The Heavy Is A Spai It's not all about the valve oil, with these instruments I've had problems with stuck valves just by pressing on them at a bad/weird angle.
lets take a moment to appreciate his work, he has to run around with whats basically a minifridge in terms of weight and he has to hold it with just his two hands. what a legend
Having wanted to be a contra player for DCI, the amount of work contra players do for shows is crazy. Sure trumpets and mellos have crazy fast playing but contras do all the same movements with instruments 10x the size.
our band just switched from 20j's to 45lb contras (yamaha, which people say is the heaviest) and before we got them i saw this and was like why is he breathing so hard? but NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!!
David Luna damn bro. Good luck. I just switched to tuba last year, but the leader was unbearable so I'm heading back to trumpet (main instrument). But lmao. I just saw a comment saying Yamaha contrast were the lightest weighing in at 18 pounds😂😂 like nahhhhh
One of my friends tried a contra and said visibility is ass, that why if you noticed they face inward when they aren’t directly in front of the drum major
Fausto you also point your bell at the press box because typically some judges are up there **i play tuba in my school's marching band and until now i didn't realize that can also help you see the drum major better oof**
Turkey Thug Airsoft they are a variation of tuba, particularly designed for DCI/march, people call them contras. They are an alternative to sousaphones in marching band
Lukas Karle well the blue coats are from Ohio and I don't know where they're performing in this so I'll go with Ohio, so at this time of year it was probably about 29C, but if they were somewhere really warm and south it could definitely be that warm, it's probably somewhere in between.
Ryan Witko if u are seeing this remember to keep your fingers like an arch on the valves. dont lay them flat on the valves, this helps with pressing notes faster.
stands in front of camera man. *camera man instantly decides because it is a tuba he should put his camera in it to make sure his cat or dog didnt jump in again so he can watch over the video to get mad at his pets* boi that was long
i know this is a year old, but im in the process of joining dci, and ive watched a few rehershals, the tubas always go to their horns down, then hornline brings horns up, its how it works, and the DM points to them and says "tuba", thats their signal, brass staff and drum majors alike do it, so, its a tuba.
I feel like the tubas goof off so much more than the other sections.
Austin Mann yes, tubas and mellos do it all the time
Woop I will agree with the mellophones goofing off a lot
*percussion*
omg ya the percussion. You should hear them while they're counting XD
Well, counting, yeah. But tubas took so long to get ready for the run lol
5:29 dude just standing there with a contra blasting in his face.
McHenry Maney LoL
Move it!
i want that video he was taking LOL
8:27 RIP stuck valve
It's just like a moment of pure frustration as your mind is still trying to find out why the f**k the valve isn't going up. XD
Maxwell Osborn yeah it's better than having to deal with instruments that are LITERALLY FALLING APART ON YOU...
Maxwell Osborn one time my valve got stuck like 8 times during a competition, it sucked so bad
One time I had a duet and my valve got stuck on my trumpet
I play tuba and saxophone but having a stick valve is 10 times worse than a split reed
we've all been their
10:09 look at all of those tubas
CaptCookieCrunch but is it a jagged line¿?
that's a big trumpet...
_Zombi3_ i know a big trumpet you rest on you shoulder
It's actually a tiny trumpet, for a full-sized trumpet, it contains so much mass that it begins to collapse in on itself. The more you know! :D
_Zombi3_ its a tuba
AIDEN PRO it was a joke
Oh snap it's that tenor sax I know I'm not retarded I was being a smart ass
Someone needed some valve oil...
The Heavy Is A Spai It's not all about the valve oil, with these instruments I've had problems with stuck valves just by pressing on them at a bad/weird angle.
i got some in my locker
8:54 You kno this is best feeling while playing
Gotta get intimate with your instrument sometimes
lets take a moment to appreciate his work, he has to run around with whats basically a minifridge in terms of weight and he has to hold it with just his two hands. what a legend
Having wanted to be a contra player for DCI, the amount of work contra players do for shows is crazy. Sure trumpets and mellos have crazy fast playing but contras do all the same movements with instruments 10x the size.
