adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
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Re: adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
delicate
Cant carry a tune but I can carry a tuba.


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Re: adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
One I always hear is "LAZY." But if I wanted to be lazy I would have picked something smaller and easier to carry. Here in Colorado you can always tell directors that are familiar with low brass and others that definitly put weak musicians on tuba. The stereotypical "high minded" director always will turn a blind eye to the low end of the band and then wonder why they are not getting the compliments on their group they want at festivals.
People also think tuba players play simple parts so we must be "DUMB." It even happends all over main stream Hollywood. Think about the last time other than the movie "My Girl" that a total doofus was not put as a tuba player.
People also think tuba players play simple parts so we must be "DUMB." It even happends all over main stream Hollywood. Think about the last time other than the movie "My Girl" that a total doofus was not put as a tuba player.
Brass Band Tacoma
Puget Brass
Willson BBb 3100 FA5
Willson Eb 3400 FA5
..and a miriad of other JUNK not worth mentioning.
Puget Brass
Willson BBb 3100 FA5
Willson Eb 3400 FA5
..and a miriad of other JUNK not worth mentioning.
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Re: adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
Non-confrontational
and
willing to suffer fools gladly...
and
willing to suffer fools gladly...
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Re: adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
Timid
Fearful
Tentative
Tone deaf
Aloof
Fearful
Tentative
Tone deaf
Aloof
1970ish Marzan BBb
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1924 King Bell Front BBb
1932 King Bell Front BBb (0.75" bore)
1970ish Marzan BBb slant rotor
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Heavy_Metal
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Re: adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
Sane.

Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
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Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
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restrained (except sometimes by court order)
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Antontuba
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Non-descript.
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Sober! 
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Besson BE943 Bass T-Bone
1929 Conn 4H Tenor T-Bone
Selman Eb Alto T-Bone
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Adequately humble.
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Needing humility?
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Re: adjectives that do ~NOT~ describe tuba players...
stealth
inconspicuous
inconspicuous
Mansfield University Music Dept. Chair
Musical Director, Mountaineer Brass Band
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Musical Director, Mountaineer Brass Band
1965 Holton 345 BB-flat
1980 Boosey & Hawkes Imperial E-flat
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