I think it's interesting to play with different keyed tubas for improvisation because you feel the key areas differently, and you would learn all the keys better, if you can do the mental translation from C to B flat. I might have a B flat tube in the future and learn both fingerings anyway. So anyway I like the idea of C tuba because it allows me to negotiate the keys with no sharps, or a few sharps, more easily than it would be on a B flat tuba. I understand that the C tuba seems harder to tune because it's shorter, so small differences in tube lengths will have more effect on the intonation than it would on a B flat tuba. They're important bass notes in C major, G major, for example. To me it's an advantage because I like having an open (no valves) position with the notes, C, G, C, E, G, Bb, C, D, E in the overtone series. Having a C tuba is like having a trombone with two additional positions that are even closer than first position. The positions with shorter tubing are closer to each other and easier to move between. The reason why I find it to be so is that when the slide position is further out, it is harder to change between the positions, so dexterity is compromised. It's easy to play in the key of B flat, the key of E flat, A flat, but harder to play in the keys like C major, G, D, A, E, B. When I played band music on the trombone, I played in the keys with flats, and it was easy.īut the trombone is difficult to negotiate in some ways because of the positions. And that is where my pitch memory is centered most easily. When I started the piano as a kid, I learned C first. I want to play a CC tuba as my first tuba because I think in the key of C. I want to read the rest of the posts I've read the first half. Okay, I may regret this but I want to say my piece on this topic.
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