I dropped something accidentally down my tuba and I'm not sure where it went I'm pretty sure it was one of those big legos for small children a 2x2 though but still big and small enough to fit and get stuck in a bell a ways down
I went to tuba Christmas my sophomore year of high school for the euphonium, and I want to do it again this year. I'm a senior now. I wasn't able to go last year due to a family emergency, but hopefully that won't happen this year (for multiple reasons).
I was the tallest tuba player at my school and I was one of four and the shortest tuba player we had was about 4'9 I think and I was 5'10. Almost about a foot difference haha!
A Sousa march, I think....can't remember the title. Don't remember Bloo playing anything like that recently, tho...doesn't fit their recent show designs (Tilt..mmmmmmmmmmmmmm).
"Tuba or not tuba? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous blurts and blats, or end them in mighty blast? Aye, there is the rub." [Anonymous] Full discloser: I've been a tuba player for nearly 70 yeaars.
madhabitz I'm a groupie for sure!! Even when I can't go, I always find Tuba Christmas videos to watch online. This crazy world needs stuff like Tuba Christmas, especially now, right?
Maybe, some time, the folks who make fun of tubas should hear Carol Jantsch play the Carnival of Venice on one of her $52,000 tubas. It'll knock yer socks off. She's principle tubist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. (And she's cute, too!)
In my HS marching band there are three contra's including me, one is fat and muscular, one is fat and muscular and bearded, and then there's me. I'm 6'4" and 104 lbs. "Wow you are the skinniest tuba player I've ever seen" Ugh
RaptorChap I just calculated out you're body mass index (bmi) and got about 12.7 and if I'm not mistaken, seriously underweight is 18.5 or less. Wow, quite a difference there, something just doesn't add up now does it?
Its also worth mentioning that I'm 15 and "The body mass index has been established for adult persons, and the same is true for most research that has been done on the health aspects of BMI. Firstly, its meaning for persons at the age of 15 is very limited. Secondly, at this specific age, the body mass index could be rapidly changing. A given value at a given time may be outdated very soon. Thirdly, if the body mass index were to have any positive or negative consequences on health, it would take many years for this influence to become effective. During these years, so many things could happen, which would thus make any forecast obsolete."
Quaid Keith you can, it's up to your band director, I switched from a trombone to a tuba also, my band director let me puff my cheeks for lower notes but as you get better it should become unnecessary.... do you have any other questions?
It'z DelK not sure if there’s a tuba Christmas, but Arkansas Tech definitely does octubafest. (Edit: we do have one! or at least Fort Smith did last year.)
i told my friend (who doesnt know i play tuba or sousaphone) that tuba players are hot and they said "ew no those are the ugly fat greasy guys" which is the main stereotype but i am female and not fat greasy or ugly (or so i have been told) .. well needless to say we are no longer friends
i love oompha, an, alpine band, would be nothing without it, and what about the poor austrians and germans ? everything, at the top end, of the orchestra, is airy fairy, theres no ooompf, without you guys, theres no base line
The recognition is nice, but the piece tends to perpetuate the perception of the "belching" tuba as a joke instrument. With a slightly different slant, it could have been an opportunity to dispel that view. Selection of clips to play, for example. I've heard (and played in) versions of the Tuba Christmas "Silent Night" that were utterly beautiful. That said, most tuba players (including myself) don't take themselves or their instruments super seriously. We love our tubas, and if they bring a smile to a listener's face, that's wonderful.
Tubas come in all shapes and sizes and have different sounds depending on the model, pitch, player, the way they’re recorded, so people can also have a misconception of tuba based on one sound they hear
When he dropped the thing in his tuba, you could tell the guy was like, "seriously man?" I know that feel
John Maughan you really have to freak out when someone does that 😂
My friends like to drop pens down my bell
Aahhh
I dropped something accidentally down my tuba and I'm not sure where it went I'm pretty sure it was one of those big legos for small children a 2x2 though but still big and small enough to fit and get stuck in a bell a ways down
John Maughan it's like being the only person with a pair of shoes on and someone ties them together..
You tell people you're a tubist. "Then all i get is oompah oompah." You tell people you play the euphonium "whats that"
Kenny Stafford YES and I respond with "It's just a small tuba look it up"
a space cowboy waiting in the stars and I respond “never mind”
Kenny Stafford just yes
Omg that is so true. Nobody knows whats a euphoniun. The day will come that euphoniums will be noticed
Is that from coraline?
