What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
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GhostlyBoy08
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What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
If anyone could provide pictures that would help me alot.
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Dan Schultz
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Re: What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
I'll venture a guess that the search function would yield a fairly long thread along with a bunch of pictures.GhostlyBoy08 wrote:If anyone could provide pictures that would help me alot.
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Dan Schultz
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Re: What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
Here is the link to a thread that explains a lot. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53557&hilit=sousaph ... ng#p457777Stryk wrote:Dan - didn't you or Joe have some pictures showing the right and wrong ways to hold one?TubaTinker wrote:I'll venture a guess that the search function would yield a fairly long thread along with a bunch of pictures.GhostlyBoy08 wrote:If anyone could provide pictures that would help me alot.
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Pat S
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Re: What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
Wear it proudly!
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Ken Herrick
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Re: What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
Interesting that Kiltie's statement doesn't match with his avatar.
Wear it so you are comfortable and play well..................................
Wear it so you are comfortable and play well..................................
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Re: What is the proper way to wear a sousaphone?
Neck? From the right? Yow... some people are WAY off.bloke wrote:a few general rules:
- front-to-back
- NOT side-to-side
- on your shoulder
- NOT on your neck
- gooseneck and bits approach your mouth from YOUR left and NOT from your right
Question -- why don't Sousaphone manufacturers offer alignment markings in the bell? It always seemed to me that when people put the horn together, it's based on best guesses, and then distorting your body to make it work. Isn't there really a "correct place" for the bell to be aligned?