[TPIN] Bass Bone in Quintet

[lamb95stew at wideopenwest.com]

Perhaps this was stated eralier, but my preference is definitely for bass bone,
primarily because of the enormous sound quality and volume the tuba possesses. Too
often, the quintet's sound seems to "die" when the tuba voice is removed. Granted,
this is sometimes due to the specific player(s) involved, but the lean, crisp low
register the bass bone provides is simply preferable.

As a writer, the bass bone also gives me much more upward flexibility and losing
only a few notes (speaking of usual written range, not the actual range of the tuba)
on the bottom.

Michael Stewart, DMA
http://www.stewmuse.com/SM-Home.html

The answer is... AIR!