Wow look at all those trumpets! I kinda wish I played contrabass for some reason
That's a big flute...
YellowInferno not flute tuba
Kenny Griffin it's sarcasm
No a flute bro it's an alto saxophone xD
Its a piccolo lol
YellowInferno no bro its clearly a snare drum
That’s a big trombone
our band just switched from 20j's to 45lb contras (yamaha, which people say is the heaviest) and before we got them i saw this and was like why is he breathing so hard? but NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!!
David Luna damn bro. Good luck. I just switched to tuba last year, but the leader was unbearable so I'm heading back to trumpet (main instrument). But lmao. I just saw a comment saying Yamaha contrast were the lightest weighing in at 18 pounds😂😂 like nahhhhh
Brent Thompson yeah it's definitely not that light lol
Boi😂 Yamaha’s are like 30 at the most😂😂😂 you have Jupiter’s
I know exactly how he feels. We bought the bluecoats tubas from their equipment sale and it's a struggle. Not too bad after you get used to them tho
I march 20j tubas, and it takes way more air to play them than contras
4:26 is my favorite part
I which my band would do something that gave tubas/sousas attention
the great feeling of the cold tuba on ur sweating hot body am i right!!
It must be difficult watching the drum major with that giant bell in the way, right?
Chrisss yeah😂 it's nice to have assistant drum majors that they can see.
i can confirm. keeping an eye on the DM is a royal pain in the ass with a contra.
One of my friends tried a contra and said visibility is ass, that why if you noticed they face inward when they aren’t directly in front of the drum major
Fausto you also point your bell at the press box because typically some judges are up there **i play tuba in my school's marching band and until now i didn't realize that can also help you see the drum major better oof**
@Chrisss 😂yes I can’t even see my drum major. My big bell gets in the way too much
When my marching band saw the other marching band tubas they said, “ What kind of tubas is that.” And I responded, “ Special ones”
tuba player here, ive been given a sousaphone rsther than these kinds, im not complaining, but im confused as to why
8:28 1st valve stuck? Tuba probs
but when u can feel it starting to get stuck minutes before is even for painful
Rachel Marrone facts 😂
For trumpets it’s third valve
That's a pretty big trumpet if I do say so myself
Awesome Tuba Feature at 5:00
8:27 OMG I CANT!!! I RELATE SO MUCH!!!
8:00 Patrick Geren Checking his phone
How to they make those bell covers. I really want to make one for my contra section this year as a going away present from me
salad bar?
were lucky to only play up to 8th notes so when we see people playing 16th or 32nd notes were just like what are those???
Are those 3 valve BB flat tubas?
Turkey Thug Yup.
Thank You!
Turkey Thug Airsoft they are a variation of tuba, particularly designed for DCI/march, people call them contras. They are an alternative to sousaphones in marching band
where my baritones at?!!
Right here my fellow meme
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Alloy Playz my boi
Texas
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What’s the name of those bell covers, my band has worn through all of ours and we can’t remember the name of them
Mason Meeks I think they’re bell socks. I call them tuba condoms
3:37 Da fok? xD 😂
Are you playing a tuba or an rpg
TheProstheticLemon both
a contrabass bugle
@@rachelmarrone3271 No he's playing a marching tuba. Contrabass bugles are in g and have a bigger bore.
The lucker at 5:28
Austin Mann w
I Legit just finished watching the lead trumpet video
The guy in the cookie monster shirt is my band director Gordon😎😎😎😎😎😎
me too 😹😹
Is dalton the same one from 2015?
did he say salad bar?
Ludwig Van Beethoven Yes yes they did
We only have 8 contras..
Only? I am in fact the only tuba 😔
@@alonelytuba user name checks out
@@alonelytuba same
@@alonelytubasame 😔
Idk if you even are active on this acct anymore but if you see this what gloves are you using?
