r/Tuba

Looking for advice on how to practice more efficiently. For context I’m in High school, and I’ve been playing tuba for 6 years and I’m first chair at my school (I’m the only one who really practices) and want to do my best this year at region auditions.

Tryna start my career path as a tubist.any C tuba model recommendations?.i am turning 15 soon in singapire and am trying for the big snyo next year.and as a tubist.i need a tuba.il audition with school but will buy if i get into snyo

I’ve owned this horn for about a year and the pitch is FANTASTIC! Not a single note that the third or fourth slide can’t handle (albeit I would love a longer fourth.)

Except one note. (I’ve come to terms with playing the higher G 1-2 with the first slide down a bit)…That note being the fundamental C is ALWAYS sharp.

No matter how much I relax my lips or lower my jaw, or slow my air it is ALWAYS sharp. My main slide is out quite a bit as it is looking silly.

I’m curious if my situation is unique or if anyone has also experienced this? Literally up to high Bydlo G# down to a pedal Db I can nail at 440hz, but the C fundamental?

Nope.

So, I am looking at a Jupiter JCB 378, in trade for my current tuba, is there anything that I would need to know about the model for use in standing show bandesque performances.

Thanks

Hey everyone. I'm currently trying to get a CC tuba, a Meinl Weston 5 valve. But I can't playtest it since it is online, but they have a 30-day trial. The only way I could afford it would be to get rid of my King 2341 New Style. Is it worth the risk? Thanks everyone! (Would need it for symphony btw).

I wish this were satire.

>This week, the Trump administration declared tubas, trombones, trumpets, and French horns a national security threat.

>Yes, really. Brass instruments could soon face a 25% tariff on imports, parts, and accessories, as part of a wider push to expand tariffs on aluminium, steel, and copper.

>The six-page proposal, published this week by the Department of Commerce, uses the words “national security” nine times.

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I'm genuinely curious. I've been browsing second hand tubas, and I've noticed how almost all were either Eb or Bb and maybe 3 were C. Then I have read on Wikipedia, that tuba doesn't transpose, and now I'm wondering - is there any actual advantage in getting a C tuba over a Bb tuba or the opposite?

Is there an actual "standard" tuba? Would that be the 4/4?

Since I've had the same horn since 1980 (Mirafone 186, CC, 4 valve) , it seems standard to me.

Follow up questions: do the larger phones give you a bigger sound? Are they less agile? What horn would make the archangel Gabriel piss his robe every time you play it?

I am bringing my tuba to college and need some travel advice. My parents won't buy an extra seat so it has to be checked, and I only have a hard case.

The last time I flew internationally with a tuba, it arrived with the case completely wide open. I know TSA has to open it for a manual inspection, but they failed to close the buckles properly afterward and also removed the velcro strap I put around it.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

So I now have a nice little 3/4 BBb four valve. It's actually the first tuba I've ever owned, having always rented/used school instruments previously.

With it being smaller, I can't have it rest on my legs and be in the correct position like I could with a full size.

I see two options as I look online. I do see lap pads, but I wonder about how steady they are once the tuba is resting on one point as opposed to two points like would have been the case with my lap.

The other is a harness setup. There I see two kinds - the kind that clip on to the rings, and another that the bottom bow rests into, called a holster harness I believe.

Thoughts out there on these or other tactics for this issue? Thanks.

What would be a reasonable price to pay for a good condition 186 CC tuba from the early 70s? Is $5,000 too much for a good playing horn?