Tuba is the ground structure for which the rest of the orchestra (or ensemble) stand. Tuba is the heart of a dark sound. Tubas add scale to any band.
For an ensemble give a Trigger trombone bass trombone really every voice is important
1:37 Interviewer: how much does it weigh
Tuba Player: *Puts tuba on his lap*
People:Wow this thing isn’t even heavy
Me:I never said it was heavy
People:You should really stop complaining
Me:I never was complaining
that sousa girl speaks the biggest truth ever
this is so incredible. I wish that my town had enough tuba players for this. There are probably like 8 tubists in my town, both active and inactive.
there are 0 tuba players in my town. I don't play Tuba either. would love to try euphonium soon though
Guess I'm luck we got like 20
I am the only in my town
Bro we have 3
I saw a few baritones and euphoniums in there too
Yep they are also a part of Tuba Christmas
It's not only tubas, pretty much all low brass. At least in my city
And a sousaphone
I saw a couple tenor horns
i know im really late but baritones and euphoniums are technically in the tuba family
YES. THEY ARE SLOWLY TAKING OVER HE WORLD.
jdjsnsnsaga yeheh WELL ITS ABOUT TIME
We shall demolish the high brass
I wish I could have been there. I had my tuba cleaned, polished and tuned for this holiday season.
when I was in concert band back in the good o'l days yours truly used to play a tuba!!!!!!!!!! I miss playing smoke on the water .😊
3:47 THEY'RE SO DANN SHINY
Brand New?
Love the sound of the low brass
I PLAYED MY FIRST TUBA CHRISTMAS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY'S FIRST TUBA CHRISTMAS AND IT WAS GREAT!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN!
"Belching?!" . . . "Belching?!" How dare you sir?! . . . .*smacks with white glove* I say Good Day! to you sir!!
I LOVE Tuba Christmas!! I go everytime I see it advertised in Atlanta!!
THE TUBAS SHALL RISE AGAINST OUR TRUMPET OPPRESSORS
As a trumpet I'd like to apologize on our selfish people's behalf
@@zuoelu excellent
My first Tuba Christmas was the year the Mall of America opened in Minnesota 1993. I was in high school. Now my daughter and I play every year.
Heck yea!!! My first was in Sioux falls in 2010!!!
BARITONES ARE LOVE! EUPHONIUMS ARE LIFE!!!
~Baritone Section Leader of High School.
+Nicklas Kent They are two different instruments.
But we are associated as the same, and to avoid confusion I just use them as the same.
❤💙💚💛💜💓💕💖💗💘💝💞💟💞💞💞💞💛💗❤💛💖💞💟💋💛💜💛💞❤💟💋💟💘💟💙💛💟💘💖💜💓💖💛my euphonium!
And tubas are the universe
taylor hubbard So true...
3:44 my tuba was held back in 2nd grade, but he's still great ♥️
Probably would've been a better idea to put the mic on the bell
My school’s tuba section is the best. There are 10 of us, the most of any high school in SoCal.
I love (& play) tuba
yes! go tubas!
Live the Tuba
I got so triggered when they said there were s whole bunch of tubas and they zoomed in on a baritone lol
Its because euphoniums/baritones will take over the world
They also zoomed in on a flugelhorn
Yeah, the narrator had no idea what he was talking about
Yeah like throughout the entire thing the tuba still didn’t have the melody the euphoniums did
@@metaslayerkinght1731 If trombones don’t join you leave us alone we are family #low brass
Fun fact: the tuba player who played the intro was my department head!
Low brass is life
What special events they are!
I went to tuba Christmas my sophomore year of high school for the euphonium, and I want to do it again this year. I'm a senior now. I wasn't able to go last year due to a family emergency, but hopefully that won't happen this year (for multiple reasons).
Oh, wait. Nevermind. I have SAT that day.
my baritone is in the shop getting fixed in Canidagua but i will be playing in one of these in December
so I'm a very small 8th grade tuba player
so when I tell people I play tuba they just kinda stare in Shock 😂
Angel Campos I feel you, I'm a freshman marching Sousaphone and everyonr is surprised I could carry it because I'm really tall and thin
everyone*
I'm a 6th grade tuba player and I'm seen as a nerd so when I tell people I play the tuba and bass they're shocked.
