We were playing this song IN MIDDLE SCHOOL to try out for the Midwest Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. Unfortunately we had to cancel due to a big ice storm, but this song was a true treat to learn!

Wax it💯 how loud can you crank?

Is that a different tuba or is it that Eastman?

I just went to play this on my tuba

The other day I was tacet for the entire choir number. T-bones laughed at me for playing clash of clans during the rehearsal of said piece. At the end of the day we tuba players have a very good PPN. (Pay per note)… I mean… if we actually are being paid 😆

The conductor is definitely slowing the piece down, because my God, the original tempo is difficult even for the most elite orchestras. In regards to the piece, it's great to have that low-end support from the Tuba (and the Gran Cassa, Contra Bassoon, and others?). Williams did a masterful job writing this triumphant theme. His Nightly News Theme and Sunday Football Themes are the hidden gems of a series of compositions he was contracted to write for NBC.

honestly i feel kinda bad because all you did was just *bwamp* *bwamp* *bwamp* the whole song but honestly that helps the band a lot, and you did really well

Your so good

Good sound!!!!

Sounding great man keep up the great work!

The greatest moment waiting for the greatest trumpet(tuba)

Man, you sound great on that MRP!

You look like the tuba player in my band 😂

The type of tuba that is sir

Ok. You won.

Great sound

I can get to Pedal G

Not the left hand under the shoulder pipe😟

I undertuned a bass string to a d sharp -1

I got a e flat and I did not press any press any buttons

What’s the lowest not on tuba?

Hey sam

Can y’all do shadow of the longship or Moscow 1941??

Is that an Eastman or John Packer or Miraphone tuba ?

We were gonna play this in wind ensemble but my band director decided not to because the percussion barely plays. I was taking the Eb down an octave because I would listen to recordings and all the tuba players would do that and I thought it sounded cool

AND THIS ONE!!!!!

yooooooooo! i also know this song too!

yoooooooo! i know that song!

I got to play this piece in january for my district band.

I’m playing kalos for my middle school band, what speed was this? Cause it seemed very fast compared to ours

are you using a piston tuba??

G is my lowest note

I play tuba in concert band, in middle school. I was supposed to be in symphonic, the 2nd advanced band of 3, but there was 4 tubas while only 2 in concert.

我記得是G #f G A D B A G A D

When i played tuba in highschool, i trained myself to semi-nap in band, but still somewhat be listening so that I don't miss when I have to come in/play with the band. Also, if we played the piece enough/if it was simple enough to memorize, I would also just close my eyes and "rest" while playing. It also helped that we were given comfy/soft chairs to sit on instead of the hard plastic chairs that everyone else had to sit on.

Aurora awakes :D

Hi my name is Braden I’m a Tuba player of the Perryton Junior High and I asked my band director Mr. Zimmerman if we could play this song but he said it was to hard but I did not believe him so maybe we can play this song in the future.

I can’t play high notes on tuba for the life of me, but somehow I can make it down to double pedal Bb no problem

Favorite instrument and the sousaphone

is the tuba hard to play i play trumpet

Even as a trombonist, we had an 8 measure rest in a song

In my freshman year we played the star spangled banner in b flat by paul lavender. The tuba part was so pretty in it. I miss that version of it so much.

Yo sick headphones bro I have the same set

I hope you enjoyed the work!

The brown note

Bro I’m in middle school and like every single piece we play we have no more than 4 measures of rest at a time

Very relatable, as a tuba player I think we need more recognition and less rests

I know one day that will be me fellow older tuba player.

its even worse when the conductor is going over this section and keeps stopping the bar before your one note

NO WAY IT SAM