. Orchestration . single work that causesthe player to adopt an unsatisfactory midway instrument. It would be far better if he were free to adopt either a five-valvebig-bore modification of X, or, better still, a four-valve modification ofY, the finest of all military The extra weight involvedin the addition of the fourth valve2 would not matter much for concertperformances where the player is seated. If this plan were adopted,and expense were no consideration, the higher Tuba parts could beplayed on W. With regard to the latter parts, this has actually beendone when works have b
. Orchestration . single work that causesthe player to adopt an unsatisfactory midway instrument. It would be far better if he were free to adopt either a five-valvebig-bore modification of X, or, better still, a four-valve modification ofY, the finest of all military The extra weight involvedin the addition of the fourth valve2 would not matter much for concertperformances where the player is seated. If this plan were adopted,and expense were no consideration, the higher Tuba parts could beplayed on W. With regard to the latter parts, this has actually beendone when works have been performed in which there is a Tenor-Tuba part. Witness the Don Quixote Variations of Strauss, in whichthe Tenor-Tuba solos have been played with admirable and charac-teristic results on the ordinary Euphonium (W). Here is his firstunmuted solo entry as written in the Full Score: Bass Clarinet in Bk {sounding a major ninth lower] 3 Bassoons. Tenortuoa in B(t>). EXAMPLE 89(Saneho Panza.) Strauss. Don 1 This would practically be a Contrabass-Saxhorn in Bj?. See page 164. 2 One of our most artistic Tuba-players, Mr. Barlow, plays on a large-bore five-valvedTuba-in-F. In his very original system the five valves represent additional tube-lengthsof \, |, 1, 2, and 2| tones. His results are extraordinarily fine. 158 ORCHESTRATION The part would be played on W as follows Euphonium in Bb.[A lion-transposing instrument!] ?r\ *?,<*?? ^ \ if\r ? i II ii PIT ? ?)b f— \ \\~r */i mji j j p<F^3~^t V ^ - All Tuba-shakes are made with the pistons. It is therefore wiseto write only those shakes which require the movement of a singlepiston. With the ordinary valve-system of added tube-lengths, asused in this country, these practicable shakes are as follows : Whole-tone shakes on m kf» fr< bj and half-tone shakes on Of course with the Independent System of cutting-off tube-lengthsthe proviso is merely that both notes can be blown from their twofundamentals as the same
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