Tuba: The Sousaphone

Tuba: The Sousaphone

[@johnmichael64]

"Because you have to have loose screws to play the tuba" as a tuba player I agree

[@TheSDATuba39]

3 mile parades hurt y’all.😂😂 man y’all would die in a 12-14 mile parade. now that will hurt alot

[@rayyannavilafreda325]

I play a marching tuba for too long that time.. And when I get the sousaphone I was exited.. Well no more hurt in the back again.. Boi I was wrong,and my bells fall of..

[@user-vw9zk8qx8f]

Sooooo I'm switching from piccolo to tuba this year in marching band.. rip my shoulders lol

[@finndelmenico1840]

same!!

[@ashermg]

Hale Storm I’m switching from clarinet to Tuba😂

[@user-vw9zk8qx8f]

Ashel G G Amazing!! Just letting you know the shoulder pain does in fact get way better after week 1 😂🙌🏻

[@ashermg]

Hale Storm Ok, thank you ☺️

[@FixItStory]

Ashel G G - Nah it takes at least 3 weeks for it to not be painful putting a metal sousa on.

[@andymayeuxproductions]

The brass sousaphones hurt your shoulder sooooo much.

[@Everdayvideos]

build muscle 😂

[@hannsg8254]

The Mayeux Productions I don't think that's how it works, it's resting on your shoulder, not your arm

[@andymayeuxproductions]

this comment was made when I was still going through puberty, I was a lil child XD

[@CopperheadAirsoft]

The Mayeux Productions but u will get used to it... I've been there before

[@CopperheadAirsoft]

The Mayeux Productions in the beginning but then u get used to it

[@a_literal_brick]

Sousaphones are really fun to play, but they shake cameras to much for a decent recording.

[@a_literal_brick]

When I rest, I put it on my right shoulder.

[@SpaceTalk-Aero]

I want one of these but the thing is I’m not willing to drop five grand on a sousaphone but I might end up doing that in a few years

[@CopperheadAirsoft]

I’ve held a brass sousaphone it hurt a lot for the first time then it still hurt weeks later then I realized it’s one of the heaviest ones out of all the sousaphones.... then I picked up one of the other ones and it pretty much felt like nothing.... people if ur scared of holding a sousaphone don’t worry it’s gonna hurt it feels like u can’t move but after a while u will get used to it.... if u want to get used to it immediately then do not put the horn down

[@ChipperEm]

Contrary to popular belief, the fiberglass ones do still hurt your shoulder, it just takes longer for you to feel it. Extra weight to your shoulder is going to affect you whether its 15 or 40 lbs

[@bobcat24]

Silver Conn 20K is 55lbs.

[@Mithosphere]

Using a pad with a fiberglass sousaphone? Ha! I don't even use one with my Jumbo and it weighs nearly 65 pounds!

[@GiancarloIannini]

Mithosphere I completely agree. Fiberglass is already light, but to need to put that much padding ?

[@zaenaziz1860]

What a legend

[@ixarus1974]

i have a brass one and it kinda hurts after awhile while marching

[@DoctorNovaPhD]

It's because it's genuinely heavier than a white king tuba

[@DS8587]

i had to march with one of those IN SOLID BRASS!!! for 2 years...... you people with fiberglass ones are soooooooo lucky.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-jv6my]

When will they ever come up with something like this for the oboe and the bassoon in marching band?????

[@DoctorNovaPhD]

Because those instruments can be used as concert band and marching band

[@eboone]

@@DoctorNovaPhD Definitely not oboe

[@JonesNate]

Was looking forward to hearing it.

[@lucioflaviosousa]

I HAVE ONE SOUSAPHONE YAMAHA!!...... THIS IS THE BEST!!... BEAUTIFUL...

[@ingenieriasdwight9585]

Yamaha rocks!!

[@SocksThePup]

I tried on a sousaphone for my first time and let me say this: It was the most awkward instrument I have ever held lol. Whenever I turned it caused the thing to turn with me. And plus the bell is so huge it blocked half my vision so I could only see the floor.

