Robert N. Ward: I used to think that these parts were in Bb basso, but I no longer believe that to be the case.
Travis Bennett: It is a strange register for tuben, but then look at where Stravinsky writes the opening bassoon solo!
I've always played it up, in several orchestras over the last 32 years. I agree with Travis about the sound of the high range being something Stravinsky would deliberately exploit, and with Bob about the whole tone scales at the end of part I being an octave above the tubas. It's a great part that's a lot of fun to play!
Dan -- Dan Phillips Associate Professor Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music The University of Memphis 901-678-3781 _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
