Apologies for a brass- but not horn-related query. I know trumpet players start with a Bb instrument and often continue with a Bb instrument for band work but a C instrument for a lot (most?) orchestral work. My son is a high-school trumpeter and, for now, his teacher prefers he practice transposing the C parts to owning and using a C trumpet, but I know a lot of orchestral playing is done on these.
I'm wondering if tuba players do the same, namely own a C tuba for orchestral playing. If you're wondering why I'm asking, it's because I was looking at a brass instrument web site and noticed that baritones/euphoniums, which are band-only instruments, seem to come only in Bb but tubas seems to exist in Bb, Eb (for reasons of size and cost, as I understand it) and C, which I'm assuming are for orchestral work. Thanks. Horn content: Yesterday, I got back from the shop my second Conn 4D (which I picked up from ebay for next to nothing and had fixed up). This one is from 1960 and sounds appreciably better than my other 4D which is from 1923. -S- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1773 - Release Date: 11/8/2008 9:56 AM _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
