Hello! I am in a bit of a pickle and need a copy of the Halsey Stevens sonatina accompaniment and solo by Friday and the one I ordered ended up not shipping on time. Does anyone have a PDF they could send me or know a way to buy it virtually? Thanks 😬

Hey, I’m a sophomore in high school, and I’m struggling a lot with range and sound quality at higher ranges, I thought that maybe a different mouthpiece could help with improving my higher range, any ideas of to what mouthpiece or what exercises I could do to improve?

Also I do marching band, and my director likes the conn Hellburg mouthpieces (I have 2) Any advice will help a lot

Hi! My son is participating in Tuba Christmas this coming Sunday. The coordinator doesn't happen to have the sheet music and said my son can share with someone there, however that seems a little spur of the moment as he has only been playing the Baritone two years. Does anyone have any ideas what songs are in the book maybe I can quickly get the sheet music? I probably should have done this a few weeks ago. I am late in searching already. 🙁 Thx

I will try to keep this short, but, growing up I was always a multi-instrumentalist. In school Tuba was always my primary instrument, while I would play Trombone in Pep-band, and Saxophone in Jazz band, and Trumpet on the side for fun. Over time after I graduated from high school, I stopped playing music for a good.. 5 years, to my shock I still got it pretty good in my brain of how to play my instruments, but I have a bit of a standstill in mind. I always loved playing Tuba, but, I also really fell in love with the Saxophone. I can't decide witch one to focus on (keeping Trombone and Trumpet out of the conversation going forward). Inside, I feel like I have set myself on my path to focus on Saxophone to become even better at that instrument, but, a part of me feels... bad? I guess a part of me is still attached to the Tuba, probably because I played it for close to 6 years, while I probably have at best 1 year clocked in on Saxophone. I know it's fine to be a multi-instrumentalist, but, I feel like, I will never be able to truly master any instrument if I keep bouncing between many. It's almost an emotional decision.. do I engage and continue with the new-found love for the Saxophone, or do I stick to my roots and go back to Tuba?.. Here's the other factor in this.. as a Tubist I would feel kind of empty playing without a band, like I have no real reason or purpose to be playing Tuba... with Saxophone that's a bit different... it feels okay to play solo on the Saxophone. Idk. (One annoyance of mine being a Tubist in high school really screwed with my music theory, to the point where, I have to learn how to play more rhythmic phrases on Saxophone, on Tuba it was all quarter notes and whole notes). Ultimately, I am just looking for some advice.

I’m looking at a new mouthpiece which is Euro shank but doesn’t come in an american shank size would this still work on my horn?

So, I am not a tuba player. I just play one on a MIDI sequencer. I came up with a brass quartet arrangement of an old English Christmas carol, The Cherry Tree Carol but I was wondering if the eighth note rests give a tuba player enough time to breathe or whether they will hyperventilate.

I also wonder about the tone of the tuba sample. Is that achieved with a mute or just playing really softly. And is the legato realistically possible on tuba? I really like the soft flowing nature of the tuba part and I would hate to have to give it up for realism.

Hi! My 8th grader, who plays tuba, just finished his first jazz band practice today, and it didn’t go well. For background, he is high-functioning autistic and struggles when things are new and different. Jazz band is apparently quite different from concert band, based on the freak-out he’s having.

I have no talent for music and don’t understand what he’s so upset about. I will reach out to the teacher, but she’s unlikely to see the message before tomorrow and I’m trying to calm him down sooner than that.

In particular, he’s very worked up over the warm up…he is playing quarter notes when everyone else is playing whole notes. Is there a quick and easy explanation that can help me understand what’s got him so bothered?

My little brother brother(15M) was giving a talk, and he was mentioning that the tuba room in my band hall has mostly Yamahas, but there are 2 better ones which are Miraphones. Nothing wrong with that right? He called them mellophones. Every. Single. Time. Every time he said mellophone, it was like driving a stake deeper into my heart. It's not even the issue of he isn't a band kid. He's the type to correct someone on Sousa v. Tuba! No point to my rant, no hate to my brother, and no moral to the story, just wanted to share and see if anyone had similar experiences.

