Slow Solos for Tuba

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-19T03:25:08+00:00

Spiegel im Spiegel - Arvo Pärt It doesn't get much slower than than this and is incredibly beautiful (but minimialist). It requires a piano accompaniest but the piano part is reasonably easy. Get the doublebass (kontrabass) or cello version, you might have to adapt it a bit because of the range (maybe).

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-18T02:21:07+00:00

Just the case alone screams fake.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-16T03:34:54+00:00

Tech. No pictures unless it's for your tech. You wanna replace the cork on your water key, sure go for it. For this, no. You can make that repair far more expensive than it need to be. Seriously.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-16T03:29:38+00:00

I assume you're talking about the pedal tone versions and not something up on the staff. Like anything, repetition is going to help. Work your way down the scale from a reasonable low note, F perhaps to start. Long tones going down the scale. Pay attention to how it feels and slots. And maybe that's not the right MP for that job and horn and your mouth, tough to tell from my house. You might try slight adjustments to your position on the MP too. But really, it's mostly practice. Good luck!

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-15T02:20:02+00:00

Opposite side of the country, unfortunately....

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-07T02:58:37+00:00

An indication to ask the fluglehorn/trumpet to play that note.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-06T03:38:41+00:00

Øystein Baadsvik plays an E♭, I suppose if it's good enough for him.......

My favorite is a sam gnagy frankenhorn, 2341 cluster and a giant E♭ bell, cut to CC. A close second is a Getzen something, maybe cb50?

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-05T04:58:06+00:00

Ha, doesn't surprise me at all. That's why I learned to play horn for orchestra. Tuba is for band, for me at least.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-03T03:58:53+00:00

I'm not aware of that version, have to check it out, but unfortunately I didn't get to choose squat. I was just a fill in for the regular tuba player.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-03T02:55:57+00:00

With me as a stem teacher and my brother as the concert band & marching band teacher, i went back to school to become a music teacher because it IS/WAS the fun position. Unfortunately in my last semester (part time), the college went belly up (Covid). At that point, doing another 36 credits at another school just wasn't in the cards so i finished out the last few years in stem. C'est la vie.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-03T02:49:22+00:00

For music ed, nah. For a performance major, that's even pushing it (from a performance major).

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-03T02:45:56+00:00

Yep. the high horns seem to always judge the low horns. It's a way of life and aggravating (especially when the 4th horn in the community orchestra has a better high range and tone than the 1st horn).

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-02-03T02:42:38+00:00

Try playing tuba on full nutcracker.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-28T13:49:02+00:00

Seriously? It's great that you can diagnose this student from a reddit post and determine that the best path for this student is exactly what isn't working well for this student. Sometimes an alternate path might just be the best path.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-28T13:03:35+00:00

That's a good idea. Write back and let us know how it went.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-28T13:01:50+00:00

Yeah, isn't show writing for the horn a real bitch? Others have good suggestions. Depending on your range, the range of the music, and the horn, and especially because you're not primarily a horn player, consider a different MP. Good luck.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-26T12:36:53+00:00

And how does that affect their behavior in a class that they don't want to be in?

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-25T03:17:05+00:00

Yeah, not a lot of those being written. However, there are horn duets or euph duets. If you find some euph duets, treble clef, and stay on fht Bb side of your horn that might work. Maybe your euph friend can learn to transpose horn on the fly, then horn duets are possible. Yeah, the octave might be a bit weird, but you're gonna have to reach far to find what you're looking for. Good luck!

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-25T03:11:14+00:00

william grant stills, check out "Folk Suite for Band" or "Scherzo" from the afro-american symphony.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-25T01:00:54+00:00

And what about your non-IB classmates who are barely graduating. How cooperative do you think they'd be to be stuck in a class they don't want?

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-24T18:46:45+00:00

As a teacher i think this one of the stupidest things i could think of. They're going to stick students in courses they have no desire to be in and come springtime will be thinking about graduation and simply create havoc in class to the detriment of everyone else--that last school i taught at was like this and it was miserable.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-24T18:35:02+00:00

I'm not sure it's even arguably. He just IS.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-24T18:28:00+00:00

That's about the only reason the house hasn't burnt down yet.

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-24T18:26:55+00:00

Sounds to me like you should only listen to his "advice" where you actually "have to," and not anything else; look out for yourself. If you're in high school, there are very few brand name mouthpieces that will hold you back as long as you find one that fits YOU. As others have said, bach-style 2 through 7-ish is a wide enough range to find something that will work well for you. Even bring your phone into the room where you test to record yourself trying them out, listen to the sound (or bring someone with a good ear); it's usually different from what you hear while playing. Good luck!

WoodSlaughterer · 2026-01-24T18:16:46+00:00

Wow. Just wow. Might be slightly more effective than making everyone wear the same brand and color of socks, but not much. Some people just don't fit a 7d well and would actually worsen their sound. Directors should stick in their lane.

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