Tuba: Embouchure

Michael Moore shares best practices and techniques on the tube.
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[@etiennemarangoni320]

I hope you will make more videos in this playlist! Great job! Thank you so much!👏😃

[@georgemonch430]

You’re right on the money Mike! Greetings from Switzerland, George

[@erikdybeus347]

To buzz is easy, but how do you do to buzz the correct tone if you don't have the skill to know how that tone sounds?

[@georgemonch430]

Eric, I think you have a great example listening to Mike on this demonstration as to how the buzz should sound. If you’re talking about the frequency of the note then sit at a piano and replicate the notes.

[@DarthSpiers]

@@georgemonch430I started playing tuba just this year, and I typically do what my old band teacher taught me(I switched from trombone), and try to play different notes from different valves on just the mouthpiece, and I do this and I use a tuner app to make sure I am playing it in tune, because I learned a lot of times, when you’re tuba is out of tune, it is typically the way you are playing, if you are smiling while playing, or your teeth are too close or too far apart, etc.

[@user-rc8sq8en2w]

What was that?

[@skulmask9647]

I have a problem with playing the low F loudly, is there a way to improve it?

[@soha_an]

I have a problem with low notes, making high notes is pretty easy for me but low notes are quite hard. Help?

[@jamo7010]

I find what helps is loosening up your embouchure a lot and letting the air flow as much as possible, practicing long tones can help with that too.

[@anthonykoterbski5135]

Try dropping your jaw, thinking the sound ARR, like a pirate

[@ldxstormeaglex2194]

The advice posted here is not going to work. Do not drop the jaw and remember that relaxing does not mean collapsing. Instead start high and slur down into your low range. Learn to manipulate your oral cavity size with your tongue and not your jaw. Also try to learn where each note is centered on the horn, use sound as your guide for mechanics.

[@ldxstormeaglex2194]

Also depending on your embouchure type you may need a mouthpiece with a larger rim. It might be worth trying to see if that helps

[@johns3106]

I struggled with low range for a long time until I tried a larger mouthpiece…what a difference!

[@pif_el_kien8254]

Je joue du contretuba, je ne suis pas du tout d'accord avec cette pratique. 😮 Je pense que le tuba N'EST PAS un amplificateur, mais plutôt un RÉSONATEUR (🤔 essayez de jouer un Eb ou un F# avec un doigté de C ? vous verrez bien ce que ça donne ! 😂)