12/6/2023 0 Comments D flat major scale tuba fingering![]() ![]() ![]() It's not like an Eb alto trombone, that's basically 3/4 size. If there's any weight advantage to an Eb I can't see it. I've looked at various models at conferences, even brought a mouthpiece and played a few one year. You will be surprised to find most Eb horns are neither small nor light. I did play tuba in a community band many years ago, probably embarrassingly badly. I looked at this a few years back when a friend was trying to get a small oom-pah band together to make some extra cash. Plus I'll probably wind up using it in smaller groups. I think I'll look at Eb horns because I can do the tenor clef thing, and I don't want to tote all that extra metal around, and I've got enough trouble putting air through a bass bone. Quote from: jackbird on Yesterday at 05:42 AM A lot depends on where you are - there are specialty shops and specialty repair people who can give you good advice, and one of those places is probably the best place to buy, so you're not getting unknown problems. ![]() Shipping can get expensive and hard to avoid shipping damage. The Cerveny on eBay is probably workable, but if you buy something like that expect to possibly put hundreds of dollars into repairs to get it playable. BBb will be the easiest to learn if you already know fingerings, and will make the most sense since the bottom of the range matches your expectations. For a doubler, to be easier to play look for 3/4 or 4/4 at the most. It's really more about the size of the larger tubing closer to the bell. The "quarter" designations are sort of related to bore size but really they are marketing designations for different sizes within each manufacturer's offerings, and there are no standards at all - there are big overlaps in bore size vs quarter sizes. Tubas come in lots of different configurations, far more so than trombones. ![]()
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