Bass Tuba

The sound of the Bass Tuba is mellow, soft and round and can also be used for humorous effects.

$34.00

The bass and contrabass tubas are the largest and lowest-pitched brass instruments in the orchestra, where the tuba player sits together with the trombone section.

Bass Tuba
ARTICULATION GROUP    
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES Staccato
Portato medium
Sustained with vibrato var. 1, and without vibrato
Portato medium, soft and hard attack
Portato long with light and strong vibrato; without vibrato, soft and hard attack
Sustained with vibrato, var. 2
02 DYNAMICS pfp without vibrato, 4 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato
Light dynamics without vibrato, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4 sec.
Medium dynamics with and without vibrato, 2, 3, 4, 6 sec.
Strong dynamics without vibrato, 2, 3, 4, 6 sec.
Sforzatissimo
03 FLATTER + TRILLS Flutter tonguing normal and crescendo
Trills, minor and major 2nd
Trills dynamics
04 MUTE BASIC   Staccato
Portato medium and long
Sustained
Dynamics, 2, 3, and 4 sec.
Sforzato
Flutter tonguing, normal and crescendo
10 PERF INTERVAL Legato, without vibrato, normal and with sustain crossfading Legato with vibrato, sustain crossfading
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST Legato  
12 PERF REPETITION Legato
Portato slow
Staccato slow
Portato fast
Staccato fast
Legato dynamics
Portato and staccato crescendo
13 FAST REPETITION Staccato, 9 repetitions, 150, 170, 190 BPM Staccato, 9 repetitions, 140, 160, 180 BPM
Crescendos for all repetitions
14 UPBEAT REPETITION   1–2 upbeats, 80–140 BPM
3 upbeats, 80–140, and 160 BPM
15 GRACE NOTES   Grace notes
Minor and major 2nd
Up and down
98 RESOURCES   Isolated dynamics repetitions
Single layer long notes (pp, p, mf, f)
Legato, slow

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System Requirements

  • Windows 8.1 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • macOS 10.14 (latest update), Intel Core i3
  • 7200 rpm hard drive for the sample content
  • 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • iLok Account and iLok License Manager software for activation in the cloud or on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key

Recommended

  • Windows 10/11 (latest updates, 64-bit), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 11 (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • 8 GB RAM
  • SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • 5 GB