One of the cooler German Band things I've seen

[ASTuba]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ELUy6eoCNE

I think Ray Grim needs to have this ready for the next time he's doing Oktoberfests!!!

[David Richoux]

It seems hard to tell because of the echo, but are those fast runs more of the "just wiggle your fingers and go high?" technique? At that speed it would be really tricky to have exact fingerings!

[bort]

Careful now -- I think they are Austrians. Heh, don't call an Austrian a German (or vice versa)!

[TubaRay]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ELUy6eoCNE

I think Ray Grim needs to have this ready for the next time he's doing Oktoberfests!!!

Probably not!

[David Richoux]

Careful now -- I think they are Austrians. Heh, don't call an Austrian a German (or vice versa)!

From my somewhat limited experience in the area, I think some or many northern Austrians would not have a problem being called German, but probably not the other way around

[Bob Kolada]

What kind of tuba is that?

[Wyvern]

What kind of tuba is that?

Looks like a Vienna F of some sort with 3 valves for each hand