Posted by Michael Russo on January 02, 2000 at 21:27:00:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: developing the upper range for tuba posted by Jay Bertolet on January 02, 2000 at 20:24:27:
Uh Jay, I don't know if I agree with picking music that stays exclusively in the high range. It's much easier to learn a new task if you can relate it to something else. Find a tune you like. An easy tune. (Danny Boy is one that comes to my mind, maybe even an easy TV theme song) Anyway, learn that tune in an octave that is easy to play in, then just play it and octave higher. (If an octave isn't possible, then do a 5th) Play the high stuff with the same ease as it was lower. It won't happen overnight, but as Jay said, you have to practice this sort of thing exclusively. Don't worry if you miss notes. Don't worry if one note doesn't sound great...make the next one sound great. When you don't have your best sound up high, then play the tune down again. Keep alternating. Play the tune low, as much as you do high!
Use what you can do, to help learn what you can't.
My $.02
mike russo