Low C HELP!

[one.kidney]

So my private teacher let be borrow his F tuba today, and i took it to my rehearsal of the Vaughn Williams with my accompanist today. Well, just in case it didn't work out, I brought my C tuba because that's what i was playing it on, and i didn't know if I should switch instruments because the performance is this Saturday... So anyways my C tuba ended falling because my relatives were absolute retards and it is really messed up in the bell section... so I am taking it to the shop tomorrow. Anyways, in rehearsal, a wonky note for me was low C, and i know that on here this is called low C syndrome, because F tubas have a harder time getting out that note. what is the best way to get the low C to a acceptable tone quality?

[one.kidney]

wait, your teacher let you borrow a tuba in an entirely different key than something you are used to in case you wanted to use that horn on a recital THIS SATURDAY?

Please tell me you have a ton of experience on F tuba, but just don't have one at the moment

He didn't let me have it for the performance, but to practice with it. But no i don't have a ton of experience with it. I am learning really quick though. I spent 10 minutes practicing when I got it and I could already run through the concerto.

[tubasaz]

Played recently three different F tubas:

Weltklang 4-valve rotary: Eb ok, D a little not so ok, Db “rattling” but still sounding, C just awful, H quite awful but some sound, Bb begins to sound, A ok etc. This tuba is “classic DDR tuba” made in B&S factories in 1980´s.

Yamaha 822 4piston+1rotary: Sound just beautiful and full, lower range much C-tuba like, all notes sound.

Melton 4450 5-valve rotary: Very impressive, also low C is very acceptable, even very good, quality instrument.

Its matter of personal taste, but sound quality and sonority was best in… Weltklang ! This is of course which type sound one prefers (rotary vs. piston). While Melton IS impressive it is not my sound. Still, if I would use always just a one tuba that would probably be Yamaha which does everything.

And: Why this "syndrome" seems jamming with rotary F tubas; C-tubas low G sound always as well as BBb-tubas F.
(sorry! I know this is off-topic... delete as needed )

[bisontuba]

Rotary F tubas that work fine from Eb just below the staff down to low C and beyond....Firebird & Berg are two that work. Possibly some newer models too...
Mark

[happyroman]

So my private teacher let be borrow his F tuba today, and i took it to my rehearsal of the Vaughn Williams with my accompanist today. Well, just in case it didn't work out, I brought my C tuba because that's what i was playing it on, and i didn't know if I should switch instruments because the performance is this Saturday... So anyways my C tuba ended falling because my relatives were absolute retards and it is really messed up in the bell section... so I am taking it to the shop tomorrow. Anyways, in rehearsal, a wonky note for me was low C, and i know that on here this is called low C syndrome, because F tubas have a harder time getting out that note. what is the best way to get the low C to a acceptable tone quality?

I don't mean to be rude, but after reading a number of your posts, there seems to be a common thread. You regularly seem to be looking for quick fixes to various playing issues. What you need to realize is that there are no quick fixes or "pro tips" that will magically cure your ills.

As for this particular thread's question, there is really only one solution. If you want the low C to sound good, you have to play a LOT of low C's. Given that your performance is looming, I doubt you have enough time to practice enough to make much of a difference.

To quote what I heard Warren Deck say in a clinic I attended, "There's no substitute for time on your face."