I had a much longer break than planned. After the music charity events came the whole house came down with the flu (18 month old first kid, so not that surprising). I ended up missing both Christmas concerts.

For charity ended up raising around 750 USD this year. Here is a clip from the first day ...

Everyone is different?

Disagree from my experience.

I got a tip that the gnagey works with a larger throat, so ordered an AMH Paul and found my high range is as good as mouthpieces with a smaller throat.

From my plethora of mouthpieces, I tend to find centering of notes to differ more than my ...

@Dopy, What a great idea. If I lived in a city I would pursue something like that. It can be cold enough here that I might need a portable tuba heater if there is such a thing. But in Seattle, Washington where I lived many years it would be great.


Thanks! The charity is named Musikhjälpen which ...

Past few years playing for musikhjälpen i've played in -10C and below. First year had the same, valves froze up quickly.

What worked best for me was stealing hair ties from my partner, and hand/footwarmers. Strap several around the valve casing. Not had an issue since.

I also put them in my shoes ...

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Time to start preparing for Musikhälpen - December 1st - 7th.

I play through the whole book, noting which songs sound decent then prepare them into a binder/sleeves. During the week of musikhjälpen I play each day randomly through the city, people passing by can ...

Thanks all for the tips.

bloke you are right, the brass band rehearsals is taxing. Very few rests on most pieces compared to other orchestral, or even wind ensembles i've been in. Additionally I am the usally the sole Eb in the more competitive(more difficult pieces), and player the upper part in ...

I plan to reach out for lessons locally, specifically lifting this topic but I thought I'd ask here as well.

I am an adult amateur player. Ever since returning I have found myself 'losing my lip' by the end of rehearsals. At first I thought this was natural lack of endurance that would return with ...

Weekend of rehearsals and playing at a local festival. Performed The Bombastic Bombardon, and overall very happy with my performance. Ofcourse made mistakes and painfully aware of them, but also played some parts best i've played. Grateful they ever ask for me to play a a soloist, and really pushes ...

After my own research, I ended up finding the mercer and barker line of mouthpieces. These had some larger bore's closer to the Paul, and quite reasonably priced.

Going to give the M4W a try :) Worse case yet another mouthpiece on the shelf.

At some point can one consider these investment assets?

I was always taught that if you cannot home in on a mouthpiece for a horn that it is likely not the mouthpiece that is your issue; the horn is the issue.


Heh I think you nailed it.

Two things:
* My self claimed my own lack of ear, and self consciousness around it. I do not get complaints ...

Does anyone know of a mouthpiece with similar/same specs as the AMH Paul but offered in Stainless(or Titanium) ?

Specs:
Cup: 32.0 mm
Medium sharp inner rim
Rim: 7.3 mm
Cup shape: Deep funnel cup
Bore: 8.85 mm


I find myself constantly swapping around mouthpieces on my Gnagey Eb. I keep ...

I don't get what you would need wifi for if the music is on the tablet. What concept am I missing?
I don't have wifi in my house. I have a wired internet connection and my phone is a phone and doesn't go online.


It is for loading music 'onto' the tablet that you'd want some sort of connection ...

Have folks found what the optimal size is? (I assume bigger the better?) If so, what the minimal size is?

I had imagined if playing with groups that have such long list of charts, and potential audible calls mid performance they can make sense. When I do my fundraising I play from a selection from ...

I play in two community brass bands, one is more competitive than the other.

Really only seen 2 people using digital tablets, a few times they've been stuck holding up the group trying to find the specific song we were going to play (number X from Y book).

We occasionally have a local pro join us ...

I love my hercules -https://herculesstands.com/products/music-stand/stands/bs118bb

I had always used the classic thin fold up one and always found them a bit too flimsy for my liking.

The hercules is bulkier, but I have no complaints. One of the brass bands I play in you bring your own stand, so ...

'The Bombastic Bombardon' - I played it last year with one of the brass bands. They asked if we can play it again for the summer concert in two weeks. Flattered, but also scrambling to dust it off as I have not played it since :)

Fortunately my partner caught a good part of it last year when we ...

I started using https://www.thomann.se/intl/migma_practice_adapter_tuba.htm again - hoping to stick with it.

I find myself running out of lip most rehearsals. I used to think it was simply due to being out of practice, but now that i've consistently played for a while I still seem to hit a wall ...

Connotations by Gregson and Seterslått by Jan Magne Forde

Mainly a few specific measures in Connotations. The 6-tuplets in the start, and solo to get them under my fingers and pitches in my head.

During my parental with my daughter I try to do several small sessions during the day, as they double ...

I don't think such a thread exists, I know the update update update was from tubenet and recreated here but that is more off-topic.

Whether practice or performance, what did you play today?

I'll start.

Easter service for the church for one of the brass bands I play with. A handful of songs, but ...

Hi,

I think this is allowed, if not sorry :X

I just wanted to give credit where it is due, and recognize Wessex as having really great customer service.

I bought my gnagey several years ago, and on a few occasions I needed/wanted some smaller items to service it. Springs, valve guides, and most ...