As a bass player, I always felt like my part was “play some oompahs, rest, more oompahs, long notes, shutup let the fancy cello do everything else”, even though I know you guys had it worse.
I liked Mendelssohn because he actually gave the bass something to do. That whole Romantic era was good for bass players.
The thought of playing a tuba in E major makes me cringe BTW. I’m going through the fingerings in my mind, and it does not feel natural at all. Brass players like flats and hate sharps. However, it’s been decades since I’ve played a brass instrument, so maybe that has something to do with it.