[@cedrickivits]

Cool video! Very clear and good humor! Haha!

[@LaserGryph]

I almost expected him to play a demonstration of it.

[@josephrobinson3359]

its no that the sousaphone is heavy it just hurts alot

[@DoctorNovaPhD]

It's uncomfortable

[@danimal41014]

Dr Nova yes especially during practice after a few hours

[@danielobrien7738]

My high school has 2 4-valved Jupiters but I work on reincarnating the 3-valved Yamahas in case of a wave of tubas

[@KiloKenzie]

Ooooh it's a fuba

[@lbLevii]

Uh what

[@blufyre5306]

i have to use one for my first time tomorrow for a football game, im 5'0 tall girl so imma die xD ok so im extremely sore lol

[@youtuuba]

A few thoughts along these lines: - Many people insist that fiberglass Sousaphones are terrible. If the instrument is in good working condition and played by a real tuba player (not just some inexperienced kid, or somebody just interested in blasting), they sound just fine for outdoors parade type music, which is all they should be used for. A brass and a fiberglass Sousaphone on the street, played in the same way, will not be distinguishable to the listener, although the player can get a somewhat different feedback to his ears from the different resonances of the bell materials.....this difference is not obvious even a few feet away while on the march. - The problem with shoulder pain from carrying a Sousaphone is primarily from the entire weight of the horn focused on about two square inches of the player's shoulder. The solution is to distribute that weight over a larger area of the shoulder, and typical foam rubber pads or leather pads cannot distribute the weight very much. I once made a pad by carving up a large block of Styrofoam (like used on coffee cups) so its bottom curved to match the shape of my shoulder and the top had a channel into which the arch of the horn fitted, and it was SO much more comfortable. But to keep the horn from resting too high, and interfering with where the mouthpiece came to on my face as a result, the Styrofoam block had to be no more than one inch thick at its thinnest point, and after while it cracked in half. But this proved the idea, and of a better material, stiff enough to distribute the weight, soft enough on the surface to feel comfortable, string enough not to crack in half, and capable of being shaped as needed, a great and effective Sousaphone pad could be manufactured. Closed cell, high density polyethylene foam would probably work quite well for this, but it if expensive and hard for most people to find (although a manufacturer could get it if they decided to start making Sousaphone pads). Another thing that would work would be a piece of thick plastic sheet, warmed to be soft and then formed over a mandrel to the right shape, cooled to be stiff again, and lined with a thin layer of comfortable foam. All these things could be made and productively sold, but I think most manufacturers of these pads don't have the engineering expertise to design them correctly. - One can badly damage the bell ring on a Sousaphone (or detachable bell upright tuba) by over-tightening the three screws. All three screws need to be carefully and evenly adjusted inwards, just enough to keep the bell from rotating, but no more than that. - Find where the bell is pointing correctly and use a wide 'Sharpie' pen to make alignment marks where the bell attaches, so there is never any doubt each time the horn is put together. - As pointed out in this video, NEVER rest the assembled Sousaphone with the valves and leadpipe/gooseneck pointing down to the ground. So much damage will occur from doing this. - Try to avoid carrying the assembled Sousaphone through doorways or under low branches, etc; with the leadpipe/gooseneck & mouthpiece attached.....if the top of the bell hits the door frame, branch, etc; the mouthpiece (or worse, the end of the leadpipe) will smack you in the face, causing potentially serious damage to the lips, teeth, nose.

[@Mithosphere]

I've never had any of these issues you've listed - and I've had a bunch of different sousaphones. Fiberglass sousaphones, to me, tend to be a more homogeneous tuba sound that has a more clearly defined "bass" sound. This can be really good with certain modern music and "covers". The worst a player can do is hold the instrument incorrectly, the video is close, but not quite there. The body has to come further to the right and the bell goes further to the left. If you think of it as one should - it being a directional helicon, which was both a marching instrument as well as used for cavalry - the body needs to allow room for a cap with a plume, meaning the bell needs to be on the left side of the head.

