Most fun tuba songs to blast out?

bigboom · Post by **bigboom** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:24 pm

I really like "Symphonies of Gaia" when I playing with the band, otherwise all of mine have been listed.

Ben

Wes Krygsman · Post by **Wes Krygsman** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:59 pm

Fave band arrangement: Manzoni Requim-Verdi. Sick tuba part, most challenging part overall I've played in band so far.
Fave orch: Prokofieff Romeo and Juliet. Got me to work on my low range and love playing in that range now.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:31 pm

Tabor wrote:I like the Brahms Lullaby and I'm a little teapot

Tabor

The Brahms Lullaby is nice ... not sure what being a little teapot has to do with it ...

John Caves · Post by **John Caves** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:59 am

How about the solo on "The Red Ravem Polka" !

Billy M. · Post by **Billy M.** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:58 am

My vote goes to Fountains of Rome by Respighi.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM BRASS!

Billy M. · Post by **Billy M.** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:08 am

Cameron Gates wrote:
Doc wrote:Cameron,

Where can we hear "Deathtree"?

BTW, How's the 606 working?

Doc
The Marine Band used to do Deathtree every Easter. That stopped around 1996. The only things I remember from my first years in the band are listening to our since-retired principle tuba player Tom Lyckberg rip that piece a new one each and every time he played it.

Cameron Gates

If it's Deathtree as in 2nd movement to David Holsinger's Easter Symphony you can get a recording of it via www.davidrholsinger.com or West Coast Music Service (now called Florida Music Service) at www.flmusicservice.com

Hope this helps.

KevinYoung · Post by **KevinYoung** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:25 am

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Gum Suckers

Tubatoad · Post by **Tubatoad** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:24 pm

The theme from Veggie-tales!

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:29 pm

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fpoon · Post by **fpoon** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:43 pm

Nat'l Emblem is awesome, but I always like playing that part at Tubachristmas better (especially in Atlanta...).

Also, Hey Baby is mad fun.

Being from Atlanta, yeah, Bud is cool, especially when the whole stadium sings it. But it's got nothing to 20 tubas doing the hokie pokie for 65,115 Hokies in Blacksburg... We have a couple AWESOME tuba parts up here at Tech, and we've got a new CD coming out soon. I'll try to get some parts up to let ya'll hear it.

Gotta throw in Flourish for Wind Band, and the last movement of Pineapple Pole (I think it's the last one...).

And even though I'm not real big on FSU, as a devout Braves fan, I have to say that I bet blasting and screaming the War Chant is pretty badass...

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:34 am

I haven't read this whole thread (draining my cell phone battery right now to be online), so I don't know if someone has already mentioned the tune "Godzilla".

As near as I could tell, it's a flip folder-sized pep band arrangement of the Godzilla movie theme. Naturally, being a song for basketball games and such, it's best played really loudly. I mean really loudly.

Plus, it mostly sits around second-space C and the F at the bottom of the staff, which, for whatever reason, is by far the easiest register for truly obnoxious honking.

One of the other players in college thought that a performance of "Godzilla" loosened one of his fillings.

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:03 am

Leland wrote:As near as I could tell, it's a flip folder-sized pep band arrangement of the Godzilla movie theme

It may have been the song "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult, that would lend itself to some sonic crush.

Ah, but we have a new entrant to the field. Kenneth Singleton made a band transcription of Sergei Prokofiev's "Ivan The Terrible" and set it up as a five-movement suite. I've been told that some really meaty stuff got left out, but this whole thing is a blow, top to bottom. We played it at George Mason University yesterday, and I'm still seeing spots in front of my eyes.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:28 pm

Tom Holtz wrote:
Leland wrote:As near as I could tell, it's a flip folder-sized pep band arrangement of the Godzilla movie theme
It may have been the song "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult, that would lend itself to some sonic crush.

Yeah, that makes sense. "Frankenstein" is really loud, too (although I wouldn't know who did that one, either).

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:25 pm

Leland wrote: "Frankenstein" is really loud, too (although I wouldn't know who did that one, either).

Edgar Winter Group. Very loud. Makes a fine sousaphone etude.
This thread is eight pages long. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Benjamin · Post by **Benjamin** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:19 pm

Hey man, Imust agree Ride of the Valkyries is pretty cool. But I got a book with melody's from movies arranged for Tuba and I have to say Indiana Jones is pretty fun to play.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:21 pm

Tom Holtz wrote:This thread is eight pages long. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Aw, you know that tubas are like cars. Sometimes you just gotta see how loud they'll get.

Bromthebard95 · Post by **Bromthebard95** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:10 am

It's not actually a tuba song, but the 4th Movement to Dvorak's 9th Symphony (New World). The main theme is SO fun to play as loud as possible. I played it inside a church the other night, all I can say is wow!

EMC · Post by **EMC** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:42 am

come out and play, the arrangmet for a pep band

Charlie C Chowder · Post by **Charlie C Chowder** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:53 am

I am just a hack, and have not played a lot of music in concert since High School, Class of '69. But I loved playing the Naval battle Theme from the movie "Ben Hur". Still love the movie and the music.

Charlie C. Chowder

pwhitaker · Post by **pwhitaker** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:48 pm

Taking a 32 bar chorus in a Traditional Jazz group.

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