funny thing happens. A few days after serious practice on that horn, the response improves, most of the intonation issues go away, and the extreme ranges suddenly play great.
Spend a few days getting reaquainted with your old friend. You may remember why you became friends in the first place. If after a week or two you still feel the same, then maybe it is time to part ways.
Adjunct Instructor, Trevecca Nazarene University