Re: Re: Re: Keep your tuba up?


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Posted by Rick Denney on February 24, 2000 at 03:40:33:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Keep your tuba up? posted by Matt A on February 23, 2000 at 23:42:04:

When I played in an orchestra, I put it down whenever doing so caused less problem for me than holding it up. If the rest is too short, it's more work to put it down and pick it back up right away. This rule isn't very quantitative, but I'm sure you'll quickly figure it out.

Of course, there's putting it down and putting it down. For short rests, I would lower the tuba and rest it on the bottom bow. For longer tacets, I tilt it over and place it on the bell. Most pros I've seen do the same. I never made noise with the tuba, but the mute was always my enemy.


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