Pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba

bort · Post by **bort** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:32 pm

Anyone have any tips or suggestions on playing a pedal Db on a 4-valve CC tuba? The pedal C is not a problem, and even the pedal D isn't too bad - just the pedal Db is a real stinker.

Art Hovey · Post by **Art Hovey** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:23 pm

Use a BBb tuba (13&4) or an Eb tuba (1). Save the CC tuba for the day when you have to play a pedal B-natural or C.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:56 pm

bloke wrote:
2/ If your bell is fat enough, you can try the (valves 2 & 3, usually) "false" tone...

"Others, likely, will offer the same advice."

Indeed...this is what I did on my old 4 valve Rudy Meinl 6/4 CC.

tubalove · Post by **tubalove** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:05 pm

I have a 3/4 Yamaha C, the 621 silver. I adore this horn, but pedal D has always been a stickler for me. The c, B natural and B flat are fine but the intonation on the D is tricky.

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:12 pm

Dang, I wrote the original post 7 years ago?

That has also been:
-- 3 tubas ago
-- 5 jobs ago
-- 1 wife ago

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:17 pm

lost your wife already !

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat May 05, 2012 4:23 pm

Nothing gets past you guys.

"1 wife ago" meaning I have 1 wife now, and had 0 wives back in 2005. Wait, wives? Dammit, this is too complicated. Let's just say I'm married (only once, and happily!) and didn't even know her back in 2005.

aqualung · Post by **aqualung** » Sat May 05, 2012 8:54 pm

How about a bell extension? It works on woodwinds.

Roll up a cuppla pages of music and insert in the bell of an alto sax to get a low A.

On a bassoon, a toilet paper tube inserted in the bell does the same job.

GC · Post by GC » Sat May 05, 2012 9:34 pm

That note almost jumps out of an Eb tuba.

GC · Post by GC » Sat May 05, 2012 10:17 pm

Yes.

Unfortunately, the E and F above that are godawful if you don't have a five valve horn or a good compensator. At least for me.

tubajoe · Post by **tubajoe** » Sat May 05, 2012 10:49 pm

1+2 don't blow too hard. Love it.

No need for slides nothing....

Daniel C. Oberloh · Post by **Daniel C. Oberloh** » Sat May 05, 2012 11:52 pm

Have you tried putting your foot in the bell?

D.C. Oberloh

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