Posted by Chuck(G) on May 18, 2001 at 20:07:27:
In Reply to: Re: Re: BBb and C tubas. posted by Andy Bell on May 18, 2001 at 19:26:20:
It comes from the convention of naming a given octave (I believe it's originally from organ terminology). So, in ascending octaves from pedal, it wouild be CCC, CC, C, c, c', c'', c'''