Re: Tubas in swing bands


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Posted by Joe S. on December 17, 1999 at 22:53:15:

In Reply to: Tubas in swing bands posted by Doug on December 17, 1999 at 22:19:59:

I suggest that with your 4/4 bass lines, you play all of your notes as long as possible, do NOT overdo the the attacks, and make a very good effort to decay each of the (long) quarter notes all the way through each note. Play with "catch" breaths when playing long lines at quick tempi, and use eighth note pick-ups into the next quarters after some of the "catch" breaths. I learned this from listening to recordings of Rich Matteson playing his helicon with the Dukes of Dixieland.


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