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Please don't make fun of me!

Post by Robson »

Hi guys!

That's my first video playing the tuba... Please don't make fun of me! Hahahahaha

https://youtu.be/5VRE-sRSh_w

Thanks a lot!

PS. I'm not a tuba player, just a trumpet player having fun with my tuba

PS. The pianist is my wife :care:
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Robson wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 5:16 am Hi guys!

That's my first video playing the tuba... Please don't make fun of me! Hahahahaha
Proceeds to post a video in the altissimo register that is better than 90% of the tuba videos out there.

I've actually been using this piece (in Eb same as you right?) as regular practice on the baritone horn to try to develop that classic British Brass Band Baritone sound in the upper register.. I can safely say I still sound like a tuba player honking on the baritone. Luckily as second baritone I don't have to play that high concert Bb very often.

Ok .. how about you give us something to make fun of?? Play it down two octaves!
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gocsick wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 6:41 am Luckily as second baritone I don't have to play that high concert Bb very often.

All hail the 2nd Baritone!!
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I wish I had hair like that! :thumbsup:

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Very nicely done @Robson
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Unless you had embedded it here, I'm can't watch it with my regular browser (which has adblock, and I'm not making any exceptions for any websites), so I had to go to an alternate browser (which is not logged in to youtube) which is why I couldn't click a "like" for you.

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Wow, very nice! Didn't expect a tuba to play in that range. We use this piece in my tbone quartet. That is a hard melody to play. Not only is it high,but it has some odd intervals to hear and play correctly. Thanks for posting.

If you want to hear something to make fun of, maybe I'll post me playing that on tuba. I guarantee that would be a chuckle.
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bloke wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 2:11 pm Unless you had embedded it here, I'm can't watch it with my regular browser (which has adblock, and I'm not making any exceptions for any websites), so I had to go to an alternate browser (which is not logged in to youtube) which is why I couldn't click a "like" for you.

:thumbsup:


I hope It works :tuba:
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Nice. It does not surprise me that a trumpet player can play up there; I can't play quite that high because I'm a horn player, not a trumpet player, but for high brass players the chops know how to do it even in a tuba cup.
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That is beautiful playing! Thank you for posting this! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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I haven't heard that piece played on tuba in like 25 years. Sounded great! :tuba:
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Thank you so much for your kind words! As a trumpet player, I had absolutely no idea if it was good or not.... I really like the high register of the tuba, and that's what I most want to develop.

There's one thing that I still can't believe. NOBODY asked me which mouthpiece I'm using hahahahah... Among trumpet players, every time there is somebody playing high notes, the first question is always about the mouthpiece! Yes! The vast majority think the mouthpiece is the secret :laugh:
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Robson wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:13 pm Thank you so much for your kind words! As a trumpet player, I had absolutely no idea if it was good or not.... I really like the high register of the tuba, and that's what I most want to develop.

There's one thing that I still can't believe. NOBODY asked me which mouthpiece I'm using hahahahah... Among trumpet players, every time there is somebody playing high notes, the first question is always about the mouthpiece! Yes! The vast majority think the mouthpiece is the secret :laugh:
Just wait till you post a video of the low range, then it's all about gear
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Nemo wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 5:00 pm
Robson wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:13 pm Thank you so much for your kind words! As a trumpet player, I had absolutely no idea if it was good or not.... I really like the high register of the tuba, and that's what I most want to develop.

There's one thing that I still can't believe. NOBODY asked me which mouthpiece I'm using hahahahah... Among trumpet players, every time there is somebody playing high notes, the first question is always about the mouthpiece! Yes! The vast majority think the mouthpiece is the secret :laugh:
Just wait till you post a video of the low range, then it's all about gear
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That's a strong high register :thumbsup: Might as well just play it on euphonium. Try playing those ascending lines without a breath breaking them up. A bigger breath before those ascending lines, playing a complete phrase is much more musical :coffee:
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catgrowlB wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 5:29 pm That's a strong high register :thumbsup: Might as well just play it on euphonium. Try playing those ascending lines without a breath breaking them up. A bigger breath before those ascending lines, playing a complete phrase is much more musical :coffee:
You're absolutely right! I've tried tirelessly to eliminate that breath breaking, but unfortunately I haven't been able to. Maybe my lungs are small, or more likely, I still need to improve my technique so I don't waste so much air on the low notes. Thank you for your tips!!!
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Don't worry. I remember the first time I played a sousaphone on the marching field as a freshman in high school in August 1976, and it was all I could do to play a bottom-of-the-staff F, and that with a fuzzy tone, having transitioned from being a trumpet player. We have all been there.
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iiipopes wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 12:38 pm Don't worry. I remember the first time I played a sousaphone on the marching field as a freshman in high school in August 1976, and it was all I could do to play a bottom-of-the-staff F, and that with a fuzzy tone, having transitioned from being a trumpet player. We have all been there.
Thanks for the encouragement!
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