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Tuning E and Eb was: New Soprano Cornet

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Subject: Tuning E and Eb was: New Soprano Cornet
From: "HARRIS, Colin" <Colin.HARRIS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 09:01:44 -0000
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Martin,

E and Eb fingered open and 1st are always dodgy on Eb instruments - the same
applies for Horn and Bass.  The first bad habit I got out of when learning
bass was to stop fingering E's open, and to use 1&2 instead.  Maybe some
genius knows why this problem exists on Eb instruments, but not Bb?

Also, top G is a very flat note on my sovereign Eb Bass. Is this just me, or
have other people found this a bugger of a note to tune? (we need it to put
in the Bass Trombone queues for annoyance value!)

Colin Harris
Eb Bass
Backworth Colliery Band
http://www.backworth.org.uk
See "A Day in the Life of Backworth Colliery Band" at
http://www.backworth.org.uk/life.htm

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