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Privileged Notes--BBb Bass

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Privileged Notes--BBb Bass
From: SEMarcus@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 01:25:32 -0400 (EDT)
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The common practice by BBb basses of taking liberties in doubling the octave
was discussed on this MailList several weeks ago.

When playing low concert EEb down to concert BBB (on treble clef: F 3 ledger
lines below the staff down to Db 4 ledger lines below the staff), the BBb
bass player usually uses fingerings in combination with the 4th valve.
 However, these low notes that still lie higher than actual pedal tones might
tend to sound "stuffy," and intonation on non-compensating horns might be in
question. 

I believe that it was Arnold Jacobs who labelled tones produced on a BBb tuba
based upon an open (no valve) EEb (F 3 ledger lines below the treble clef in
British Band music) as "privileged notes."  Are these considered a viable
solution to the problem stated above, or are they not "kosher" to the BBb
bass purist?

Kindest regards,

Steve Marcus
BBb Bass, Prairie Brass Band (percussionists needed badly!!!!)
Director of Sales, THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND, INC.
http://www.uwm.edu/~mcmahan/profiling/profile.80.html
http://www2.qrsmusic.com/qrsmusic/Mrktng/Dealers/Butsound/BeautSound.htm
http://www.steinway.com			


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