What do YOU think about TUBAS ?

[tofu]

That we are a discriminated against looked down upon minority group. We should organize mass protests of our perceived mistreatment by assembling in public areas and disrupting holiday shopping by playing Christmas songs.

Oh wait...that's TubaChristmas

[hup_d_dup]

Shortly after switching from trumpet to tuba my wife and I took a trip to the Tuba-Euphonium conference at Ft. Myer. After walking through the exhibit hall she said "don't get fat."

Hup

[Tubajug]

I admit, I really like tubas...

I've owned a 3/4 (Yamaha YBB-103), 7/8 (Bach 869), and 4/4 (King 2341 [current horn] and Miraphone 186). I've always wanted to try a 6/4 (maybe a Holton 345, like bloke's satin silver one!)

Since discovering this site six years ago, I've learned quite a bit about tubas and have been brave enough to learn some repair stuff and was able to resurrect an old Eb into playing condition mostly on my own.

So, in conclusion, I really like tubas. I would like to someday own more tubas. Like a helicon and/or raincatcher.

That is all.

[Three Valves]

Tuba is a really cool instrument. It's really big. Tuba playing is fun. I like the tuba.

I wonder if that could be converted to Dr. Seuss...(??)

"...There's one thing I hate all the noise, noise, noise. And they'll make shrieks and squeels racing round on their wheels, they'll dance with ting-tinglers tied on to their heels. They'll blow their blue-toopers, they'll bang their ta-tinkers. They'll blow their Who-whoopers, they'll bang their gar-dinkers. They'll beat their drum-dinkers, they'll slam their slew-slumpers. They'll beat their flung-floopers, they'll slam their who-wunkers. And they'll play noisy games like zoo-zinger-car-zay -- a roller skate kind of lacrosse and croquet. Then they'll make ear splitting noises galooks on their great big electro-who-cardio-shnoox."

[PaulMaybery]

Me thinks there may be a comparison that has yet to be addressed. Particularly with regard to newer, smooth and shiny tubas, there is a suggestion that there may be an erotic parallel to tubas: the way we stare at them, admire their curves, hold them in our arms and on our laps, and the way we bring it to our mouths, and how it causes our respiration to accelerate. I suppose this would be somewhat of a Freudian view of things. But, on the other hand, to paraphrase the good Dr. Freud, "Sometimes a tuba is just a tuba."
Paul "who has way too much crap rattling around in his brain" Maybery

[tbn.al]

How can someone distinguish a "tuba player" from a "baritone horn player"?

That guy plays trombone and you damned well know it.

Watch yourself there Robert. You have to sit next to trombones a lot. Just sayin'.

[edsel585960]

What do I think about tubas? I think you're all a bunch of drunks!

That's the whole point of playing Oktoberfest.

[opus37]

I have retired a number of years ago and have taken up tuba playing in ernest. I play in 3 bands and a quintet. I also play in a 30 piece semi-pro orchestra for a Christmas Pageant. These groups play at church, assisted living homes and community gatherings. Last night, after a concert, a little girl came up to me and wanted me to play a little something for her on my helicon. She was thrilled to touch something she had only seen and heard on Veggie Tales. I practice almost every day and find it very relaxing and enjoyable. I currently have 8 tubas, sousaphones and helicons (with one more on order). They seem to just show up at my door. So tuba for me, is playing, collecting, and bringing enjoyment to others. It's a hobby and a way of sharing with others. What more can anyone ask.

[doublebuzzing]

This guy hit the nail right on the head about tuba players, didn't he?

"The kind-hearted folks who play the tuba are good-looking and smart. They'd give you the shirt off their back. The tuba is one of the most interesting to take in the bath with you. It's a crying shame that there's only one per orchestra. Would that it could be different."

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[edsel585960]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV8i-pSVMaQ" target="_blank It can be fun at the beach too!

[WC8KCY]

How can someone distinguish a "tuba player" from a "baritone horn player"?

That guy plays trombone and you damned well know it.

Trombones are for people who can't read music and move their fingers up and down at the same time.

[Rick Denney]

Tuba: an incredibly expensive, unappreciated, difficult to manage instrument assigned to fat kids who have a hard time with the trumpet or trombone, and probably will never be REAL musicians.

Sigh.

Rick "who hates it when people talk about me behind my back" Denney