sousaphone playing position


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Posted by Zanne on August 07, 2001 at 23:34:08:

During the 8 years I marched with a sousaphone, all my section mates and I positioned the horn so that the valves were on the right side and the bottom branch was next to the right hip. My daughter is in her first year of Marching Band (mellophone-yuck!), and the sousie section all wear their horns with the valves in front-so that the right arm reaches across the torso and is left of center. I think they look strange, and it seems like the bottom branch would bump against their thighs when they march. How do/did you position your sousaphone? Why?


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