Angel Campos I was about to comment that, word for word
I was the tallest tuba player at my school and I was one of four and the shortest tuba player we had was about 4'9 I think and I was 5'10. Almost about a foot difference haha!
Tuba is my life ^^
In my middle school band there's only one tuba which is me
At the beginning the value s sounded like he was beat boxing 😎
My school's last tubist just graduated and now the only lower brass left is my friend and myself on the trombone, it's a sad life
I was In a Tuba Christmas.
I was in a different one than any off these. I would diffidently recommend it.
Euphonium will survive through THE APOCALYPSE!
Love it!
More like we wish you a merry tuba
I’m a sad 11 year old tuba. There are 2 tubas in my school
I would feel at home with those people
What is the song at 1:10?? I heard that in a Bluecoats tuba feature!
A Sousa march, I think....can't remember the title. Don't remember Bloo playing anything like that recently, tho...doesn't fit their recent show designs (Tilt..mmmmmmmmmmmmmm).
1:24 what song is that
Martin Gomez
Silent night
Lewis Antell hey I saw you on that other video about playing trumpet and sax for the first time
Spencer Lininger
Haha hey :) brass for the win
I would literally die to play in this
"Tuba or not tuba? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous blurts and blats, or end them in mighty blast? Aye, there is the rub." [Anonymous] Full discloser: I've been a tuba player for nearly 70 yeaars.
madhabitz
I'm a groupie for sure!! Even when I can't go, I always find Tuba Christmas videos to watch online. This crazy world needs stuff like Tuba Christmas, especially now, right?
The tuba Xmas in D.C. is awesome, I have played every year, this video did not show how diverse it is
What is the song at 1:12? It sounds so familiar.
National Emblem. It's mixed in with part of the Jingle Bells song in the TubaChristmas music book.
Maybe not tuba groupies, but Burlington, Vermont definitely have TubaChristmas groupies.
Maybe, some time, the folks who make fun of tubas should hear Carol Jantsch play the Carnival of Venice on one of her $52,000 tubas. It'll knock yer socks off. She's principle tubist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. (And she's cute, too!)
If they had this near where I live I would beg to play my euphonium in it 😂
Wolficorn me too
Wolficorn first of all YESSSS EUPHONIUM GANG and second of all YESSS HAMILTON GANG
Puts money in bell 10 minutes later in concert it just blows out
Lol of all the things that guy could have asked that tuba professor he asks "How much does it weigh?"
In my HS marching band there are three contra's including me, one is fat and muscular, one is fat and muscular and bearded, and then there's me. I'm 6'4" and 104 lbs. "Wow you are the skinniest tuba player I've ever seen" Ugh
RaptorChap I hope you know that if someone was 6'4 and 104 pounds they would be so anorexic they probably wouldn't be alive
KDS I'm not anorexic, I'm 6'4" and 104 lbs, and as far as I know, I am alive.
RaptorChap I just calculated out you're body mass index (bmi) and got about 12.7 and if I'm not mistaken, seriously underweight is 18.5 or less. Wow, quite a difference there, something just doesn't add up now does it?
KDS I'm promise that I exist.
Its also worth mentioning that I'm 15 and "The body mass index has been established for adult persons, and the same is true for most research that has been done on the health aspects of BMI. Firstly, its meaning for persons at the age of 15 is very limited. Secondly, at this specific age, the body mass index could be rapidly changing. A given value at a given time may be outdated very soon. Thirdly, if the body mass index were to have any positive or negative consequences on health, it would take many years for this influence to become effective. During these years, so many things could happen, which would thus make any forecast obsolete."
Do we got any marching ephoniums in these comments...😅
@@trashcan7036 eh potatoe potato
hello I'm switching from trombone to tuba in the 6th grade band and I wondered if you are allowed to puff your cheeks or is it the same
you should be allowed, if you aren't and if you feel as you need go ahead.
Uhh no don't do what that guy said. It's bad.
Well I've switched already and I'm in 7th grade and I'm pretty good at tuba. So thanks guys
Quaid Keith you can, it's up to your band director, I switched from a trombone to a tuba also, my band director let me puff my cheeks for lower notes but as you get better it should become unnecessary....
do you have any other questions?
