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Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:30 pm
by eupher61
La Bamba.
We Are The Champions.
Twist and Shout.
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:15 pm
by BVD Press
Mario Bros.!
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:17 pm
by The Jackson
BVD Press wrote:Mario Bros.!
+1!
Check out the old Super Mario music (or any other NES/SNES music). They are pretty simple and rarely have more than a few parts going at a time.
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:29 pm
by Carroll
The Jackson wrote:BVD Press wrote:Mario Bros.!
+1!
Check out the old Super Mario music (or any other NES/SNES music). They are pretty simple and rarely have more than a few parts going at a time.
And look... someone did the hard work for you
http://gprime.net/images/mariopiano/" target="_blank
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:55 pm
by kontrabass
oh, where to start...here's a list of crazy ideas for you:
Queen - Another one bites the dust
Star Wars Imperial March
Play that funky music white boy
Stevie Wonder - superstition
Nirvana - smells like teen spirit
Indiana Jones theme
Family Guy theme
Simpsons theme (etc.)
Ray Charles - I got a woman (give it the Kanye West beat)
Timbaland - The way I are
and so on and so forth...
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:43 pm
by TMurphy
"Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap
Edit: Dang. Won't let me put an umlaut over the N.

Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:00 pm
by BVD Press
bigpapajon wrote:Tetris theme. You can even march around like little blocks and fit together.
Go for humor and play "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story a la Chuck D. from Canadian Brass.
Cool video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuRfQlMu2VY" target="_blank
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:04 am
by rocksanddirt
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls (just the chorus, in three/four parts)
Superstition is a good choice (might be hard to work up without to much rehearsal time....)
Who - Pinball Wizard
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:16 am
by BVD Press
rocksanddirt wrote:
Who - Pinball Wizard
Very cool chart found here:
http://www.timolt.com/atkt/sounds.html
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:23 am
by BVD Press
bigpapajon wrote:Tetris theme. You can even march around like little blocks and fit together.
Go for humor and play "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story a la Chuck D. from Canadian Brass.
"If I Only Had a Brain" from "The Wizard of Oz"
Re: Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:37 am
by GC
F-Troop, Andy Griffith, Brady Bunch, or I Dream of Jeannie themes. Just to be obnoxious.