Bob, Wagner did not use different methods while writing his four operas wagner
tuba parts. This is not correct. He wrote them the upper pair (Bb) in Eb and
the lower pair in Bb-basso - in the score ONLY, but he wished that the single
parts were written out in Bb (tuba 1 & 2) and in F (tuba 3 & 4
Transposing is SO much a part of horn playing or Wagner tuba playing.
Last weekend we performed Strauss' Alpine Symphony and I covered horn VI
and B-flat tuben. Every time I play a tuben part I have to decode what
method the composer chose to write the part. Sometimes they are in bass clef
or
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