[Trombone-l] Baritone question

[Philip Brink]

The so-called French Tuba is essentially a C baritone, although it has a
second set of three valves, so that's a different story!

Phil Brink

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Adrian Drover <slide at adios.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> > From: Tom Izzo [mailto:contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com]
> >
> > --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Adrian Drover <slide at adios.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > re: http://www.veritas-online.com/edarchive/Euphonium.pdf
> >
> > > Yep, F#/Gb is fingered 2 & 3, not all down,
> >
> > "all down" would be correct on a 3
> > Valve C instrument, yes?
>
>
> Actually, no, Tom, tho' it could be.  More correctly 2nd valve alone would
> be used for a 3rd harmonic F#.  But in any case, the fingering chart in the
> above link is for a Bb instrument, at least most of it is.  Maybe the
> player
> has to make a quick change of instrument to play the F#.  Does anyone make
> euphs, baris, and valve 'bones in C?  I don't think I've ever seen one.
>
> A.
>
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