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Re: If you own use BOTH a bass tuba and a contrabass tuba, does this trick work for you?
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 1:19 am
by Tubeast
It hasn´t, really, so far.
Setting dynamics aside for a while and playing stuff in a healthy mp is going a long way for me.
That and making a good breathing plan.
On the other hand, I´m not playing overly challenging stuff most of the time.
Re: If you own use BOTH a bass tuba and a contrabass tuba, does this trick work for you?
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:19 am
by bloke
Very little of what I'm paid to play is challenging, and there are certainly things that flautists and violinists can do that I'll never be able to do with a contrabass tuba, but challenging myself (playing mechanically challenging exercises, as well as complex "bel canto" exercises) is a way (to attempt?) to continue to boost my own capabilities beyond that which I am likely to encounter away from home.
Playing music for money isn't particularly profitable (as even $100 - $200/hr. involves often equal-to-hours-working driving time, gasoline, vehicle wear-and-tear, and - countless hours of "practicing"), but it's pleasureful, I enjoy the "hang" with my music buds, and is a way to have enjoyment without paying to have it.