Favorite Thing About Playing the Tuba...?

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I love the feeling you get when you are the pedal root of a huge chord and you feel like the entire orchestra is sitting on your shoulders!!!!!

That is what playing the TUBA is all about
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Nothing pleases me more than hearing trumpet players trip out when I play their rep better than they do..... 8)

Now if I could only win a job.....hehehehe....

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The sound man, the sound.....
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tubaboy wrote:you never ever hear "Tubas quiet down, your playing way too loud" at ff phrases haha... and also that nice low rich sound that no other instruments get.
lol wanna bet? come to one of my rehearsels:-p
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jdsalas wrote:My favorite that I always get is "Man!, That thing is almost bigger than you are!" or "I can't see you behind that thing when your playing".

Here's to all the short tuba player's in the world.

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My favorite one that I've been told is "Hey, I bet you could fit into your case!"
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i personally have always enjoyed people's fascination with the tuba...... AND STICKING THEIR HEAD IN THE BELL WHILE I BLAT A BEAUTIFUL NOTE!! :D
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I had a trombone-playing friend who started noodling on tuba for brass techniques class in college.

Within about two notes, she noticed that her whole entire lap was vibrating. :shock: She realized how the sensation, um, felt, and she immediately thought, "Oh, so THIS is why you guys like to play tuba!"
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Principal pay plus cartage to play one piece out of seven on a concert...
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My favorite thing is trying to convince all the horn players in my school that Strauss really did write that concerto for tuba.
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