Posted by Urbie Watrous on March 17, 2003 at 10:45:05:
In Reply to: Re: This is a tuba, NOT A BONE posted by Ted on March 16, 2003 at 23:52:26:
Actually, I've always felt it would make more sense for composers to use the tuba on the bottom of the horn section, instead of with the trombones. It's a conical instrument and really sounds more like a contrabass horn than a contrabass trombone, no?
Urb