Any solo can be played on tuba. I have a trad jazz band and the tuba plays solos right along with all the other instruments. For a time I was the tuba player in the band. The trombone player always commented that I play tuba like I play cornet, which is my primary instrument. When my tuba player ...

I would encourage you to look beyond looks. I found mine with a bit of a crushed bell and a few sizable dents. Repairs weren't too expensive. It is a joy to play. It is also the only one I found after looking for quite some time. I bought mine last summer for under $600. I notice that there's one on ...

This is a red herring. The only way this kind of data set would be real evidence of intonation differences between compensating and non-compensating is if you took the exact same make/model, made by robots (and not handmade, to eliminate variation), and built it in different valve configurations ...

I don't see how a compensating valve system would effect an instrument unless you are using the compensating valve, otherwise is has zero effect. If the euphonium is out of tune above a low C, then it has to do with the taper of the bugle, and has nothing to do with the valve section. As far as low ...

For my ears, compensating systems are one of the worst things to ever happen to brass. But I'm coming from a euphonium concept in my world. The more weight, the more bracing and the more complex you make a brass instrument, the more harmonics you lose in the sound. Supposedly the trade off is better ...

What you play doesn't have to say Tuba on it to be valuable for your development. Admittedly, I'm a trumpet/french Horn/baritone/euphonium convert and only play treble clef. But when I got to Tuba, I pulled out books and solos for any of those instruments and got to work. It really doesn't matter ...

Laughing a bit here. Euphonium players all want to play compensating euphoniums and through conditioning think they sound right. They don't. All that extra tubing and weight reduces the high overtones. Non-comp euphoniums do sound better with a fuller sound. But banding and the industry will not be ...

The best teachers I ever had played something and then told me to immitate the sound. Get that sound in my head. For me that really worked. Next topic is posture. I see even professional players with poor posture and believe me, you can hear it. There is a lack of resonance, plus the breathing is ...

The best teachers I ever had played something and then told me to immitate the sound. Get that sound in my head. For me that really worked. Next topic is posture. I see even professional players with poor posture and believe me, you can hear it. There is a lack of resonance, plus the breathing is ...

As a life long trumpet player I ventured into euphonium a few years ago due to being in a band that lost all of their euphonium players. Within a couple of months I was doing well. Then last summer I became frustrated trying to fill the tuba spot in my trad jazz band. So I bought a serviceable Conn ...

I used to love drum corps when I was young. But I am a curmudgeon of sorts about all the changes that have taken place over the years, in the name of “entertainment”. Back in my day we couldn’t put any percussion equipment on the ground, now they have the whole “front ensemble”. I'm with you. I love ...

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I'm playing in a newly formed tuba quartet. We pulled out the music to Keystone Chops and are missing the Tuba 1 part. The sheet music is out of print and it looks like we can't buy another copy. Can anyone help out? Thanks.

I bought a refurbished Chromebook on eBay for $50 to test the idea. It works. It’s a little small but readable. I think I still prefer paper, but the Chromebook really helps with the church stuff where we have hundreds of pieces, some loose, some in books. The Chromebook puts them in alphabetical o ...

How about this? I didn't listen to it. But from memory listening on TV however many decades ago, and thinking about it, I hear in my memory the last note was a concert A. I think in treble clef Bb trumpet as that is what I've played my whole life.

Excellent recommendations everyone. Thank you. The Besson sounds like a great option. But so do the rest. I have a friend that found a sousaphone for cheap and recommends that. I'll be on the lookout.

Hi All, I'm trying to move over from euphonium playing to tuba. My friend gave me his Conn BBb to try. The front valves are at an angle that is really uncomfortable. I'm looking for top action valves like on my euphonium. Is there a list of tubas that has that configuration in a Bb? I figure that ...