Fingering chart

bestprice · Post by **bestprice** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:20 am

Can anyone help with a fingering chart for a CC (5 valve) tuba, playing the BBb part in treble cleff in a brass band?

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:38 am

look at it as Bass Clef and use F tuba fingers. adjust flats and sharps as needed. or, tie your 5th valve down, if it is a whole step.

Todd S. Malicoate · Post by **Todd S. Malicoate** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:08 am

eupher61 wrote:...or, tie your 5th valve down, if it is a whole step.

Worst advice, possibly, ever.

To the OP: No. Not without at least knowing what type of 5th valve you have.

bestprice · Post by **bestprice** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:28 am

Thanks, I,ll give that a shot.

Timswisstuba · Post by **Timswisstuba** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:24 pm

A better way of remembering it is making a chart yourself.
Written C is concert Bb...written f# is concert E natural... etc..

You could also practice by getting a CD play-along trumpet book. That way you train your reflexes to press the right valves down when reading treble clef. Your ear should tell you if you are playing the right notes.

Lectron · Post by **Lectron** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:55 pm

bestprice wrote:Can anyone help with a fingering chart for a CC (5 valve) tuba, playing the BBb part in treble cleff in a brass band?

You probably have your reasons for doing it, but I'd probably had the pieces photoscored to bass cleff (or treble)
If it's a permanent thing, I can see the point of learning it.
looking at it as Bass Clef and use F tuba fingers' as Eupher61 said is probably the easiest way

Other than that...CC has a tendency to not sound all that great in Brass bands,
very often due to all the other 24

Lectron · Post by **Lectron** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:01 pm

It's transposed, yes. Seperate BBb and Eb parts with treble 'key', meaning the 'C' for the BBb parts sounds BBb

There's also transposed bass key (to BBb) so the C sound s BBb (typical some bass trombone stuff)
but that's more rare stuff...

bestprice · Post by **bestprice** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:09 am

Damn it. Anyone got a BBb for sale.

swillafew · Post by **swillafew** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:27 pm

If you can handle the parts in the brass band, you should be able to handle learning to read them, too. This comes up all the time on this board, and I would recommend getting yourself a beginner trumpet book and playing it from cover to cover.

sloan · Post by **sloan** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:34 pm

bestprice wrote:Damn it. Anyone got a BBb for sale.

A trumpet method book would be cheaper.

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