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RE: Pedals:'Where it matters

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Szkutko [mailto:jszkutko@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 October 1999 03:05
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Pedals:'Where it matters
> 
> 
> Any one can hit Pedal C#! Practice practice practice. I don't mean
> practicing hitting that note only. Start on c, third space. 
> Play the C major
> scale from that note down then up. Do that again! Now do B 
> major scale down
> then up, twice. So on and so forth, doing it chromatically 
> until you get to
> the bottom octave on C. You might not get all the low stuff 
> straight away,
> but do this consistently and you will. In NEW Bband music 
> these days, you
> need to play these notes "way down there". Get used to it, 
> because they're
> not going to go away.

Well hang on, John, we just had a thread about pedals, and I don't seem to
remember anyone mentioning anything written below a pedal Ab. Where have you
seen a pedal C# (8 leger lines below the treble stave) written? Are we using
the word "pedal" in the same sense?

Having said that, I accept the role of the "unwritten" pedal note in
broadening the sound of the bass line: though as others have said, it needs
to be done tastefully.

> 
> I can play all that low stuff very clearly with a clean and 
> open sound.
> Sometimes! This sometimes is when I actually do some 
> consistent practice,
> which includes the exercise above.  THis is on the band's 994 
> BBb tuba. If
> you use a 993 BBb tuba, it will speak a lot easier. But 
> regardless, just
> keep practicing!
> 
> John Szkutko

Martin Taylor 


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