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 Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:29 pm
I've never been that loud on the tuba, my notes and pitches are fine, but nobody can hardly hear it on the field :[
I have been getting louder lately, but it's only during Football games or competitions, never practice
Can anybody give me advice to get louder?
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:31 pm
hm.. I'm not very good at advice.. especially in this subject, since I am one of the softer tuba's in my marching band, but I have been working on getting louder as well and all that I have to say is belt it out. It should come with practice. ^.^ good luck!
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:00 pm
All I can say is make sure you empty your spit key, make sure your bell is straight, andpush harder with your diaphram. Those three things saved my live on the field. I had SFFZ three times.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:25 pm
tbagk All I can say is make sure you empty your spit key, make sure your bell is straight, andpush harder with your diaphram. Those three things saved my live on the field. I had SFFZ three times. Exactly. You need to try to breath with your diaphram and not by raising your shoulders. I have to be heard since only two tubas have enough dedication to come to the play-off games, and the other tuba is in Loading Crew. stressed
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:47 pm
I have heard this from my band director. One day she was talking to us about our breathing exercises and then she told us about her breathing excercises, how they trained her college band.
Heres what it was.......
Get a loose leaf peace of paper and put it on a wall infront of you and hold it up against the wall by blowing on it.......
^^ i think if you do that for a matter of time like a few months maybe it probably would help.
i have attempeted to try it, but never got to so I don't know if it helps.. It most likely would.
also you can test yourself by how long you can hold your breath.
But don't push yourself to hard that you faint!!! lol.
I have had trouble hearing myself on the feild, but when i finally got where i was loud, i had to quiet down because the band doesn't play loud!!!! lol
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:22 pm
Also, another good tip is:::
Your jaw.... are you playing with your teeth shut togeather, or open??? If you play with your teeth togeather, you get A LOT LESS SOUND, and a bad tone..... The key is: the distance of the separation of your teeth have to be at least the width of the end of the shank of your mouthpiece!
This advise is a godsend!
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:25 pm
take a balloon, and stick it on the end of your mouthpiece, and try and inflate it. Do that a bunch of times and you'll be a lot louder.
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:14 pm
Drop your jaw, open your throat, more support to your air from the diaphragm not your chest. The tips given above (paper, balloon, ect) work well with breath support on any instrument, so try those. And practice would help like nothing else. You're not going to get louder if you don't practice getting louder. ;]
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:49 pm
Blow.
Don't be whimpy.
Just because you're putting more air into the instrument doesn't mean you're going to go off pitch...
Don't be afraid.
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