![]() ![]() So on euphonium the first note in Carnival of Venice is a B-flat, played open on a B-flat euphonium, which is on the 4th partial. But if I ignored the sheet music and just played songs I know starting on the same fingering / overtone as it is relatively on euphonium, I could just play right on with no sweat. ![]() When I first got an EE-flat tuba to learn how to play tuba, I had to deal with the difference from my B-flat euphonium. You just need to have a sense of where you are in the overtone series and then you can count on the "fingering-pattern" rules rather than relying ONLY on the fingerings assigned to each note. The more familiar you are with those patterns, the more natural it will be to play a tuba in ANY key. The point is there are patterns to the sequence of fingerings. On a C tuba, those fingerings will work for an A-flat apreggio. On BB-flat tuba, if you play an ascending G-flat major arpeggio (G-flat, B-flat, D-flat), you use 23, 0, 23. If you play an F tuba and start on low F, it will be the same fingering pattern. So if you start on the C and play a scale upward, the first note is open, the 2nd note is 4th valve, etc. If you are playing a CC tuba and you come across a C scale, it will have the same fingering pattern. So on a BB-flat tuba, if you are playing an ascending B-flat scale in the low register, you go through fingerings like: You need to be totally familiar with the patterns of fingerings of each scale and arpeggio. If you want to learn it as different fingerings:ĭo you spend LOTS of time practicing scales and apreggios? You need to. So if you are used to a BB-flat tuba and now play a CC, you just need to transpose (in your head) down a full step. ![]() I've never understood why tuba players in general learn the various horns with "different fingerings" while trumpet players (I think) learn the various keys of trumpet by transposing. ![]()
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