Im a student and i would say im pretty decent at tuba, but one issue thats followed me my entire time playing is that middle D Db and C (on the staff) and their higher octaves have never come out in tune, they are always extremely flat (-20-30 cents). I play on a Meinl Weston 25 and on a Perantucci PT-48. I originally thought it was the instrument but after adjusting my slides it barely improved. After that i thought maybe it was just the specific horn i was playing on but the issue persisted (my school only has Meinl Weston 25’s) on the other horns at school. Can somebody guide me towards a solution or things i can do to improve this? Is this a player issue or just a problem with all Meinl Weston 25’s?

(I'm not sure if this is the correct flair but ok) So when I joined band a while back I was given the Yamaha YBB-105 model of the tuba. its a tiny (tiny for me) student model tuba. and whenever id practice, my tuba would go below the tube behind the valves, curling my thumb around it, and my 3 other fingers on the keys and my pinky hovering beside the valves, and when id play, I get the worst cramps possible. Worse than those 3am cramps and makes practicing unbearable. What should I say to my band director about this?

Hi, I currently have been playing trombone for over 4 years at this point. I am very interested in learning the tuba so I can march in drum corps. Is it possible to learn the instrument on the side and get good enough at it to make it into a potential world class corps?

I would start in February or march due to financial reasons and have audition in November/December.

I would try to rent a school tuba and I could take lessons from our schools tuba teacher.

I have no clue if it is possible to progress that much in such a short time span. Any advice would greatly be appreciated!

Hi y'all, looking to buy a contra to start playing tuba because why not(I play trumpet), Does anyone recommend the Schiller big bell contra (3 valve) or any other contra that is good?

There is one college near me, it’s a christian school, who does an indoor winds group instead of a field marching band, where they use contras. I was curious if there was other colleges who do the same, or who do a full corps style band with contras and everything. I have been looking around to not much avail, so I want to know if any of you guys have seen any.

Howdy y’all! I’ve been experimenting with some 3D printed mouthpieces for fun and thought you might enjoy seeing the result!

My school does a Christmas parade and I want to decorate my Sousa bell with garland and ribbon bows what would I use to hold the garland to bell with out removing the lacquer?

Hi I’m wanting to do a tuba christmas and I have a couple of questions.

1. Are there limited spots for Tuba christmas?
2. Where can I find the repertoire?
3. Can I attend multiple?
4. Is the repertoire different per event?

Thank you for your time.

To start off. I, I play euphonium as well. My endurance on tuba has ALWAYS been worse than my endurance on euphonium. Which to me, doesn’t make sense because I feel like it should be the other way around. But anyway, recently when I’ve played tuba my endurance has been 100x worse. My lips are shot within 5-10 minutes. It’s gotten to the point where it becomes very painful very fast.

On the other hand, I could play euphonium for hours and my lips not even get tired. It’s only an issue with tuba.

Does anyone have any idea as to what’s going on or what I need to do to fix it?

1. What tuba would best fit a rt-50 small shank?
2. Could a 3/4 tuba (e.g., Yamaha, Eastman) fit well with a rt-50 small shank?

My tuba professor yells at me every week to practice more, and it’s getting to be disheartening. I practice as much as I can, but I am swamped by other difficult classes, and I work with whatever time I have left. I feel like my skill level has plateaued at “best tuba at my very small college in the boonies of Ohio” which is not good enough to make tuba my full time career. I’m already a Junior in college, and I’m scared I’ve wasted my time. slight rant post over.

hey guys does anyone have access to a pdf/online copy of the piano accompaniments for the first rochut book specifically for etude #3 or know where i can purchase it? i cant find it anywhere online lol

Friend of mine keeps telling me about a “burping” technique but I’m not totally understanding what they mean. Suggestions? Is this a technique? I’m a composer