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Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 2:47 pm
by bloke
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I'm thinking that maybe (??) some of us should bring two identical mouthpieces to a gig - particularly if there's going to be some yankee conductor...(??)
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 8:14 am
by cjk
That's hilarious.
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 8:57 am
by bloke
cjk wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 8:14 amThat's hilarious.
What he does is to flip the switch, and then change his hand position from sul tasto to sul ponticello (or vice-versa).
We could do the same thing with an identical mouthpiece (and then, just play with a "harder" or "prettier" sound).
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 9:13 am
by windshieldbug
Guilty as charged.
The Music Director could never believe that I always had brought multiple tuba mutes to get just the sound he wanted...
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 11:55 am
by Jperry1466
Greatness
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:00 pm
by bloke
windshieldbug wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 9:13 am
Guilty as charged.
The Music Director could never believe that I always had brought multiple tuba mutes to get just the sound he wanted...
What you needed were black, white, and silver slip covers - all for the same damn mute.
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 1:31 pm
by windshieldbug
bloke wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:00 pm
windshieldbug wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 9:13 am
Guilty as charged.
The Music Director could never believe that I always had brought multiple tuba mutes to get just the sound he wanted...
What you needed were black, white, and silver slip covers - all for the same damn mute.
Oh, it was the same damn mute, I just pulled it out and shuffled around behind me, stuck it back in and played differently. It was a running trombone section joke.
Re: This was sent to me by another tubaforum subscriber:
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 4:26 pm
by MikeS
bloke wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 2:47 pm
I'm thinking that maybe (??) some of us should bring two identical mouthpieces to a gig - particularly if there's going to be some yankee conductor...(??)
I don’t know if Fritz Reiner would qualify as a yankee, but…
Ren Schilke was once playing bass trumpet at a Chicago Symphony rehearsal. He was using a large trumpet mouthpiece. Reiner stopped the orchestra, pointed at Schilke, and said that it was impossible to produce the correct bass trumpet tone with a trumpet mouthpiece. Schilke was instructed to show up at the next rehearsal with a “proper” trombone mouthpiece. Mr. Schilke went to his shop that evening and made the same mouthpiece he had been using, only inside a trombone blank. During the next rehearsal Reiner again stopped the orchestra, pointed to Schilke, and said,”See, now that is the true bass trumpet sound.”