[at-l] tuba-man and his chops...

[sloetoe@yahoo.com (Sloetoe)]

--- Mara Factor <m_factor@hotmail.com> wrote:
> There's a lot more than 
> just lips to playing the instrument - diaphragm, ear, fingers, and
> subtle techniques that just the mouthpiece would not work to maintain.
### A little detail: there's three buttons to work, providing six
different combinations of venting from which to produce notes -- but the
instrument produces many more than six notes. (Anybody know? My guess is
at least two full octaves. Three?) The rest of comes from (1) the
diaphragm pushing (2) *through* the lips against (3) the resistance of
horn.

The guy's now going for a DMA. He needs his chops. Must we continue to
bust his chops?

(I think I'm glad to have not been around to be part of this thread. I met
tubaman, and found him a tough competitor on the ultimate frisbie field.)
Sloetoe

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T.Roosevelt 4/23/10

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