Jeff Hodapp Tuba Masterclass 3-21-07

[reekskete]

is he a seaman ?

[TheBEASTatEverythng]

This is amazing and sorry for you guys's loss. very very sad:(

[jalankelley]

Just came across this video and thought I would leave a note. He was an amazing guy and tubist.  This recording could never do him justice. He passed away earlier this year and is greatly missed.

[THEFONZJOE]

Ha he was puffing his cheeks out hahaha, the thing i like about playing the tuba is that it's not about how fast you can play a line it's about how well the tonality is.... 12 years later I'm still blowing.... this guy is quite brilliant

[kimiarikka]

Rest in Peace Dr. Hodapp. You were an amazing teacher.

[MegaMom75]

Jeff, I cannot believe that I just chatted with you on Sat., and you are in heaven tonight. It was great re-connecting with you on facebook. Wish we had had many more years of facebooking and had gotten Carol to join , too. We had many great times in CWE at MSU and the band trips of the late 70's were epic. Carol, you are in my prayers tonight and know that you are surrounded by love. Glad you found each other again after all these years, but 6 mo. was not long enough.Play w/ the angels, Jeff.

[HornDoctor]

Jeff passed away today unexpectedly. I have to say that Jeff was absolutely one of the kindest guys I've ever known. He was a phenomenal musician and inspiring individual. He'll be truly missed by all that knew him. Rest in peace Jeff.

[INSANECRAZYHODAPP]

How my gramppa hodapp plays the tuba too he has been to europe and ca and other places for that. I'm a hodapp

[Arkietuba]

This is a good interpretation of the piece and yes, its not very "metric" but that's how that piece was played in the baroque era. If you listen to any baroque cello pieces, most are played like that with a lot of freedom, metrically

[comptontuba]

not metric enough. for a tuba teacher it needs to be A LOT BETTER!!!! winston morris would kill you by the way by saying the piece was ripped off. think before you speak.

[jeffjeezy1tweezy]

truthfully this isn't that good especially for a master class my teacher read through this piece in my last lesson and played it substantially better than this

[russiantuba]

Post your recording please. This is a very good performance...coming from a tuba player......

[godyrwita]

In my opinion the tuba is made to produce a good and intonated sound, not virtuosism..... If tuba players want to do it, they should learn how to produce a good sound before, and then move fingers as they want.

[simmon993]

am playing tuba (since oktober)!!

no i`m gonna make my silver test (a german classifcation for brassplayers). This is very fast!

an you`r right, if you have the good sound, you can play what you want. ok sometimes the sound depends on your instrument...^^

[wilsonmatthewf]

Very good. Quite an aggresive tone. Nice! Nice to see the Habs logo. Go Habs Go!!!

[Bobofwestoregonusa]

I like that vibrado in the begining. So STEADY.

[yonderyoung]

i can do that...almost

[johnny1896boi]

thats a shiny ass tuba

[scsumusic]

It's a vintage York Tuba with many modifications.

[poog76]

song?

[Jimmytuba08]

This is called Ricercar, think...I played it sophomore year in high school to get into a camp. It's a bitch of a piece...I don't think the recording equipment really does him justice.

[ZacTheTuba]

yes this is good job. Its one HELL of a piece.

[poog76]

kickass

[Nelson1296]

im a girl but i play tuba in 6th grade. im the only tuba because we dont have a very big school district. i am the best in low brass i will say and i hope to record my solo sometime but this is an issue because i dont have a camera or camcorder or anything...

[euphoniumgirl96]

kool im a euphonium player in 7th grade... u have any? :) we have 2 tuba's btw..

[Acornoa]

you can get a web cam and mic for your computer for fairly cheep

[maco0604]

As a student at St. Cloud State, I feel the need to explain a few things:

-I am a music student, so I kind-of know what I talk about when I say all of this

-I have heard jeff play, and he is very good at his craft

-The video recording equipment we have is not the greatest in the world

-Our recital hall is THE WORST place for a tuba to play. It is far too boomy and echoes horribly

-Most of you need to learn how to spell

-And any respectable person would not write anything disrespectful

[Yoyocita2]

Do not you think that you are being a little defensive? There is no doubt that this Jeff Hodapp character is a very skilled musician and tubist to say the least. His playing ability defends itself. Not to be too off-topic, the reason I found this video was due in part of I wanting to achieve a better tone quality and sound on the tuba. Anyways, I was wondering if you could refer me to any tubists that are somewhat decent, like Jeff, in which I could imitate. Please do not say Baadsvik.

[scsumusic]

Jeff Hodap is a Hodapp is a terrific tuba player, and a really nice guy too. We would love to have him back on campus for another masterclass or recital.

