Hey, Bort... Re: Playing F tuba as if it were a big BBb...

[bort]

Nice. Is that the new one?

You know, sometimes I really do wonder if I could cut it with just a large F tuba, and play the $#!@ out of it. Haven't been brave enough to try it yet. But the one F tuba that I owned like 10 years ago was a hell of a lot of fun.

[roughrider]

Very nice tuba playing in the band video! Strong yet unobtrusive and on the beat!!

[The Brute Squad]

You know, sometimes I really do wonder if I could cut it with just a large F tuba, and play the $#!@ out of it.

I did for about a decade before buying my C this spring, with the 181 no less.

[bort]

You know, sometimes I really do wonder if I could cut it with just a large F tuba, and play the $#!@ out of it.

I did for about a decade before buying my C this spring, with the 181 no less.

Interesting. What are your thoughts on this since the spring?

[The Brute Squad]

Interesting. What are your thoughts on this since the spring?

I haven't played my 181 much since, mostly because I've been acclimating myself to playing C again, and because everything I've done so far (summer band, orchestra, and a pit) has sat better on the C.

The couple times I have picked it up, it felt like a peashooter (probably because my C is a 6/4). I probably could go back to just using it as my only horn if needed, though.

[bort]

I'd love to own another F tuba, and play it a TON. I actually considered it this last time around

Problem is, that historically I end up playing in large bands that either I'm the only tuba player, or I'm the only strong player. In which case, adding a strong F tuba just isn't exactly the best thing for the ensemble.

If I had a more reasonable application for it, I'd definitely want another F!

[Charlie C Chowder]

If I needed a reasonable application for an instrument, I would not own a thing. I want it, I get it. I do not see them as tools but toys to enjoy. I have four Bbs and Three Ebs for tubas. Lot of other toys that make me happy when I play them as well. I am 68, and tomorrow I will play my third paid gig ever. And until last Summer I had not played with anyone since college, TubaChristmas aside. Now I am in two bands, One with Sax, one with Tuba, only because I have played for no good reason then I wanted to for almost 50 years.

Go Buy that F tuba!
Charlie C. Chowder

[tubacorbin]

If I had a more reasonable application for it, I'd definitely want another F!

You might be surprised by how many reasonable applications you can find after you buy one.

[The Brute Squad]

If I had a more reasonable application for it, I'd definitely want another F!

You might be surprised by how many reasonable applications you can find after you buy one.

Any application is reasonable if you can find a reason for it.

[hubert]

Perhaps here you may find one of the reasons.....
Enjoy anyway.
Hubert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlLODfc_0mM

[bort]

Perhaps here you may find one of the reasons.....
Enjoy anyway.
Hubert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlLODfc_0mM

Sehr gut!

Love it. Even better to hear this stuff without a mic rammed down the bell... But hey, that's just how it goes most of the time.

So... Besides the 181, what is a good model F tuba to play as if it were a big BBb?