Posted by Barry Guerrero on June 10, 2003 at 01:19:33:
In Reply to: Midsummers Night Dream Overture Question posted by Chuck Jackson on June 08, 2003 at 19:30:19:
However you decide to do the articulation, just keep in mind that this is a rather light work, and that tubas were much smaller in Mendelssohn's time. In other words, I wouldn't pound on those notes at all unless the conductor were to ask for that. I think a tenudo type tounging is sufficient.
Barry Guerrero