doubling tuba/euphonium

[Ian1]

My advice (after over 240 shows doubling in the past 11 months) is to use a smallish tuba mouthpiece and have the shank turned down so it fits in the euph!

Enjoy!

Ian

[gregsundt]

When I was playing a lot of tuba, I always did my tuba practice first. I tried to leave at least a couple of hours before picking up a smaller instrument/mouthpiece.

I would suggest a euph mouthpiece, especially on the smaller horn you have available. Something close to a Bach 4G/Schilke 52D. I am currently playing a Wick 4BS with good results. Your results may vary. Try before you buy.

[PaulTkachenko]

If you're playing different instruments, as bloke said, you need to practise on both instruments.

My own take on this is to get a mouthpiece that works best for getting a decent sound and is comfortable.

[opus37]

I'm a life long tuba player. When I recently acquired a double bell, I proposed the same question to Dave Werden. He suggested a Denis Wick 4AY. It works very nicely in the horn and I have no problem going back and forth. As others have said, you have to practice on both horns. I also agree that you should practice the tuba first and then follow with the euphonium.

[tbn.al]

I also agree that you should practice the tuba first and then follow with the euphonium.

This is interesting. I have noticed that going from tuba to bass trombone or Euph is no problem, even for quick changes. The reverse however is problematical. I have to be very careful not to get into the wrong harmonic and even then sometimes it happens. The more time I have between small to large the easier it is. The first time I tried a quick change in the same program it was a nightmare. I always thought it was the fact that I have invested 50 years on the smaller horn as opposed to 10 on tuba. Now I may need to rethink the issue. Maybe it's just intrinsic.

[oedipoes]

I was an euphonium player only for quite some time (over 10 years).
After that, I doubled on BBb tuba for some time.
That worked fine, as long as I continued practicing both instruments.
The euphonium mouthpiece that worked best for me was the DW SM3.

[Erik_Sweden]

What I would like is a scaled down Bloke Piece for my Euph

[Tubaryan12]

Play what your face likes the best. The rest of the equation will take care of itself.

Conn Remington and Selmansberger Solo with a C4LA 32.3 mm rim.