[scsumusic]

Jeff Hodapp is actually getting married this weekend.

[JukeboxHero12345]

Hm, I think I've played that before.

Not nearly as well as this chap, however.

[plumster1122]

you sound nice any tips for me i play tuba

[sk8erboy618]

me too lol first chair 7 th grader

[sk8erboy618]

im a 7th grade tuba player anyone got some tips even tho im a beast at it

[zad703]

what's that a hat crazy funky junky hat!

[mhbimy]

i play tuba

[andresayz4545]

this sounds good but the crappy speakers on a computer could never do a tuba justice, i used to play the tuba and i can tell there is a LOT of character missing from this recording could've also been the recording equipment this person was using

[scsumusic]

I completely agree. The audio is directly from the camcorder and not digital. We have been experimenting with editing in audio tracks into HD video with mixed results.

[PhilBeCraeazy]

Ooooh, I'm gonna have to say that Oystein Baadsvik is better, sorry dude :(

[domiegga]

only in classics

[mpmcd81]

Baadsvik is a freak of nature with superhuman talents and abilities. He's like an alien life form in the music world, almost like Jacobs was to orchestral playing. Jeff Hodapp is quite human in comparison, but a truly fantastic musician nonetheless. He has had some serious performance gigs as well. And from what I hear he's a really likable person and very outstanding teacher.

[zad703]

he is really good!

[zad703]

i play tuba!

[davaeron666]

my cat name is mitten !

[TBRaysTORaptors]

Thats very good.

[coyoxi]

No me parece que esto sea una clase maestra, porque este tubista es bien malo. Yo toco mucho mejor que él y no soy profesional.

[secretcrowdsriseup]

OMG that was entertaining

[CannibalFleshFest]

I played Tuba in School Band

Don't be so flippen picky

It's not the easist to Play

It sounds pretty good to me :D

[garlicLMBS]

The tone is not perfect, some notes ending with a whisper of a sound and other notes being fluffed.. It looks like he is also shallow breathing, not using the support from his diaphragm area. This is what most shocks me, look at his shoulders tensing when he breaths. Some notes were not heard, especially in the lower register and when playing quickly, again due to breathing. This is basically not a polished performance and am suprised that this is a 'masterclass' performance

[laxinforlife]

Well the low notes that you couldn't hear fully are grace notes. do you play tuba? are you in a master class? do you know that when you recored insterments with a camera or something like it, it brings the sound down from what it really sounds like. guess what... you LOSE!

[garlicLMBS]

I'm only saying what i hear, the recording might hinder the performance and maybe i didnt take account of that as much as i could, on occassions i've played tuba and recorded it with a camera it has come out not as good as a higher quality recording.. but yes i do play the Tuba, strangely i'm not in a masterclass but there we are. I doubt you are too. Therefore i do not lose, as there is nothing to be won, i was just suprised that this was a masterclass performance.

[garlicLMBS]

I'm only saying what i hear, the recording might hinder the performance and maybe i didnt take account of that as much as i could, on occassions i've played tuba and recorded it with a camera it has come out not as good as a higher quality recording.. but yes i do play the Tuba, strangely i'm not in a masterclass but there we are. I doubt you are too. Therefore i do not lose, as there is nothing to be won, i was just suprised that this was a masterclass performance.

[injunboy5150]

Your diaphragm has nothing to do with playing a tuba really...you arent yelling into it. You use your lungs. You have to take a big breath and fill the bottom of the lungs first. people mistakenly call that the diaphragm.....

[garlicLMBS]

Yes it is true that you dont use the actual diaphragm, it is just easier to say than the muscles around the lungs, whatever they may be called.

[yanisax7575]

The diaphragm expands and flattens out creating low pressure that draws air into the lungs. Yes the lungs store the air, but without the diaphragm you could not breathe. This player raises his shoulders on occasion when he breathes which creates tension in the neck causing constricted airflow. You get more bang for your breath so to speak if you expand the lungs out and back rather than up. :) hooray for music ed. brass methods classes!

[starofthewesttuba]

@yanisax7575 raising the shoulders is a natural response for breathing and you're just as tense when you hold your shoulders down. Its better to let them move naturally. As for the diaphragm, its an involuntary muscle. You have no real control over it. The muscles around the lungs to more for controlled breathing and playing where the diaphragm basically keeps you alive. You have no control of your air once its in your lungs, so you can't really control breathing out or down or up or whatever.

