How to Play the Tuba : Tuba versus the Sousaphone

To play the tuba, you need to first identify it, distinguishing it from the Sousaphone, with which it is commonly mistaken; learn more from our expert tuba player in this free tuba video music lesson.

Expert: Eric Williams
Contact: www.ericwilliamsmusic.com
Bio: Eric Williams of Eric Williams and the Cruisers lives in Sedona Az. His band is successful throughout Arizona.
Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler

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Entertainment

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• techniques
• method
• instrument
• play
• brass
• tuba
• musical
• valves

[bernardhumperdink]

NO, THAT IS NOT A TUBA. THAT IS A RECORDING BASS.  Get an Expert who knows what they are talking about.

[walkermorgan95]

"This is a tuba!" No shit dipshit. And tubas can have four vaulves! Thank you creepy guy!

[seig09876]

look there is a fan on the ceiling

[whatistheretotype]

hey you forgot about contrabass tubas, ya dingus,

[HuggumsMcgehee]

@bernardhumperdink I'd be with you, but you knew what you were getting into when you came to an--and I use this term with as much irony and disdain as I can muster--"Expert" Village.

[youtuuba]

Too many non-experts repeat bad tuba info! For the record, a tuba is a bass or contrabass brasswind instrument having a cup mouthpiece and a bore that is conical throughout, except for the valve section which is cylindrical, AND which is of sufficient conical taper to not be classed as a saxhorn (not to be confused with the saxophone), which is also conical but not as much so as the tuba. It does not matter how a tuba is wrapped, recording/concert basses, helicons, sousaphones are ALL tubas.

[VladiMix11]

Wanna see playing tuba /watch?v=C5jPawsJDsI&feature=r­elated

[MrNunivak]

This is a comedy sketch, right?

[divinegod102]

That's not a fucking tuba.

[sousaphone68]

Best advice do not watch any more of Mr. Williams he is not good. There should be a method book in your band library. But your easiest open natural should be a Bb the valve will then allow you change the pitch by a half tone a tone and a tone and half this combined with different lip positions allow a full chromatic scale

[horsefan48]

ummm, can somebody help me, I just switched from clarinet to sousa and i have no idea how to play. my section leader just gave me a horn today after school and showed me how to put it together...sorta...any advice

[1097atm]

tuba and sousaphone are basically the same instruments, ive played both and the only difference i see is that one is more preferrable for marching while the other is more prefferable for concert band