Tuba, or not Tuba
 

I stole this from Cellar member Kirk's site. Shhhh, mums the word. ;) But you could go there for his take on playing left handed vs right handed, from a guy that does both.

As a French horn (valves under the left hand fingers) and tuba (valves under the right hand fingers) player I've never given it a second thought as to which/how/what/where/why. But if you ask me to think about it a liuttle more closely for me it's a 1, 2, 3 (index, middle, ring finger) question. Or maybe middle -> outwards?

Our old buddy Kirk posted a picture of the band, JP HONK, taking a break.

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Another picture of Kirk's trip to Austin, TX, with JP Honk.

WOOT!


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J.P. Honk...

How to make a tuba player hyperventilate and pass out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO7sityUwE

:tuba:I Lurvz me some Canadian Brass.:tuba:

Oh GOD! They are so GOOD! You are right! (Have you checked out Mnozil Brass, and German Brass? Two very different ways of using the same sets of plumbing).

This guy is great.

A friend of mine was visiting the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments today.

From the guy in today's IOtD.

Goofing on the kids. They love it. :D

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I do that to adults at gigs, too. Doesn't half do your back in!

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:thumb: :lol2:

In 2012, one of my local favorites, with tuba, attended HONKFEST in Austin. I was not in attendance, sadly. But I have seen them live and they're a spectacle to behold. Probably one vid would lead to another. I give you

TITANIUM SPORKESTRA!







You could embiggen, but you should crank it.

If I had to listen to almost nine minutes of that (the War Pigs cover) I would attempt suicide.

I'm afraid to try the other vids now. I couldn't make it 60 seconds. Not even.

I thank you for the exposure and the opportunity for new music, though.:o

That must have been a fun time, that's where the picture in post#5 was taken.

Hey Limey, you could add a bagpipe to your new band, real cheap. :D

They shoulda been sued. In fact, I bet they were.

For what? By whom? :confused:

For making a bagpipe targeted to children.

By everybody.

At around 1:50 they are doing some great Sousaphone flips. Bigger is better of course.

Good Tunes.

Some tubas get re-purposed for medical experiments...

Kirk explains how the valves work on brass instruments.

I knew that!


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Of course you did/do, but not many of up are brass musicians. :p:

I've been told I have brass.

A lot of it.

Romantic...

Don't throw those old instruments out, recycle them...

But be careful of the mean ones...

that is full bad-ass. I approve.

But, back to Tubas.

Tuba or not Tuba ...Thunderboy's current dilemma. They have a lot of baritone/euphonium players but a dearth of Tubophonists. If he sticks with the bari, he might make it up to the next band for his senior year (unlikely imo because band teacher hates him). If he changes to Tuba, he's stuck at the lower level, but I think he'd enjoy it and maybe be less bored and distracted and his band teacher might like him more....

There is something splendid about being the bass/base of the band. I don’t have a full grasp of US band orchestration, but unless you are lead euph or bari you’re kind of one of the chorus I expect. Bass (tuba) is a better instrument for someone who is more of an individualist, less likely to seek out the “safety in numbers” thing. Feel free to ask questions, or contact me directly for further discussion.


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He is first chair for the euphoniums.

Why is he considering moving to tuba? Has he been asked to? Does he want to be promoted to senior band for the kudos? Which band will have most of his band buddies in?


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They need Tubas. He likes to be needed. He likes making deep noises. And big instruments. I'm really not sure. At this point, it's not a battle worth me getting involved with. Although not sure battle is the appropriate word...

ah well there's the beauty. They don't have to take them home or store them in the main. Big instruments are left at school. Because they play every day in class, they are not expected to practice in the evenings. Or own their own instruments. Only during summer did we have two baritones in the house (Marching and concert)

Personally I'd go for the new experience in band. If he dissent enjoy it can be go back to bari?

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no :( band teacher says no going back :/ guess they don't have enough instruments for all the bari players....

he had to share last year when his was being fixed because no spares anywhere in city

OK. I have no more advice to give except he flip a coin. Heads it's tuba, tails it's bari. The trick is to believe (make him believe?) that he must do what the coin says. When the coin makes the decision what does he feel? Relief? or Disappointment? And then go with that feeling .... i.e. coin says "bari" and he is disappoint. So go to tuba. Or coin says bari and he is like "phew!", so go with bari .....

Thanks

Honkin'

They still need Tuba/Sousa players so he's going to try it for a couple of weeks until school gets out

In comparison with other brass instruments, you don’t so much “blow” a tuba (quiet at the back there!!!), as breathe through it.


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I was just about to say

"I'm a tuba!"

:p:

The bass from space...

*points/laughs*
Where's your band, dude?

Pffft. I'm Han Solo, bitch.

When you lose your wind, recycle...

A clowder of Tubas? A mob of Tubas? A troop of Tubas? A ménage à trios of Tubas?

A squeeze of sousas?

A plumbing of Sousas.

A rumbling of low brass?

An Excitement of Sousas
A Sternness of Tubas
A Brethren of Baritones
A Fleet of Euphoniums
A Wealth of Trombones
A Flight of Trumpets
A Curl of French Horns

GLORIOUS! Thank you Monster. How is the young'un getting on with the tooba?

An Alpert of Brass