Posted by Ola on June 26, 2001 at 08:27:36:
In Reply to: Sharp vs. Flat posted by Tubist on June 22, 2001 at 13:46:48:
Have you tried playing it with the second valve only?
Anyway, if you can't get it in tune down there, go for the fingering that gives you the most uniform tone colour. Most people (including players of high-pitched instruments) will not percieve bad tuning in that kind of range and lower unless it's given to them 'in their face'. By making the note the same tone colour as the ones around it, at least you wont bring attention unnessecarily to the note, and your bad tuning might pass unnoticed. If you're lucky.
For what it's worth,
Ola