Best songs with TUBA...

[Tikki]

My fav

Tikki

[HopeHoops]

1. I played tuba as a senior - 4-valve rotary Meinl Weston - brand new.

Man was that a nice axe.

On Edit: I also had to play a clunky old sousaphone in marching band, but at least I got to wear a beret!

[Tikki]

2. My oldest played TUBA and Sousaphone in band...

Moved from trombone.
Highlight was when he joined 30 some other band's Sousaphones
for the march on to Dodger's Stadium during So Cal band night.

They played in formation and then joined their respective bands as they marched on field.

When he practiced it would shake the house window glass. Kinda cool, though.


Tikki

[HopeHoops]

6. It was my first brass instrument. Took home a I for both solo and ensemble performances.

Hard instrument, but well worth it.

[mikeytherat]

3. "A chance to start all over and correct mankind's mistakes, like the tuba!

It will be a veritable Garden of Eden. Without the tuba!" - futurama

mikey_the_rat

[Tikki]

4. The TUBA makes such a big deep sound. It does sound otherworldly.

Tikki

[ceile]

5. "Tusk"

[Tikki]

7. Loved that Fleetwood Mac joined a marching band for that number..

It raised the spirits of band members exponentially.




Tikki

[ceile]

8. I couldn't find my favorite version

I think it was a PBS special, and the band came in through the audience- classic!

[Tikki]

10. We need a Glee type show called TUSK about MS/HS/U marching bands..

I would love it...

My boys were at the age where they were in MS and HS
bands and played Tuba/Sousaphone and Percussion respectively
and both played "Eye of the Tiger".
I can still hear their parts in my head, today.


Tikki

[AnneD]

9. Dueling Tubas....

Remake of the Dueling Banjos.

Brother played tuba in HS. He and his bud would get togather and play it.

[Tikki]

11. Wouldn't that be the most amazing youtube video...

Band will be living on in our family in two years when our
grandson joins band...hopefully a bass clef instrument.

You never know, though...he stops short whenever he hears a piccolo.

Tikki

[AnneD]

12. No, what would have been an amazing video.....

He learned to ride a unicycle and he was damn good. Upstairs, downstairs, you name it. I mean circus folks were the only people better than he was.

He would have to practice scales on his tuba, so he would hop on his unicycle with his tuba, and cycle around the block playing. The neighbors still talk about that. We would call that Extreme Multi-tasking these day.

[Tikki]

13. Sounds like a fun household...

Unicyle Tuba playing..an xtreme sport for sure.


Tikki

[AnneD]

14. We were crazy kids......

Mom is a great sport about everything. We were all practical jokers, but then she pulled a few good ones too. We laughed a lot.

When we did something bad, we knew if we could make Mom laugh about it, we were home free.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

15. The Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto.

Yes there is such a thing as a tuba concerto.