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A local paper came by and noticed me practicing outdoors the other day.

http://www.downtownexpress.com/?p=8190" target="_blank

Funny little blurb, good pic. In hindsight I wish I had stated that "there is comparatively lesser quantitiy of great solo music written for the tuba".

Very cool.

Very nice!

“The tuba has only been around for 200 years,” Vokits explained, “so there’s not a lot of solo music written for the tuba.”

Geeez, just how long does it take to write a tuba solo ???

aqualung wrote:“The tuba has only been around for 200 years,” Vokits explained, “so there’s not a lot of solo music written for the tuba.”

Geeez, just how long does it take to write a tuba solo ???

i am face palming that... but there is truth to it, when was the first "SOLO" written exclusively for tuba, Beelzebub? if so, it was quite a few years after the invention of the horn.

Nice picture!

Do you practice in a park often?

PMeuph wrote:Nice picture!

Do you practice in a park often?

I rarely practice there. I practice in a studio that I share with my wife towards midtown (Chelsea), but I was lazy that nice afternoon, and had a tuba in the nearby apartment left over from that weeks late night rehearsal. I didn't want to practice in the apartment: I don't need the ret-NJSO percussionist upstairs commenting on my routines (you've improved "so much" - embarasing) or cause the hearing loss of my daughter who was napping at the time.

Meeting Elijah was fun. The kid was very excited about music. I know he wanted to toot the horn, but I told him he should wait until he was a little older. I did let him pop/hand-slap my mouthpiece in the tuba, and work the valves.

And how is this for linking TUBA with a good topic?????????????????

Vokits recalled that he was just a little older than Elijah — maybe 7 or 8 — when he started studying piano. As for why he switched to tuba, “The sound has a low pitch when it mixes with the strings,” said Vokits. “It creates a beautiful, understated resonance.”

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Are they any good, Ben

Which Alex CC were you playing on in the picture?

Nice write-up, and really great picture.

jon112780 wrote:Which Alex CC were you playing on in the picture?

Its my 163, link to an old thread during the restoration process: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=40466

Good thing you have a day job, otherwise the interview could have been a little embarrassing!