Posted by Rick Denney on July 09, 2001 at 07:38:19:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: pro level BBb's posted by Chuck(G) on July 07, 2001 at 10:31:23:
In watching Roland Szentpali play at the TUSAB conference, I realized that it must be standard practice in that part of Europe to use the third valve in lieu of the 1-2 combination. I never once saw him use anything but the third valve for those notes.
A different tuning would perhaps take best advantage of that. His tuba was obviously tuned such that, from F, the Eb would be tuned on the first valve, the E on the second, and the D on the third. He used the fourth for the C on the staff, but I don't recall what he used for the C below the staff. It was remarkable, though, at how rarely he pressed more than one button.
Rick "who tried it but would have to practice it for about ten years to get it down" Denney