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Post by bandgeek101 on May 17, 2010 18:09:51 GMT -5
I am switching from euphonium to tuba for thiss next season. We will either have our contras or sousaphones (we're getting rid of contras for sousas for whatever reason). What should I expect to be different?
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Post by bluescalesdragon on May 17, 2010 18:59:10 GMT -5
This is coming from a euphonium/sax player who picked up the tuba one day for fun, so I don't know how reliable I am....
But what I found was that to make the embouchure work, I sorta had to stick my face into the tuba mouthpiece. I was having trouble with the embouchure for a few minutes because I felt like no matter how I held the tuba, I was coming at it from the wrong angle and I felt like I was playing on the edge of the mouthpiece....but once I pushed my mouth sort of into the mouthpiece so that the entire rim was touching my face, I found I could play. It felt weird because my lips were completely inside the rim (more so than it is with euphonium).
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Post by tromboneking87 on May 18, 2010 10:30:30 GMT -5
Yes, one of the harder things for me to get used to was the sheer size of the mouthpiece, but that comes with time. Personally, the biggest challenge I had going from trombone to tuba was locking in the partials, especially F at the beginning. It'll feel like you're beginning again, you have to relearn how each partial feels with your embouchure. But the more you play, the more your ears get used to it, it actually becomes pretty easy. And oh yes, use tons of air.
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