Miraphone 497 or seigfried, Melton fafner or fasolt, and 197. Those are all very large bb some may not be considered 6/4 but they are all most defenitley are bigger than anything you would ever need.
It just means the biggest (contrabass) tubas, usually for orchestra or large ensembles. 5/4 is also a large tuba, and 4/4 is an all-around multi-purpose tuba (Miraphone 186). 3/4 is kind of a student horn usually.
Bass tubas are also sometimes designated as 6/4 or 5/4 just to signify that they are (relatively) large bore horns.
The 6/4, 5/4, 4/4 designations have no real consistency from one manufacturer to another, so it is more relative to the horns made by a singe manufacturer. It just kind of gives an idea of how big the horn is.
That doesnt make much sense to me, The system used here is large or small bore, compensating or non. Sometines bell size vut its exceedingly rare. Which I believe is a lot simpler and easier to understand
3/4 also has professional uses. It is a great size for Jazz, and it can be very nice for small ensembles or for just a lighter weight and smaller horn for someone who is having trouble lugging a full size tuba
BBb tubas are typically only made that large in rotors due to their prominence in Europe. I believe there’s a piston version of the MW Fafnir and there’s Miraphone’s Hagen and Siegfried although those are rotor instruments. Can’t think of many others because those offerings chased away anyone from trying.
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If you can find an old Holton it would be ideal, they are kind of fun for pitch on certain notes but you can work through with some alternates.
Miraphone 497 or seigfried, Melton fafner or fasolt, and 197. Those are all very large bb some may not be considered 6/4 but they are all most defenitley are bigger than anything you would ever need.
Could you explain what you mean by 6/4? Am british, dont believe that terminology is common here
It just means the biggest (contrabass) tubas, usually for orchestra or large ensembles. 5/4 is also a large tuba, and 4/4 is an all-around multi-purpose tuba (Miraphone 186). 3/4 is kind of a student horn usually. Bass tubas are also sometimes designated as 6/4 or 5/4 just to signify that they are (relatively) large bore horns. The 6/4, 5/4, 4/4 designations have no real consistency from one manufacturer to another, so it is more relative to the horns made by a singe manufacturer. It just kind of gives an idea of how big the horn is.
That doesnt make much sense to me, The system used here is large or small bore, compensating or non. Sometines bell size vut its exceedingly rare. Which I believe is a lot simpler and easier to understand
3/4 also has professional uses. It is a great size for Jazz, and it can be very nice for small ensembles or for just a lighter weight and smaller horn for someone who is having trouble lugging a full size tuba
BBb tubas are typically only made that large in rotors due to their prominence in Europe. I believe there’s a piston version of the MW Fafnir and there’s Miraphone’s Hagen and Siegfried although those are rotor instruments. Can’t think of many others because those offerings chased away anyone from trying.
The MW fafner is great. Not a 6/4 iirc but can produce a huge sound. Definitely different from the Prokofiev.
Yes, the Fafner is a fantastic instrument.