yet another Eb tuba question

[PMeuph]

When using the "play it in treble" method of transposing, i did ok except when i got into a bunch of accidentals. i could stop and figure them out but sometimes i din't have the time. is there a quick trick to them?

i don't play enough Eb to be fluent, but sometimes i just have to play it.

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Your signature hints at a very good approach to get over this hurdle...

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My approach to fingerings is not a conventional one. I started tuba after having played euphonium for a while and may not help you in a quick fix type of situation. I think of fingerings in the same way I think of tonic solfege.

When I first started playing an Eb tuba and I encountered a pitch that wasn't immediate, I would of it's relationship to eb as if eb were the tonic and ascribe a fingering and a pitch based on that relationship.

For example, If I saw a Cb in the staff, I would think of solfege LE (b^6 - flattened scale step 6) and then react with the fingering of 23)

That worked really well for me...

YMMV.

[brassbow]

For me if transposed key is flat sharps become naturals. If transposed key is sharp flats are natural

[ppalan]

I don't know if this will be helpful to you. I mostly use the method you describe but if there are numerous "accidentals" I just think trumpet fingerings. Of course that's really only useful if you already know trumpet fingerings. Bottom line is you just have to practice those spots until they're right.
Pete

[Carroll]

When "faking" it in Bass Clef...a Sharp produces a note HIGHER than the "fake" key signature while a Flat produces a note LOWER.

[Dan Schultz]

I play both Eb and BBb and move between the two easily. I was fortunate to have been a piano student when I answered the call to join the band in 1956. I was ten years old. The call went out for prospective band members and, as usual, I fooled around until the last minute and all the 'good stuff' was gone when I finally made it to the basement bandroom. I was handed a Conn Eb tuba and a fingering chart and told to "take it home and learn it". I played Eb through grade school. I migrated to BBb in junior high but always considered myself an Eb player.

I think Eb is very good to start kids out on and am surprised that the custom isn't still in use in the US. It should be.