I don't see a thread here on fingerings for bass, just wondering how everyone else does it.
This is some of what I have found on my Wurlitzer American:
Middle C: stuffy with front fingering, side C sounds good. I can also hold the Bb side key while fingering front C, that seems to work too.
Middle D: Standard fingering is stuffy, but I can play it while also holding open the D palm key, or just play the palm key D in the fundamental register.
Middle Eb: Standard fingering is also stuffy, as with D I can play it in the fundamental register with the palm key, or play the standard Eb fingering and open the Eb palm key, that seems to work too.
Hi E: I can play this using the 12th register (2nd overtone) using the fingering for A
Hi F: I can sometimes play this using the 12th register (2nd overtone) using the fingering for side Bb - which is to say, I have hit the note a few times! I'm not yet able to consistently play these altissimo notes, but that's me, not the horn - I have hit them enough to know they are there and speak well.
So - what do y'all do?
This is some of what I have found on my Wurlitzer American:
Middle C: stuffy with front fingering, side C sounds good. I can also hold the Bb side key while fingering front C, that seems to work too.
Middle D: Standard fingering is stuffy, but I can play it while also holding open the D palm key, or just play the palm key D in the fundamental register.
Middle Eb: Standard fingering is also stuffy, as with D I can play it in the fundamental register with the palm key, or play the standard Eb fingering and open the Eb palm key, that seems to work too.
Hi E: I can play this using the 12th register (2nd overtone) using the fingering for A
Hi F: I can sometimes play this using the 12th register (2nd overtone) using the fingering for side Bb - which is to say, I have hit the note a few times! I'm not yet able to consistently play these altissimo notes, but that's me, not the horn - I have hit them enough to know they are there and speak well.
So - what do y'all do?