Fun Tunes (Helicon)- I Found a Million Dollar Baby

[Doc]

Having some fun on the helicon with a classic standard. I hope you will play tunes and songs by ear for fun and improved musicianship!

Wessex Eb Helicon
Sellmansberger Imperial Mouthpiece

[The Big Ben]

Having some fun on the helicon with a classic standard. I hope you will play tunes and songs by ear for fun and improved musicianship!

Sounds good. That helicon has a nice tone. Does the 4th valve reeeeelly help getting down low on the Eb?

[Three Valves]

Now those is finger buttons!!

[Doc]

Having some fun on the helicon with a classic standard. I hope you will play tunes and songs by ear for fun and improved musicianship!

Sounds good. That helicon has a nice tone. Does the 4th valve reeeeelly help getting down low on the Eb?

It is the same fourth valve set up as on any other non-compensated four valve tuba. The pedal Eb is open/no valves.

[Doc]

Now those is finger buttons!!

With those buttons, it is Mardi Gras every day.

I will be using it in a second line procession in a wedding next month. Apropos, methinks.

[Doc]

My good friend, band mate, and long time piano/sax man (retired Navy bandsman) Don Carroll surprised me with this spruced up version: