In extension of the correct translations above, and in an attempt to add some off-topic trivia: "Buam" is plural of "Bua", an expression native to Bavarian and Austrian dialects. In Suevian dialects You might hear variations of "Buaba" (pl) and "Bub" (sg) In familial context, the word may be used ...

Bort, I thought no-one would ever ask... :smilie8: A few weeks ago, I bought a nice brand new ADAMS Solo F. The light-weight-version with .6 mm brass. It comes with two very different leadpipes. The "solo" one is for, well, solos. The other one adds a lot more Oomph down low at the cost of a not ...

For quite a while, I was the only tuba in a youth concert band. The MW 46 with 38mm bell was all I owned, and I was quite aware that "Tuba II" is the default part if You´re the only tuba in ANY setting. Therefore, I´m passing first-hand amateur knowledge telling You that a large-ish F (which the MW 4 ...

I´ll totally agree with You on a "listening until familiar with the song" approach. It´s certainly great if You can sort-of hum along with the recording or even on your own. However, rather than trying to study the piece based on what I heard, MY next step would be to read the sheet music along with ...

Is there a context to this question?
I guess invariably the answer will be either "Yes" or "No", depending on the current mood of the board member.
Followed by a "go try it out.", which generally ist the wisest approach to problems along these lines.

Awesome sound. My favorite detail is the entry into the trio, after those runs from the bass solo. To me, this is just the right mixture of enveloping, "friendly" roundness spiced with some punchy growl to remind s.o. that there´s some muscle underneath that just doesn´t need to be used right there. ...

Try acquiring a Klaus Fehr french horn (his workshop is situated near Maastricht, Netherlands) Waiting time has grown from two to six years since 2019... This guy must be doing SOMETHING right, ´cause his are the FIRST horns bearing his name, there´s not centuries of horn-lore in his past to create d ...

Yes Doc, they are true treasures. And there was a time when knowing these and a lot of other old works (such as Aesopian fables, Homer´s Ilias and other greek classics, legends and fairy tales) were considered wide spread and basic knowledge. These were being revisited and re-explored several times ...

Hm. As far as I remember, Bloke didn´t specify any particular kind of music and chose not to be picky about actual level of performance or grade of difficulty. So, will knowing traditional folk tunes or old pop songs "by heart" count? (You know, such as "Eternal Flame" by "The Bangles", which was in ...

Great CDs that have been collecting dust in my basement are coming to my mind... Walter Hilgers - "Tubadour", some of this has been published on "Editions Marc Reift" - "Tubaroque" with lots of nice Isaac Albeniz stuff, published at HeBu Musikverlag Floyd Cooley´s romantic tuba CDs are also coming ...

Hm. QUITE off-topic, but here goes: I don´t know what a lowland farmer would be, but I´m remotely interested in word origins. There´s a whole bunch of VERY common names that fill whole pages in German phone books. Most of these originate from medieval times and will have people´s occupations as a sub ...

The greatest range I´ve been asked to cover in ONE piece occured 2005 in Kerkrade, Netherlands with the "Sinfonisches Blasorchester Vorarlberg". Back then, I was operating a B&S 4097 CC-tuba. Top note was a c1 (I think that´s what you call the c one line above bass clef stave) in one piece. Bottom n ...

I´d like to insert pics to illustrate my point, but for the time being text will have to be good enough. Handrest: think about a well rounded surface to rest a convenient and not too large part of Your palm on, while all fingers are positioned to operate valves. This should leave Your palm bones ...

Hello all, at present, I have the chance to test-drive both variants side-by-side. Specimen a) newly acquired ADAMS "Solo" F-Tuba, currently with adjustable thumb-ring. Specimen b) WILLSON 6400 RZ5 BBb-Tuba, self-made customized hand rest and valve lever, in operation since 2009. I am a great fan of ...

In order to ATTEMPT to keep time, I try to establish an "inner click track" of smaller note values. For example, on the frequently recurring "dotted quarter - eighth - quarter - quarter rest - repeat"-vamp, I might think in eighths or even sixteenths. The slower the vamp goes, the more important ...

Typical example of a "False Friend": The process of a complete overhaul is called "Generalüberholung" in German, which will include a lacquer job in addition to dent work and valve overhaul, so you'll expect an instrument in "as new" condition. The word comes from "highest ranking"

Polkas tend to move along a pattern of emotions. Much of that is taking place in the music around you. Try to join your colleagues in that pattern by adjusting "buoyancy" of your 2-step bassline notes (if that makes any sense: i'm talking about the Amplitude over the duration of the note as well as ...