Puffing really should be discouraged. It gives less overall control of the air and embouchure.
Akron Ohio Tuba Christmas, 2019, 650+ players. Kansas City, 850+ !!!!!
3:24 BDB
Is there one in Arkansas
It'z DelK not sure if there’s a tuba Christmas, but Arkansas Tech definitely does octubafest. (Edit: we do have one! or at least Fort Smith did last year.)
What model of tuba is that in the beginning?
It looks like a hirsbrunner Cc. (Im not shure)
Possibly. It does look like an HB6 but might be one of the clones, like the one from Wessex.
At lest us tubist are not annoying like the clarinet that are like AAAAAAAAAHHHH
At the end lol
What kind of tuba is that? 4:07
Just a standard tuba, but the bell is facing forward to help it sound more open. It's just a different design.
+Kyle Rice Thanks, I was wondering a bit more specifically though, like the brand.
I think it's a Besson.
Its Called a Sousaphone
Did You Just Assume My Gender ? - It really isn't.
What type (or key was it in) of tuba was that first one that played?
Bb flat
Im in the concert
I'm doing this today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody shoved a sock in my trumpet! Who did it!?!? Yes I am looking at you mr/mrs
i told my friend (who doesnt know i play tuba or sousaphone) that tuba players are hot and they said "ew no those are the ugly fat greasy guys" which is the main stereotype but i am female and not fat greasy or ugly (or so i have been told) .. well needless to say we are no longer friends
NATORILICIOUS that offends me because I play trombone so I'm low brass and people have the same opinion for lots of low brass
our tuba player is a literal chicken nugget does that count?
Your friens needs to check out all the women who play tuba in drum corps...let's see HIM jazz run while carrying a Kanstul 4/4
*Repping Wichita!*
assistant professor of tuba
That intro was amazing. What is the name of it?
+Kai W Abblassen
Tony Zilincik Thanks so much
0:00 I didn't know Phil Collins played the tuba.
nope. that's my music department head
i love oompha, an, alpine band, would be nothing without it, and what about the poor austrians and germans ? everything, at the top end, of the orchestra, is airy fairy, theres no ooompf, without you guys, theres no base line
fuck that shit we play tuba Christmas at our mall
I feel cheated that they didn't include the world's largest tuba ensemble....
Iam a 5th grade tuba player
Contras unite
2 or 3 valved?
at 1:56, doesn't this sound awfully familiar. I can't believe nobody commented on this
Veggietales
The recognition is nice, but the piece tends to perpetuate the perception of the "belching" tuba as a joke instrument. With a slightly different slant, it could have been an opportunity to dispel that view. Selection of clips to play, for example. I've heard (and played in) versions of the Tuba Christmas "Silent Night" that were utterly beautiful. That said, most tuba players (including myself) don't take themselves or their instruments super seriously. We love our tubas, and if they bring a smile to a listener's face, that's wonderful.
Tubas come in all shapes and sizes and have different sounds depending on the model, pitch, player, the way they’re recorded, so people can also have a misconception of tuba based on one sound they hear
Tubalogy
Should’ve called it Tubamas
mm, I think a Trumpet's Christmas would be better.
How nice... they put aside the horrible sound to make them feel good
Europe usa and new Zealand
Where are percussionists friends
Any bass trombone players in the chat?
very expensive
1:05 that’s a sousaphone
Sousa phone is a tuba
5:28 ok that wasn’t even funny 😒
those are small tubas
BASStion euphoniums* and also, no one likes bastions. Everyone knows widow is the best and the thiccest.
Tubas Rock... Bill Geist does not.
ooh I hate that he put a tip inside that kids tuba! Reminds me of all the damn popcorn people would throw into mine at basketball games! No respect!
There is a lot of uphoniums not tubas
tubas and euphoniums are great for mocking Nazis and Commies
Needs some more trumpet
Trombones should be in it
Nope this is a family affair,trombone is not family
I can't stop roasting this video. Even the Journalist was uninterested hahaha
Honestly people are stupid THEY ARENT ALL TUBAS. MY INSTRUMENT EXISTS TOO. YOU KNOW?? THE EUPHONIUM
Euphonium is also called a tenor tuba.
@ i was 14 when I wrote this my bad 😭
Wrong the stereotypes of the dumbest are for percussionists