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Hehe. Don't some tubas have a 4th valve too, which I guess could be -4. Edit: I looked it up, they're -5. With that you could play all the way down to the fund
by yesenadam 5y ago
Hehe. Don't some tubas have a 4th valve too, which I guess could be -4.
Edit: I looked it up, they're -5. With that you could play all the way down to the fundamental, and far below!
- krallja 5y agoYes, but all I remember being taught about the fourth valve was that it was “the same” as playing the first and third, but with better temperament. So you can play a C with it, or even a B if you also press the second valve.
- yesenadam 5y agoAh I see. Hmm maybe, since the 4 valves cover the whole octave from Bb down to B, you could give every octave that same valve fingering, and control the octave and other things with the other hand. Also, I think everyone fingers trumpet valves with their dominant hand! I couldn't play very fast at all with my non-dominant hand. So the keys for the valves on a keyboard might have to cater to both handednesses.
- analog31 5y agoIn addition to keys, there are also tuning slides to "fix" notes that the keyed fingerings don't quite agree with. It's fascinating to watch a good tubist play.
- lifthrasiir 5y agoThat sounds like Fibonacci coding [1] to me: you can express anything up to -13 semitones with just two fingers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_coding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_coding