Re: Re: 5th valve on BBb. Good Idea?


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Posted by Alex C on February 24, 2004 at 17:12:47:

In Reply to: Re: 5th valve on BBb. Good Idea? posted by bloke on February 24, 2004 at 13:41:54:

Ev Gilmore played BBb tuba in the Dallas Symphony for decades. I asked if he had trouble with the low B and he said there weren't any low B's in the literature he'd encoutered. He tuned the EEb with slide pulls.

He swore that none of the orchestral literature required a 5th valve for BBb tuba. I don't know about the band literature.

I'd avoid the 5th valve on a BBb, as a rule. That's just my rule, though.



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