An orchestra without a tuba is like...

[Trevor Bjorklund]

"An orchestra without a tuba is like a kiss without a moustache" - Gérard Buquet
This is my new favorite quote.

[Mark]

An orchestra without a tuba is like...

a Beethoven Symphony.

[Donn]

A kiss from someone with a moustache is one of those things I think some people are going to like a lot more than others. Don't know, but I'm not in any hurry to find out.

[thattubaguy]

It's like when somebody dies on stage.

[Steve Marcus]

Mahler knew what an orchestra without a tuba was like. That's why he added tuba to Beethoven 9 and other scores that were sorely lacking a tuba part (albeit sometimes a very modest tuba part added).

[iiipopes]

Mozart. Haydn. Beethoven. Schubert. All the rest of the classical composers before 1840. The point being....?

[windshieldbug]

... a bass trombone without two-stroke fuel...

[Trevor Bjorklund]

Fascinating. Things definitely take a life of their own here on TubeNet!
Just thought I'd share something I found quite funny and very slightly enlightening (the source is a French guy who works in Germany, to add a cultural dimension).

[Mark]

Mahler knew what an orchestra without a tuba was like. That's why he added tuba to Beethoven 9 and other scores that were sorely lacking a tuba part (albeit sometimes a very modest tuba part added).

What about Mahler's own Symphony, No. 4?

[Steve Marcus]

What about Mahler's own Symphony, No. 4?

One "oversight" out of nine ain't bad.

[TubaRay]

An orchestra without a tuba is like...an orchestra that doesn't have a tuba.

This seems very obvious to me. I'm just sayin'. Obviously, I prefer an orchestra WITH a tuba.

[Kevin Hendrick]

Mahler knew what an orchestra without a tuba was like. That's why he added tuba to Beethoven 9 and other scores that were sorely lacking a tuba part (albeit sometimes a very modest tuba part added).

What about Mahler's own Symphony, No. 4?

Well, the notes had to come from *somewhere* ...

[Wyvern]

... Is like a Diesel engine without tubodrive

[bigbob]

It's like a building without a foundation....a bridge with out supports...a airplane without engines...a glider without air... ect ect.............................................BB

[Bob Kolada]

Like a big band without a soprano saxophone, tolerable/encouraged.

[bort]

...a brass quintet with a bass trombone.

[GC]

+1

[pjv]

...is SOOO 18th centrury.

[MartyNeilan]

...is like going to the bathroom without toilet paper.

[tbn.al]

Excellent analogy Marty. The need is both cases depends on what the immediate program calls for.