[78-L] Use of double bass in dance bands

[Don Cox]

Hello DAVID

On 26/10/2012, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Re the question about which instrument is more difficult to play, tuba
> or string bass. When I played the bass in a band many years ago, we
> were playing a concert in which a tuba was required. I had never
> touched a tuba but was told that since I was the bass player, it was
> up to me to play the tuba at the concert. There was a book back then
> (early '60s), called "Easy Steps to the Band", with a different
> edition for each instrument. The first page of each book contained a
> picture of the instrument, a staff containing all of the notes it
> could play and under each note the fingerings for that note. I took
> the tuba edition home with the music for the concert and under each
> note in all the music I wrote which valves to push for that note. I
> played the concert using this method and it sounded fine; I have not
> touched a tuba again since that day.
> 
Great story.    ;-)


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Don Cox
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