Doublers?

[kegmcnabb]

tuba, bass guitar, percussion

[Monty]

Tuba,conga, dumbek.diatonic harmonica,aux perc.. in and out of fiddle too. and yeah, spoons- every tuba player should double on spoons- you need something lucrative to fall back on.

It seems to me that Tuba players who double as string bassists have the best lock on steady work. You develop a good concept of the bass and the chops are different so you can play longer.

[tubatooter1940]

Sure would be nice if one could get up to and play tuba while wearing a bass guitar-possibly while standing.

[Carroll]

Joe Murphy used to do just that... play bass and then flip it up over his shoulder when he played his tuba - with his jazz brass quintet "Conversation". Very cool.

[Z-Tuba Dude]

Tuba
Euphonium
Bass Trombone
Electric Bass
Baton

[ai698]

Whatever my groups need. I've played every brass instrument in my groups.

[MartyNeilan]

Tuba
double on Bass Trombone
play piano / keyboard when needed
relearning Bass Guitar

[Teubonium]

Tenor trombone in jazz bands, euphonium and tuba in concert bands.

I've been playing all 3 for over 50 years.

I consider the euph my main axe and it is the one I play the best and enjoy the most, though trombone and tuba are more in demand.

[Tubatoad]

Besides Tuba;
Trombone (Conn 88H, my old and dear friend!)
Fife (when no one is listening!)

[mckay]

Tuba, Euphonium, Trombone. Started on baritone in 4th grade, added 'bone in 7th grade, tuba in 9th grade. Been playing all three on-and-off since. (Over 30 years.)

[MaryAnn]

violin, viola, french horn, tuba, euph, cornet/trumpet. Haven't been paid yet for any brass except horn.
MA

[Mike Finn]

Tuba and Electric Bass. I mess around on trombone and euph, but not in public (yet).
I play A LOT more bass gigs than tuba, but I've been bringing my tuba to more bass gigs lately and playing a couple of tunes a night with it. Mostly blues, but some straight-ahead jazz too. I just wish it wasn't considered a novelty, like "Oh, look at the tuba!" I don't want you to look at it, I want you to listen to it!
sorry, /rant.
MF

[tubacdk]

Tuba, upright bass, electric bass, bass trombone, euph. I don't get a whole lot of opportunity to play stuff other than tuba, maybe once or twice a month. But it's a good thing.

-ck

[corbasse]

In increasing order of $$ (€€) per gig :
Tuba, french horn, natural horn (If you do it properly it's a completely different instrument from normal french horn..)
I've fooled around with baritone and flugelhorn as well, but don't play them anymore. No none-brass instruments. Yet.

[GC]

tuba (sort of) BBb, Eb
6-string bass guitar
trombone
baritone
larynx (usually bass II)

[Will]

I've played tuba, euphonium, and trombone regularly ever since I started band. During my last semester in college I played bass and tenor trombone in trombone choir, then played euph and tuba in the tuba ensemble the very next hour!

Although I've graduated in tuba performance, I've found more gigs as a bass trombonist.


Will (who wishes he could use his tuba mouthpiece for that pedal F, but is determined to get it on his Schilke 58 )

[Tom Mason]

All clarinets and saxes
trombones, bariphonium, tuba
upright and electric basses

I conduct in my teaching post as well as my church music program

Also play hand bells

All for cash, which is almost as good as money............

Tom Mason