Tuba Choice--Rite of Spring

[UDELBR]

As I understand it, he beleived it in ernest

Part of his personal investment in the statement might be because he owned one of the "biggest tubas" anyone's got.

[Bob Kolada]

I will definitely be using a large CC for the second part.
My problem is finding someone for the first part, hopefully connected to the school, who can do the first part justice (and gratis.) That kind of range is NOT for someone who plays a BBb tuba as a second or third instrument. Hence my inquiry about the feasibility of using a good euphonium player with a fully chromatic instrument. Still researching and looking for ideas and anecdotes...

I know I read somewhere a while back about it being done on a comp euph and a 321 Eb. Euphonium (get him a bass trombone mouthpiece, all euph players should have one in their case anyways ) and F tuba would sure sound a whole lot letter than euphonium and big C tuba.

[J.c. Sherman]

As I understand it, he believed it in ernest

Part of his personal investment in the statement might be because he owned one of the "biggest tubas" anyone's got.

Well, tallest... certainly not the biggest. It's basically dimensionally identical to a King 1291.

[UDELBR]

It's basically dimensionally identical to a King 1291.

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Say what? If it's that much taller, how is it then "dimensionally identical" to a 1291?

[J.c. Sherman]

Bore profile. It's a pit-version 4/4 King body. Really nice tuba... I did some repair work on it recently, and it was a fascinating instrument. Played exactly as a King bass does... with some added openness on the bottom end. You can perform on it just like any 3 valve King. It's the other three that offer the cool tuning options (one of which is the double-change valve) that make the instrument unique. It's really quite facile.

It looks a little different now and has a new valve section.

J.c.S.

[MartyNeilan]

Anyone know what Jake used when he played this with the CSO? (and what part he played?)

[tclements]

I like a small F on the top part, and a large F or a small CC on the bottom part.

[Calinours89]

I'm going to play this piece in a Concert Band (EVS) the 27 march (Sherbrooke) and the 9 April (Montréal)

This is realy a big Challenge and a BIG SCORE For a Concert Band !!
- 3 Tubas part (1 on the F and 2-3 on the CC)
- 1 StringBass part
- 2 Contrabass Clarinets part
- 2 ContraBassoons Part
- 3 Bassoons part
- 3 Euphoniums part (Realy crazy part)
- 8 trumpets part + 2 picolo trumpet + 1 bass trumpet
- 8 French Horn part ( 7-8 on the wagner tuba)
- 6 flutes part + 2 Picolo and 1 alto
- 6 Clarinets part+ 1 Eb clarinet, 1 alto clarinet, 2 BassClarinets
- 2 oboe part + 1 English horn
- 1 soprano Sax + 2 altos + 2 tenors and 1 bariton sax
- 2 timbales part
- And Percusion ...

The F tuba is around 85% like the 1rst and the 2e tuba in the real Rite of Spring !! (the other 15% is on the euphonium)

And I'm going to play the First tuba on my B&S PT-15 (to response at the subject Question )