Well, I did. I played from 6th grade till 12th on Eb's. I auditioned for college on Eb. I got to college and found--to my real surprise-- that they had no Eb tubas:none! So, then I took a quick submersion course in BBb fingerings, placement, ear-training, the whole works. And lot's of performances hitting me in the face as a newbie freshman. Talk about fun!
Well, I did. I played from 6th grade till 12th on Eb's. I auditioned for college on Eb.
When was that and where was the college... just curious.
Dan Schultz
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
MaryAnn wrote:It makes sense if you read music via fingerings. It is a flaming nightmare if you happen to read by pitch. (but we already had that discussion, some time back.)
As I recall, it's not an issue for folks with a solid sense of relative pitch, just those with absolute pitch who have picked up the habit of equating written notes to absolute pitches.
It seems to me that if written notation is learned as a way to show relationships between pitches and not as a definition of pitch, there wouldn't be a problem for the absolute perfect pitchers.
