Posted by Rick Denney on July 11, 2001 at 19:31:41:
In Reply to: Re: Yet another change to The Tuba Sound posted by Chuck(G) on July 11, 2001 at 19:16:19:
Funny you should mention that.
Last night at rehearsal, our band's string-bass player was doing some pizzicato octaves. I think it was a quiet section in the Krance arrangement of Begin the Beguine. The bottom octave she played seemed to be swallowed up into the floor, and what I heard sounded just like the upper octave note that preceded it, but with less power.
I think orchestral composers perfer it to the tuba because the strings are the primary instruments in an orchestra, with winds and brass adding mostly color. The tuba is definitely a more colorful instrument than the string bass. (Donning Nomex...)
And I forgot to look for that number. What can I say? Five minutes had gone by.
Rick "mind like a sieve" Denney