Help! I just bought a big, big tuba!

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iiipopes wrote:
LoyalTubist wrote:Right. He's going to have to get used to the fact that C is 1 and 3 (or 4) and what he used to think of as a C is really a B flat! (Should I try to confuse him some more?)
Hey LoyalTubist -- read again. He bought a Bill Bell CC tuba. Bloke's comment is right on the money. What he'll have to get used to instead is everything one line or space down from where he's used to it.
Sorry, I read that after I graded papers last night. Actually, since this is a C tuba, he's going to have to get used to the idea that the notes sound one step higher than he's accustomed to, even though it's two octaves lower than a trumpet.

There. I got it right this time.
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Unless, of course, he's accustomed to playing a C trumpet...

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