Making the switch to a four valve sousaphone
If you've been lugging around a standard three-valve horn for years, moving to a four valve sousaphone can feel like a massive upgrade for your low-end playing. It's one of those shifts that seems subtle at first—it's just one extra bit of brass, right?—but the moment you wrap your arm around that instrument and hit your first low concert F, you realize you're dealing with a different beast entirely. ...