Arranging for tuba ensemble - HELP!

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Mario Bros.!
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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.
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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.
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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...
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"Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap

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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.
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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
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rocksanddirt wrote:
Who - Pinball Wizard
Very cool chart found here:

http://www.timolt.com/atkt/sounds.html
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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"
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F-Troop, Andy Griffith, Brady Bunch, or I Dream of Jeannie themes. Just to be obnoxious.
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