Listened to this recording many times over the last couple of days.Stunning playing,especially the tuba section.We in this part of the world have no idea of how difficult this genre of music is to play.

Instead of playing the Blazhevich that we all know I pulled out his Textbook for Tuba that I bought from Encore Music way back in 1990. It is a spiral bound book of etudes that has been talked about on this forum recently. Really challenging stuff on my bb flat Yamaha Neo.

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Was up in the the wee hours of Saturday morning listening via a live feed of the British Brass Band Championships. Stunning playing especially the tuba playing.. 2 EE flat tubas and 2 BB flat tubas.Even with my crappy headphones, the sound that these 4 instruments make was stunning. Andy Cattanach ...

When i bought my 981 brand new back in 1992 it came with a gold plated denis wick classic 3L mouthpiece.I never stopped using it.Tried lots of other mouthpieces but always came back to the denis wick 3L classic mouthpiece.It just worked.

I bought the MB4W directly. Tried it. It was okay. Work in progress. Still using a Wick 3L on my besson sovereign 981 ee flat tuba.

Not really new. They have been around for a couple of years now and have their own website. Stated by two British tuba players they now make mouthpieces for every brass instrument from top to bottom.

How popular are these British made mouthpieces in North America? Across the pond, they seem to be all the rage. I just got one for my 981 Besson Sovereign EE flat and I am enjoying it very much. 350 bucks Canadian make it the most expensive mouthpiece I have ever purchased.

While the Yamaha Silent Brass is expensive it is something I could not live without. It is brilliant.

I recently received in a Mercer and Barker 4W tuba mouthpiece the other day that I will be using on my besson sovereign ee flat tuba.I have always used a denis wick 3L mouthpiece on my ee flat.The MB is a pleasant surprise and very different then the wicks I have used in the past.Has anyone else had ...

I see that The Mighty Quinn Brass And Winds store has a Wilson model 3400S-FA5 Gabriel Capet Compact Eb tuba for sale at his store for 9999 US dollars.Has anyone played this model?

I think i am one of the only ones in Canada who one of these 3 plus 1 compensating instruments.I believe Yamaha developed these back in 2012 to serve the British brass band market in the United Kingdom.Yamaha now makes an entire line up of brass band instruments from e flat soprano cornet to my bb ...

I recently came across another piece by Janacek that is very interesting.Its title is Capriccio for Piano-Left Hand and Chamber Ensemble that consists of Flute/Piccolo,Trumpets 1and 2 in F,Trombones,1,2,and 3and Tenor Tuba.There is a full score available on IMSLP and some very good recordings on ...

I play tuba in a very good brass quintet up here in western Canada but on occasion one or both of our trumpets are unavailable.The others in the group would like to continue playing so we have been exploring the idea of playing brass trios.We have acquired some rep but are looking for suggestions ...

Last night i had the chance to drive out with some friends and a hear a really good brass quintet from the eastern part of Canada.Instead of the traditional bass tuba there was an exceptionally good bass trombone playing some very challenging rep.He sounded fantastic but seemed to be working very ...

F would be the most challenging.Owned a yamaha 621F for a brief period.Never got on with it.My ee flat besson 981 gets the most mileage and use.A do it all instument.

Up here in Canada i have been playing in a very good British brass band for the last thirty years.My weapon of choice is my 30 year old besson sovereign 981 ee flat.It has a straight leadpipe.Intonation is spot on.The other e flat player is playing on a yamaha 321.The conductor who comes from across ...

In my 30 plus years of playing tuba i have used only one instrument.. a besson soverign 981 EE flat tuba.I can function quite nicely on other keys of tubas and currently own a Yamaha Neo BB flat tuba that i rarely play.The besson has been used in brass quintets,10 piece brass ensembles,british brass ...

I was born and raised in the heart of western Canada and have been playing ee flat tuba for over 30 years.I keenly follow the buy and sell pages in this part of the world with great interest.I really have not noticed more ee flat tubas for sale than other keys of tubas.

I remember many years ago buying a copy of this talked about CD from Dan Oberloh's shop out in the Pacific Northwest.Sadly,over the years and several moves later the CD has gone missing.I do not remember much about the CD other than the recording quality was very poor.I see that the CD is still ...