It’s probably over-precise your instrument will vary in slide length and in relative second partial flatness/third partial sharpness. The following assumes you play off the bumpers, with the non-altered numeric slide positions given on that basis. Like Bollinger's tuning, this would be most advantageous on big modern valves that reduce slurring/venting challenges, but that doesn't make it any less ergonomically useful on standard rotors.However, its double valve combination has no significant advantage over F/Gb/D – you still don’t have an Eb in 1st, you lose the faux-pedal Bb in 7th, and everything in between is further out – and the triadic alignment in the double valve range is neither better nor worse than in the system below. The Bollinger second valve tuning (halfway between G and Gb) has many advantages in triadic groupings and duplication of upper octave positions, when used on its own.F/G/Eb, with its whole tone difference between valves, opens up lots of new ‘snakes and ladders’ options but leaves low C and B a bit ‘old fashioned’ and distant.On tenor, as per a suggestion from Doug a few months back, I prefer to sacrifice the low F in 1st in favor of a real low C at the end of the slide, with tenor C in hard 1st against the bumpers.F/Gb/D is great for keeping low C and B in the middle of the slide, but if you tune the F side high enough to have the flat second partial F usable in 1st, you’re left with two valves relatively close in pitch – reducing the diversity and even spacing of patterns further down the slide.If you’re an indy player who already uses the second valve more than the first, this might be of interest. Nothing new under the sun, of course, but this idea was new to me. Recently got my first indy and have been trying a few different options.
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