POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it?
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
no, unfortunately
bloke what happened that made you make this poll?
bloke what happened that made you make this poll?
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
Yes, routinely.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
Yes, I played that note in Carmina Burana.
Yes, I cracked it.
Yes, I cracked it.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
with or without a trumpet mouthpiece. with yes
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
I played it without cracking exactly once on every tuba I've ever played... only once
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
I'm sensing some bitterness here.
Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
Here you go. I played this last Saturday at Benaroya Hall. The excerpt is from "Ich wandte mich …" by Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After 20 minutes of tacet, and the solo notation means the only instrument playing is the tuba, though there is a bass/baritone singing. (There was some stress involved.)
And yes, for the smart alecks, it's an F# and not a Gb.
And yes, for the smart alecks, it's an F# and not a Gb.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
whatever note it is, still too high for meMark wrote:Here you go. I played this last Saturday at Benaroya Hall. The excerpt is from "Ich wandte mich …" by Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After 20 minutes of tacet, and the solo notation means the only instrument playing is the tuba, though there is a bass/baritone singing. (There was some stress involved.)
And yes, for the smart alecks, it's an F# and not a Gb.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
Thank goodness for ME that it was an F#. BTW, the conductor rejected my suggestion that of one of the six trombones play this on euphonium.bloke wrote:Thank goodness for the listeners that it was an F# !
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
For whatever strange reason, I find the high F# considerably more intimidating than the Gb.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
That’s exactly one octave too damn high!!
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
me too!timothy42b wrote:For whatever strange reason, I find the high F# considerably more intimidating than the Gb.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
Oh... that Gb just above the staff. I thought you were talking about the Gb another octave higher.
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
I am physically incapable of cracking a high Gb, right up until I walk into an audition or recording session when the anti Gb force field hits me. Or at least thats what I tell the juries/music directors...
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Or the one you have to hit with cold lips and a contrabass tuba at FFFF in Carmina Burana
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Or the one you have to hit with cold lips and a contrabass tuba at FFFF in Carmina Burana
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
+1Bnich93 wrote:I am physically incapable of cracking a high Gb, right up until I walk into an audition or recording session when the anti Gb force field hits me. Or at least thats what I tell the juries/music directors...
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Or the one you have to hit with cold lips and a contrabass tuba at FFFF in Carmina Burana
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Re: POLL! Have you ever played a high G♭ without cracking it
I was talking about the one an octave higher, in the treble clef.Matt Walters wrote:Oh... that Gb just above the staff. I thought you were talking about the Gb another octave higher.