How to Play the Tuba : Sound Ranges of the Tuba

[musicman11494]

i've been playing tube for less that 1 year and i can hit the triple F why dont they pay me to do this?

[CorvetteCoonass]

Okay, it doesn't matter if you can play 20000 octaves above or below anybody else. If the player has great tone and articulation then a 3 octave range is perfectly acceptable.

[nickcane6]

not trying to be mean or trying to gloat but i can go an octave higher than what he play as the top note :D

[SenorCanadia]

horrible tone.. ew..

[ChanceCovington13]

@shakezillahunger @Tubasrocktheworld @Yoycita2 @thesupertubaman hey everyone why dont you just shut the hell up, yeah he's not that great, I guaren damn tee, none of you are as marvelous as you think you are.

[PegacornLvr]

why does it have four valves?!

[stewkingjr]

@PegacornLvr The 4th valve is to allow the tuba to play lower notes and better in tune on the low notes. The fourth valve us usually used instead of 1&3 and can be tuned slightly flatter so the low notes are in tune.

[shakezillahungry]

i can actually do a lot better than you considering im in 8th grade atm i go pedal Bbflat to the top of my fingering chart "high-as-hell Bbflat :D im kinda of a pridigy  to all my classmate :Dplaying grade 1's reading out of valdilav blaziviech books well /we

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[thesupertubaman]

A world class player could probably only just get 5 octaves! your talking about super notes for the aswell! learn your stuff before teaching!

[thesupertubaman]

You have no idea how to play the tuba! Complete amateur, you embourchure doesn't even change for your lower playing hence the tuning! Stop teaching and putting these videos on here, your harming the tuba race!

[24eGardian]

it's funny that I have a bigger range on my euphonium then most tuba players. Bb4 down to G0

[TaskForce1411]

tongue you dipshit

[Tubasrocktheworld]

Seriously????? He sucks all around and then tries to show off range and can barely squeak out that note??? I'm in eighth grade and I've been playing since I was in sixth, alot people tell me my range is insane but I never beleived them, now I do because I can play a note easily that he can barely hit.

[Iphonecord]

@Tubasrocktheworld 

Lol

[tjlyons96]

Dude... This really, is not very good lol

[kkjelt]

This isn't very good.

[TheUnkown223]

im sorry but those high notes from 1:36 to 1:42 sounds like a woman having an orgasm

[BassGuyProductions]

I used to play Trumpet so i can hit a really high note on the tuba.... i just use the Trumpet embrochure haha.

[MitchMb14]

Are there any little beard and moustache hairs in his leadpipe, I wonder?

[kenny5292]

@Yoyocita2 Do you know how much air it takes to play low notes? Not to mention pushing the air through that huge bore of a Tuba. His sound may not be at its best at times and that could be because the camera quality isn't all that great. If you ever played a low brass instrument. You should know exactly what I'm talking about.

[Yoyocita2]

this guys pisses me off. he knows nothing about tubas and he plays like an amateur. i mean what the hell, he is an "expert" and he breath attacks every single note, not to mention blatting them constantly.

[hrnbearva]

I think he's cute! Love the beard and glasses. Pretty woofy fella. I like to imagine he's not wearing pants.

[TheClarinetist2009]

@hrnbearva WTF tht is discusting

[bretwags]

A tubist at any colegiant level should be able to hit the C above middle

C on the piano. And if any of you guys had an ear at all you would realize that he didnt even hit the pedal C, he was more than a half step off and the was more that a whole step from the double C. Please refrain from talking about someones range if you cant hear that he did not even come close to hitting the right pitch.

[aznpiccplayer123]

Well it IS expert village.

[metallica2014]

I play a BBb Jupiter and i can get Pedal B to dou ble high Bb,,,not too great but ive only been playing for 3 months

[ajesusado]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­o

[DarthPookey]

I've been playing on an Eb since the start of 2006, i'm guessing this guy has been playing for a bit longer. However, my range is from a pedal C to and F above middle. Isn't that hard really

[911doomy]

i play the tuba in band

[Shabalabadingdoog]

lean into the horn...if u did sorry didnt notice

[amac567]

I like this guy hes balla

[mojojojo3435]

on my BBb tuba I hit the pedal Bb and if I strain hard enough I can squeak out the 5 octave higher from the pedal

[JonLuther]

ok first of all a tuba player is supposed to be able to reach at least 6 to 7 octaves... i am a 3rd year player and have a 4 almost 5 octave range.. from a pedal Ab up to a double high F sometimes G and sometimes A so that is about 5 octaves.

[capyoface]

Before bragging about yourself you should check up on some facts. First of all, you said that a tuba player is supposed to be able to reach "at least" 6 to 7 octaves. Do you realize that a PIANO can only play about 7 and 1/2 octaves? 6 to 7 octaves on a tuba is already impractical, and you said AT LEAST 6 to 7 octaves.

Second of all, if you can play from pedal Ab to around the high Ab above the bass clef (which is great, don't get me wrong), then that would be 4 octaves, not 5.

[JonLuther]

srry if i offened anybody. i wasnt bragging im just being practical... i learned at a master class from Mr. Stein a tuba professor somewhere and he said a tuba is expected to have between 5 to 6 maybe 7 octaves... he has 7 octaves... he's a really good tuba player.. and i think oystien baadsvisk has a 7 octave range if you've you heard is czardas and fnugg blue his range is amazing... i didn't mean to sound impractical, i think he said at most 5-7 octaves sometimes 8

sorry if i worded wrong.

[herokight]

man, those are a pain to hit, but i can play all the way to the high D =]

its funny to see one of the other tubas in band play the c below that, his head shakes from straining so hard lmao

[chienhaotheman]

The man's got a Yamaha 621 - a tiny tuba easy to play high. Look at his face: hilarious, why make that facial expression when he plays high? If it's too high for him to play comfortably maybe he should refrain from "teaching" people how to play the tuba" online.

Tuba isn't supposed to play that high? NO, it's HIM who is not supposed to play that high publicly. Listen to Patrick Sheridan. Tuba can be high and beautiful. My previous comment stands.

[timchen1112]

My God you sound like shit.

[militarypillz]

he didnt even play a song. you cant judge scales xD

he sounded like a normal tuba player.

if your talking about when he plays high notes, duh its not that great the tuba isnt rly spose to play that high. he was perfectly fine.

[ajdmonkey]

I really hope u dont play tuba if thats what u think. Check out tubaad, thats tuba playing.