[starofthewesttuba]

@yanisax7575 hoooraaaaaay high school kid

[Yahveh1215]

the tuba is suposed to sit on ur right ide not left

[Apachepilot2985]

depends on what type of tuba you have

mine sits on my right, a friend of mine's sits on his left

[timchen1112]

My only problem: why does this guy takes his mouth, and the whole head sometimes off the mouthpiece to breathe? This is terribly inefficient, no?

[sumthingfornuthing]

trust me dont talk smack unless you have seen the sheet music for yourself.

[yuichituba]

How the heck he got a masterclass gig? He sounds like an average undergrad. And multiphonic at the end......nice and nerdy.

[thetubologist]

This isn't the best recording I've heard of this piece. Certainly my professor could play this piece and sound better, but that really doesn't matter for what I'm about to say.

I like this guy's interpretation of the piece in general. Especially the phrasing.

[wolverinemeyers]

I played Tuba with this cat in the Army from 1983-85 or so. Great thing is he an awsome person as well as an accomplished Tuba player.

I liked it!

[bonesawmigraw]

I played Tuba for 7 years. This would not be easy to play.

[Schwarzi1]

it is though

[realtalkfamo123]

honestly, be careful what you say about the difficulty of the piece. It's not as easy as you may think. To PROPERLY play all the slurs and double tounging is something most senior highs school tubists cannot do. This is a professional level piece. Also, tuba isn't "gay" it's just difficult to play at a truly high level

[monkeyrock45]

This guy is awesome he came and tout at my school twice.

[redskinnut26]

I'm not trying to be a downer here. He does some things well. But to give a masterclass at the collegiate level or beyond, the number of things you do well opposed to the things you don't has to be incredibly unbalanced in favor of the aforementioned.

[hitemp]

i played this solo my 8th grade year i loved it

[joshopsho]

I'm still getting over; 'masterclass'

[PeanutbutterCrazy]

he's not amazin gor naything...it's an ok tone but it's an easy piece, no faster notes...i'm on my secon dyear on tuba (i'm a trumpet player0 and I could probably play this...

[delta5500]

Yeah but theres a big diffrence in tuba and trumpet. its much easyer to change notes fast on a trumpet then a tuba.

[PeanutbutterCrazy]

Ya, this is still a fairly easy piece though. WHat's odd about my playing though is I can adjust my embocure faster than my fingers...lol

my hands are a little bit too small for it at this point.

[crumikins]

Eh.... I've heard better...

He's not terrible! Not at all, but I personally know better players.

[doPICEdoPICE]

oh, what the fu*k is he doing here? shit

[LVB1770]

Oh my God, a master class on the Tuba! Now I've seen everything! What a crazy but cool instrument.

[jbarbri]

I know jack all about tubas and playing thereof, but this is pretty bad ass.

[LeTuba]

It looks like a Conn 5J

[erotset]

this piece is RICERCARE n 1 by Dominico Gabrielli (1689)It s normally for cello but, there..

[tubamanaaron]

i played this solo last year for state solo/ ensamble... i would say somethings but one i must say is he woulda been torn up much by my judge than iwas. lol actually then only thing my judge said was i dropped out of those whole notes to early and gave me a 2.

[mojotuba]

Good hinterland performance....or not. Don't go near a major city and play like this, mate. You'll be taken for a comedy act. Hint...rubato such as this wasn't even thought of back then.

[drxtuba]

Actually mojotuba, rubato would be used in monophonic works at the players will (a piarce). Also, alot more oranmentation and such would be added to give flagrance to it

[joshopsho]

Yarr, but...Bach Cello Suites.

[natthetubanut]

wow sounds great. Im very impressed. I wish the sound acoustics in the hall would go away as then I would be able to hear a clear start and stop also in the fast passages. It was great to hear though.

[Zombbg4]

is it me or are his attacks a little fudged? after that it great tone but shouldn't someone who's teaching a master class completely own their instrument in every aspect?

[youtubarperson]

I just wanted to let you know that it is good when you can keep my attention in a masterclass because they are normally boring and I miss the whole point of a class... Your tone quality is what I like.. I will buy it from you... LOL

[doctorcoach]

Jeff is a legend. Is his diss going to come out in the ITEA journal?

[scsumusic]

I don't remember him talking about it when he was here performing at his masterclass at St. Cloud State. Email him directly at Emporia State University and he should be able to tell you. Really great musician; we were lucky to have him here for the masterclass.

[municipalband]

It's a York tuba, but a lot of modifications. I talked with him for a long time about the number of small changes he had to the instrument and it was incredible. If I remember correctly he also has a few others that he likes to play.

[tubadn8]

that was really GOOD!

and what kind of tuba is that?

[ilikepie456]

WHAT IS THAT PIECE CALLED

[scsumusic]

Ricercare by Gabrielli