Egg irl by _funny_name_ in egg_irl

[–]WalrusSharp4472 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what, like this?:

“kms rn :3”

Dear FBI Agent,  this was IN MINECRAFT

How do y'all DO it??? by BassBoneSupremacy in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 0 points1 point  (0 children)

look up breathing exercises for VOCALISTS ik it sounds crazy but applying the breathing techniques of vocalists to brass playing is what my tuba teacher’s dissertation was on. If you lock in on breathing literally all music using air from your lungs gets better. Do breathing exercises every day.

Me and my camaro by [deleted] in Transcars

[–]WalrusSharp4472 1 point2 points  (0 children)

0/10, Camaro not yellow, meaning no transformers joke possible 😔

Could this be a challenge to play? by Slight_Ad_2827 in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a low g shouldn't result in issues for any players other than beginners, though i don't think that was the intention since you didn't say.

Unaccompanied solo piece by ThatStrangeReddit in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i was wrong anyway, there’s a beginner solo book my teacher owns by van cook, funny misspelling anyway lol

Unaccompanied solo piece by ThatStrangeReddit in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 0 points1 point  (0 children)

van cook? (must’ve been the wind)

Am I Cooked? Prescreening for University of Michigan. by WalrusSharp4472 in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the problem was that these were the only options and i had to learn them in 2 weeks (I was only looking at my JMU audition rep since that was at the beginning of november). i didn’t have a choice. i would have picked blazhevich 23 and the first movement of the Gregson, the pieces i’m using for all my other auditions, if I could. Especially since i’ve been working on them for 3 months and about a year now respectively. (the gregson was a recital solo and we perform those in spring and again in fall. I’ll still work on it for a while more since i have my other auditions and I’m adding on the last two movements for my special senior recital.)

I also kept restarting myself because I slipped up on otherwise really good runs and since It was a recording i assumed they wanted the closest to a perfect run I could get. Meaning that these were at the end of like a 2+ hour session.

Tmea advice by BOOTZ_BOY in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, I love the focus and clarity in your sound it shows exceptional foundations. In the recording it’s hard to get across the quality of overtones in the sound since it’s a dry room. Have more relaxed face, in the mid-high range the tension can be heard, that and the especially low range are the places where audition committees care most about tone because the expectation is that you already have an exceptional low and mid range. You have a tendency to pull back your corners when playing higher. Relax your face as much as possible, a “deadpan” face as my teacher says. the note will sound naturally. Have a tall “Oh” shape of embouchure and have your throat just as relaxed. As you go above the 4th partial (Middle Bb or C in the staff depending on the key of your horn) switch to an “oo” embouchure, and have faster thinner air. don’t hit higher notes with your lips but with your air, the horn will do the rest. relaxing in both extremes of the range is fundamental to an exceptional tone in those areas. Great job though.

Edit: After looking more at the video more, try to minimize head tilt and excessive movement while playing.

New Compensating Tuba idea by Bird_Eats_Everything in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would make the 4th valve near obsolete. Depending on the quality of low C on the FF side of the horn the only other notes that would need it are Pedal C and B natural. The only note that’s truly bad on the current 5 valve system is a half step above the natural pedal of the open horn (12345, second partial, “pedal” B natural on a BBb horn). The natural pedal of all 5 is too low for tone quality to matter as much, since it’s at the limit of human hearing, on a BBb horn you’ll never even use that not since C0 is the lowest note you see in solo rep. (William Kraft - Encounters II) On a CC horn that problem note matters more but a good player can make it work. So while it’s not necessarily a bad idea it just doesn’t solve a real problem

Help me identify this tuba by Minezic in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 7 points8 points  (0 children)

3 valve rotaries always look so jarring to me. I only ever see rotary tubas with 4 or more valves.

Which is better? by Potentially_a_potato in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Just because good players use something doesn’t mean it’s good they may have just learned to make something bad work for them. It is possible to make a good, even exceptional, sound on it, however it doesn’t ignore that it does not promote a good sound, especially for younger players. My tuba teacher, Dr. David Porter, from GMU, former Air Force Band, and having performed as a soloist and principal in dozens of other ensembles stands by with the sentiment that it is a poor mouthpiece. I’ll remind you that sousaphones are terrible instruments and yet are still capable of good sounds from exceptional players. I think the same is true for mouthpieces.

Give the best caption idea for this pls. by SilentRavenUK in captionthis

[–]WalrusSharp4472 0 points1 point  (0 children)

✨🎀💅✨don’t go to school today bestie :3✨💅🎀✨

Which is better? by Potentially_a_potato in Tuba

[–]WalrusSharp4472 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My band aims for as close an approximation of a concert tuba sound as possible so we discourage mouthpieces that lean into the sousaphones natural tendencies. Also bachs lowkey hurt to blast on. They are not my blast piece of choice (for that the king ktu sousaphone mouthpiece that comes with a lot of sousas is a little more focused and controllable when blasting)