Most Tuba Players Play Out of Tune and Here is Why!

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[@nevilleshade5444]

Great video ! Very clear advice. Thank you.

[@bastubalinda]

For my BBb Miraphone tuba with 3 valves I think that means I can practice further with tuning the D right by sliding the first valve, because that one always pitches too high. (And on that tuba I don't have a 4th valve to cheat with ;-) ) And each tuba is different, so you also have to get to know the response of your tuba...

[@tesmith47]

Yeah lplay a miraphone BBFLAT rotary 4

[@bastubalinda]

Good news; A tuba specialist added a 4th rotary valve on my tuba and looks and sounds as an original 4-rotary valve tuba now (I have a Miraphone BBb-86)

[@zeldemalevitz4996]

Excellent

[@hap184]

I play contrabass sax with low A And here tuba players try tô play low C 32hz - its ok in tune but timbre no só, when they try E, Eb, D no way, out of tune and they at me LOL.

[@simonasremeika6238]

Hey. You can also play low concert F in tune with fingering combination 124. It's what I do on yamaha tubas

[@TubaVisionary]

Simonas Remeika yeah you can but I would usually suggest pulling out your first valve slide on a 1&4 combination to get it in tune instead. It will usually have a better tone rather than adding more valves

[@TubaVisionary]

Simonas Remeika yup! I do it at times as well if I have to just play it quickly. It just gets a little more stuffy on my horn

[@mariahnichole6342]

hello ! i am a section leader at my high school and my director has made it my mission to get my sections concert F in tune. All of our other notes are in tune but we are struggling with the F. Any tips ?

[@TubaVisionary]

mariah nichole sure thing. If you are on a Bb horn, that F is typically sharp. You can either just pull out the main tuning slide or lip it down but it really just depends on the application. So instance, if I’m playing a song where I have to sustain that note for a while, I may pull the main tuning slide out. If I am just hitting it quick than I would just lip it down. Hope this helps!

[@mariahnichole6342]

Tuba Visionary thank you !!

[@spacedragon6215]

Jeez, his slides move so easily. No matter how much slide grease I put on, it's so slow. My tuba is very old though, so that may be part of the reason why.

[@Danny-sy7bg]

SpaceDragon 621 have you tried pricier slide grease

[@disamis6873]

I think you should get your slides lapped and your valves vented if you really want to put the investment in

[@TopRacer-tx5cd]

Is this applied to Euphonium aswell? Bc i’m an euphie player. And it technically is a tenortuba. And it’s kinda hard for me to adjust the slides while playing haha.

[@haroldbingus]

euphonium players don't move their slides while they play. the only exception is a handful of horns come with a trigger that lowers any note by moving the main tuning slide. figure out where each tuning slide is most in tune and you just have to adjust notes with the embouchure

[@TopRacer-tx5cd]

@@haroldbingus yeah exactly, now i have a Besson Prestige Euph with main slide trigger, no intonation issues no more 😉

[@sabbatanieros]

Bravo, nice idea make a chromatic check. Personally I think the problem is that the harmonic series that we use on brass instrument they are based on natural system and not temperated system. Also fast all tuba players tune only the open position. The violin start with the A string and after D, G and E. I prefer to tune first open position and after each one slide. I think this theme will be the theme of my next video.

[@TubaVisionary]

You Tuba all good points!

[@etau]

You can play e with 123 on tuba

[@felixplaystuba6937]

guppenstein If it’s a B flat tuba

[@maxwellomane-ach9780]

@@felixplaystuba6937 No, I play Eb tuba and the 123 works as well.

[@svenlarsson]

@@maxwellomane-ach9780 Sharp.

[@maxwellomane-ach9780]

@@svenlarsson It's in tune. Plus I'm referencing to the low E two octaves below the staff.

[@svenlarsson]

@@maxwellomane-ach9780 Well, there are many different models of tubas, many tubas have a good false tone one semitone over the highest pedalton on 23. One octave lower on many tubas could be played open. What tuba do you play? What tuner do you use?

[@mrlemon4330]

I have a question I dont know if it’s my mouthpiece but anything I play with my first valve has a lot of resistance and it’s hard for the notes to come out especially my E flats how would I solve this problem I’ve tried buzzing I’ve used berp sand trained my ear to make sure I know how the E flat sounds and nothing is working. I switched from a marcinkiewicz N1 to a perrantucci pt 83 about two months ago

[@TubaVisionary]

Mr Lemon great question! I’m actually doing a live Q&A on instagram this coming Monday (1/8) at 8pm where I will be addressing a lot of these questions. Feel free to tune in and I will throw your question in the mix! Follow me on IG at Tubavisionary

[@TubaVisionary]

Brian Gentry yup! Definitely a good point

[@aaronfoo1018]

What are CHOPS?

[@mericanmade9843]

Your mouth

[@adrianwilson4197]

Chops apply to your technique or the way you do things such as single, double and triple tonguing. How you phase music. Etc,etc.

[@JumpUpJoe]

First