Posted by Tony Clements on January 15, 2001 at 12:17:44:
In Reply to: 5th valve slide posted by Winton on January 15, 2001 at 11:29:43:
I learned with the 5th slide tuned to the short 2&3. I prefer this tuning, but all the horns these days are coming with the long whole tone. I'm STILL not happy with any fingering for low E (2,3,4) and low D (2345) on the long whole tone config.