What size tuba is that?
How hot is it im this area of the USA ?
looks like 37°C
Lukas Karle well the blue coats are from Ohio and I don't know where they're performing in this so I'll go with Ohio, so at this time of year it was probably about 29C, but if they were somewhere really warm and south it could definitely be that warm, it's probably somewhere in between.
This was in Buffalo, New York in early August
Sophie Guidry alright thank you, so it's more northern but also later in the season, probably about the same
Sophie Guidry your hot
You can see they guys shirt at 5:30
8:26 AHHHHHH rip
No one:
Yagami yoto fans:hE sOuNdS lIkE HaWkS
8:25
Relatable
i use tge same kind of tuba for marching band but the valves are different anf i dont have a pad
Stagger breathing I like
At least it wasn't a Jupiter
Ryan Witko if u are seeing this remember to keep your fingers like an arch on the valves. dont lay them flat on the valves, this helps with pressing notes faster.
Where did you march? :)
i learned to keep an arch since middle school
where did you march? :)
georgia
cute :)
what are the golves for?
chorze To protect the silver laquer
Also just because it feels nicer to hold when you have gloves on and it makes it a lot easier to handle
that would rlly suck if someone stubbed their toe on one of the propa
are you able to share sheet music im wanting to come to dci in a year id like to check im at a simalier level thanks
edward j thirkill Find a transcription of the show
go tubas
Why the guy at :27 look like Nice Peter?
What is the cloth on your bell?
protects the bell from getting scratched
at least thats what we have ours for
vincent aramburu Not only does it protect the bell from getting scratched but they also put the school’s logo on them.
Hey I saw that stuck valve at 8:30
Contras are scary
8:28 frustration 100
I barely noticed that their is no woodwinds.
Sergio Balcazar it’s drum corps
What woodwinds?
dci is brass/pit/drumline only
We have the same last name
stands in front of camera man. *camera man instantly decides because it is a tuba he should put his camera in it to make sure his cat or dog didnt jump in again so he can watch over the video to get mad at his pets*
boi that was long
that unfortunate first valve. lol
He was sharp the whole time! That was annoying, but it sounded good
Wait does this tuba has a forth vale?
3_n yeah.
No
Soo.. It is no.
Nope. Only System Blues have 4 valve tubas
is Dalton gay?
Jonathan Machado yeah
didn't you hear Ryan say that?
Are Those Football Gloves ?
DeQuincy Love they are "mechanix" gloves. You can find them in the automotive section at walmart, so I guess they are for cars.
Thanks I Have Been Looking For Gloves Bc My Contras Have Been Complaining About Calysis And Burns
DeQuincy Love hey fancy meeting you here fellow red regime memeber
*Heavy breathing* ITS. NOT. A. TUBA! That is a contra, and what is commonly known as a tuba is really a suesaphone
JoltJump thank yooooou finally someone finally understands. When I explain a sousaphone they usually think of me as Larry the cucumber
Oh a contrabass trombone? xD
JoltJump tuba is a relative term. It's like calling a hen or a rooster a chicken.
It is a tuba, it has the makeup to be in the tuba family and plays the B flat scale just like a concert B flat tuba
i know this is a year old, but im in the process of joining dci, and ive watched a few rehershals, the tubas always go to their horns down, then hornline brings horns up, its how it works, and the DM points to them and says "tuba", thats their signal, brass staff and drum majors alike do it, so, its a tuba.
Thats a big kazoo....
How heavy is a contra exactly?
Yamaha's are relatively light compared to any other contra.
I believe yamahas are like 18 lbs or something like that
DamianE 1337 way lighter than you would think they are.
brody bergstrom I really want to hold one they look fun
DamianE 1337 they are probably the absolute coolest thing in the world
4:20
Some say tubas have no talent
For this is the practice for make a thick good bro