Posted by circusboy on December 08, 2000 at 17:34:57:
I was looking at Sean's fingering charts and saw that he has fingerings for all four of these types from a very low F to a high Eb. Isn't it true, however, that, for example, the really low notes would be very tough on an F tuba and the high notes tough on a BBb?
OR do the different tubas exist more for different overall sounds, styles? In other words, can I get virtually the same range from an EEb or F as from a CC or BBb with perhaps a bigger, darker sound from the latter? Or what?
OK, I'm both naive and confused . . . and I want convincing that I can get the sound I want (BIG) from a smaller horn . . . and I don't want to learn a new set of fingerings.
Thanks for any help or advice.