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Top A tuning -Reply

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Subject: Top A tuning -Reply
From: Martin Taylor <M.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:23:49 +0000
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Far be it from me to precipitate a family feud on this :-), but I find 2nd valve
useful for top A on BBb bass. Don't ask me for any theories as to why - all I
know is it works!

Martin Taylor
Wantage Silver

>>> oui <mavnw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mar 11, 1999  3:52 pm >>> wrote: 
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, David Sheedy wrote:

> I notice from everyone's comments about the Sov Cornets that everyone is
> having problems with the top A - Try using second valve - it take a little

Wouldn't that be very flat?(being a 7th harmonic). It's sometimes possible
to use this on valved instruments(trombones can simply alter the slide
position slightly to tune)-our 2nd euph here at Warwick is enormously
sharp on high F-G, and we've found by trial and error that 4th valve is
the best fingering for F, particularly when played quietly(7th harmonic
also). However, I've never heard of a top A being so sharp that it
required flattening in this way. This isn't the only possible 3-valve
fingering-try 3(obviously), or 1+3, which should be slightly sharp.

Dave Taylor
University of Warwick band
Rolls-Royce(Coventry) band

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