Got Tuba Chops?

[iiipopes]

Yes. Damn good tuba chops. I started on trumpet in 5th grade, and by my freshman year, I knew I would just be a speck on the field. When the director said he had players graduate and needed a sousaphone volunteer, I looked at it and thought - they'll see me! And the rest is history. When I was in grad school I played in the university 2nd band as a way to relieve stress. After a few rehearsals, the department chair, not knowing I was already in grad school, asked if I wanted to change my major to tuba performance with a scholarship. I had to tell him I was in grad school, pursuing a professionsal degree. I have had multiple gigs on tuba including some recordings ever since. This year I re-joined a regional community band as the only tuba player, and purchased a new tuba. Last week we had our Christmas concert, and the general consensus is that the band sounded the best and was in better tune, time, and expression than it ever had been, especially the low brass. Yes, many people worked to make the concert happen, but none worked harder than I did.

 

[Road Hat]

I dunno, now when I see brass bands I'm expecting someone to get peed on....

The bar has been raised.....

Spit valve?

 

[Road Hat]

Yes. Damn good tuba chops. I started on trumpet in 5th grade, and by my freshman year, I knew I would just be a speck on the field. When the director said he had players graduate and needed a sousaphone volunteer, I looked at it and thought - they'll see me! And the rest is history. When I was in grad school I played in the university 2nd band as a way to relieve stress. After a few rehearsals, the department chair, not knowing I was already in grad school, asked if I wanted to change my major to tuba performance with a scholarship. I had to tell him I was in grad school, pursuing a professionsal degree. I have had multiple gigs on tuba including some recordings ever since. This year I re-joined a regional community band as the only tuba player, and purchased a new tuba. Last week we had our Christmas concert, and the general consensus is that the band sounded the best and was in better tune, time, and expression than it ever had been, especially the low brass. Yes, many people worked to make the concert happen, but none worked harder than I did.

I was fortunate enough to get a tuba performance scholarship, but there wasn't a bright future in tuba so I went all in on electric bass.

 

[IamGroot]

Leo P is/was also with Too Many Zoos, no?

Yes, Yes.
Also with Grace Kelley and many others. Check out his lava clip

 

[logdrum]

I just started playing baritone sax -- Low A is actually C1 on a 4 string bass (C on a 3rd fret). They are not cheap 5K is intermediate model pricing. 12K for Selmer Paris, 9k for a Yamaha pro model Your Glarry/Squier equivalent is 1800 for a made in China one. And they are heavy. Will make the sub 8 - pounders cry. And needs a lot of breath support. I also play tenor, alto and soprano - but Bari is spanking my behind. Do not ask me for what I paid, but I had to sell my 1969 vintage Les Paul.

I like this petite bari player (warning classical music)

 

[BassBrass]

This is where I usually post some Tuba Skinny from New Orleans, led by Shaye Cohn on cornet -granddaughter of the legendary sax plr Al Cohn- in other groups she also plays violin piano trombone & accordion, Singer is Erica Lewis, recorded just last summer, They've had a few tuba and sousaphone players over the years, so much demand for them -tuba players-.

 

[salmon256]

Love Lucky Chops. Use to play trombone, just enjoy bass and on my other instruments more though, was a fun time though in those days!

 

[BOOG]

I just started playing baritone sax -- Low A is actually C1 on a 4 string bass (C on a 3rd fret). They are not cheap 5K is intermediate model pricing. 12K for Selmer Paris, 9k for a Yamaha pro model Your Glarry/Squier equivalent is 1800 for a made in China one. And they are heavy. Will make the sub 8 - pounders cry. And needs a lot of breath support. I also play tenor, alto and soprano - but Bari is spanking my behind. Do not ask me for what I paid, but I had to sell my 1969 vintage Les Paul.

I like this petite bari player (warning classical music)

It’s been awhile since I blew my horn or paid any attention to woodwinds but, what am I missing when you say, “Low A is actually C1 on a 4 string bass (C on a 3rd fret).”?

 

[IamGroot]

 

[iiipopes]

It’s been awhile since I blew my horn or paid any attention to woodwinds but, what am I missing when you say, “Low A is actually C1 on a 4 string bass (C on a 3rd fret).”?

The saxophone family of instruments all read transposed treble clef, so that whichever instrument you play, soprano Bb, alto Eb, tenor Bb, baritone Eb (the four common saxophones), when you put down the same number of fingers, you play the same note on the written part, but that same number of fingers sounds a different concert pitch. What logdrum is referring to is that when you play the written low A on a baritone saxophone, which is the second ledger line below the treble clef, the actual or concert pitch that comes out is the C two ledger lines below the bass clef. BUT...because bass guitar is the same as the orchestral double bass for notation, the double means it sounds an octave lower than the conventional written part. So for bass guitar, the same pitch is actually notated as logdrum refers to, second space C in the bass clef, third fret on the A string, although it actually sounds the same C an octave down, two ledger lines below the bass clef in concert pitch notation, same as on the Eb baritone saxophone referred to. Clear as mud, isn't it?

 

[BOOG]

The saxophone family of instruments all read transposed treble clef, so that whichever instrument you play, soprano Bb, alto Eb, tenor Bb, baritone Eb (the four common saxophones), when you put down the same number of fingers, you play the same note on the written part, but that same number of fingers sounds a different concert pitch. What logdrum is referring to is that when you play the written low A on a baritone saxophone, which is the second ledger line below the treble clef, the actual or concert pitch that comes out is the C two ledger lines below the bass clef. BUT...because bass guitar is the same as the orchestral double bass for notation, the double means it sounds an octave lower than the conventional written part. So for bass guitar, the same pitch is actually notated as logdrum refers to, second space C in the bass clef, third fret on the A string, although it actually sounds the same C an octave down, two ledger lines below the bass clef in concert pitch notation, same as on the Eb baritone saxophone referred to. Clear as mud, isn't it?

I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to explain and articulate that!
It’s been awhile since I’ve played or had my nose in saxophone book.
Thank you.

 

[IamGroot]

It’s been awhile since I blew my horn or paid any attention to woodwinds but, what am I missing when you say, “Low A is actually C1 on a 4 string bass (C on a 3rd fret).”?

Sax is a transposing instrument. If a Eb Bari Sax plays the written note C, it is actually concert Eb. . When a Bari player site reads the Note A, he is actually playing concert C

 

[logdrum]

It’s been awhile since I blew my horn or paid any attention to woodwinds but, what am I missing when you say, “Low A is actually C1 on a 4 string bass (C on a 3rd fret).”?

Baritone saxophones made in the 70's onward (or even before) are keyed all the way to Low A instead of Bb like tenor, alto and soprano. Since Baritone is an Eb instrument where its C is Eb which is a minor third. Hence low A is actually C concert pitch which is the open C of the cello which C on A of the electric or double bass.

Notated: Low C is Low A on Eb Baritone Saxophone. I hope that clears if up