Facial Hair and Tuba

[ppalan]

...and then there's this guy...



...and of course him too...


Pete

[circusboy]

This sure is an evergreen discussion!

I think it's got a lot to do with the qualities of the facial hair, itself. I think that if you have thin, soft hair it won't affect your playing too much; but if you have thick, stiff hair, it will.

I have the latter and nevertheless sport a beard and moustache, anyway. I find that when I keep it trimmed very short (<3mm), it doesn't hurt my playing. Anything longer does. (Not that anyone would notice, given the overall consistency of my bad playing.)

[TubaKen]

...and of course him, to...

I posted this the last time this discussion came up (it is a perennial, isn't it!)
Here's Bobo from the Botuba album. If you look close, he's shaved the area where the mouthpiece meets the face.
Not saying no one can play with facial hair, but most of the pros don't.