Posted by Gary on March 19, 1999 at 09:19:12:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Playing 2 or more types of tubas posted by Roger Lewis on March 18, 1999 at 18:42:25:
These are all excellent points. When I opt to use an F tuba instead of a CC tuba, for instance, in a quintet setting, I personally don't want it to sound like a CC tuba. Otherwise, I would just play a CC tuba.
When I think about F tubas that respond like CC tubas, my mind wanders to the Kurath F tuba...that gigantic thing! It blows so much like a CC tuba, sounds like a CC tuba and the upper and lower registers feel like a CC tuba. So why bother?
Everyone will have a different concept of what different pitched horns should sound like and feel like. Personally, I like to make a pretty defined distinction between F and CC.
Just my thoughts.