[@branflakes2600]

*presses "read more"* Nvm goodbye.

[@Jesus-iv5oq]

Bran Flakes lmao same

[@RootsBassCanada]

Thanks for the video! I’m thinking of starting to get lessons for either a sousaphone or a tuba. I play double bass right now. Would you recommend a tuba or sousaphone? Thanks.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Tuba

[@dominickcap8454]

it depends what you plan on playing. I switched from trumpet to sousa for marching band around a month ago and played tuba to get the hang of it. Let me tell you that the tuba has a more stronger sound than sousa. I feel that the sousa requires a little more air movement to be equivalent to the concert tuba

[@Colombo5218]

I looked forward to listening to what the sousaphone sounded like.

[@goofy3081]

What if I can’t move the bell and the bell is stuck when trying to take it out

[@dylanbunnell299]

Thank you! I started playing sousaphone uh today. My shoulder hurts

[@pokemonparrot6673]

def getting a fiberglass one

[@db153yt]

We got fiber glass and metal sousaphones

[@fuitbythefoot]

no thats a french horn

[@kyleslife3977]

I am a Sousa player. The smallest in my band. Is that one lightet than a normal one. Mine is 35lbs

[@jelleypeanuts7866]

any tips for first time sousaphone players?

[@pancakepredator8474]

Breathing gym, and dont take it off if it hurts for the first week. after that it should be fine

[@H.C.H.S]

What does it mean when u let ur instrument control u

[@jeraldmcwilson2189]

Nice

[@tbonetime3568]

My districts high school just bought new contra bugles so no more sousas

[@kierand4583]

Good

[@reevecoble1812]

I'm an 8th grade bassoon player going into high school marching band next year. Obviously, you can't play bassoon in marching band, so I need to choose another instrument to play. Would it be unrealistic to learn to play the tuba/sousaphone in a little less than a year? I don't want first chair, I just want to be good enough.

[@johnaayyy3424]

You'd probably have a better chance doing bari sax and staying as woodwind, may be hard to switch to brass.

[@reevecoble1812]

Thanks for the advice

[@a_literal_brick]

There are Bari saxes in my marching band. The bassoon shouldn't be so hard to march with.

[@reevecoble1812]

I started trombone

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

+Reeve Coble good, trombones are fun, that's what I've been playing for about five years

[@kamishaduncan8007]

I wanted a tuba to

[@dan_gamming6808]

Is it heavy

[@abbylippiatt9833]

I'm the youngest sous in marching band (7th grade) so I got stuck with the shitty sousaphone with the lousy mouth piece holder thing? It's floppy and doesn't stay so I have to hold it in place, a senior always teases me because that's the one he started on lmao. Not looking forward to marching with it.

[@TheJoshCardinal]

bat the shit out of him

[@quiet_benzy]

It might be old. But the stories it tells(plays). Play it like it is a new one. You will still have the same pribe ma broda.

[@justintweedy6415]

my middle school has thoes same sousaphones

[@robertsantana5245]

Mr. Rios is that you?😂

[@santosumana6374]

Good

[@thecommonhousenerd8620]

Where do I put in my lyre? I need help

[@thedrangler599]

the common house nerd You know the neck where you put your mouthpiece? There should be a little notch kinda thing where you can put it.

[@thecommonhousenerd8620]

Thank you

[@thecommonhousenerd8620]

The Drangler thank you

[@OriginDBZ]

the common house nerd I'm just starting tuba( I came from trombone) . Although we're in concert season I think marching season will be cool with this

[@kierand4583]

You don't put it anywhere memorize your music

[@300ex_daddy]

Never knew that Walter White played tuba

[@MC-up9nx]

Hello Sousaphone!

[@seanryan9193]

How tf am I gonna go from flute to this

[@monkeyseemonkeydo92]

I play tuba for my middle school and I'm sad that I can't take it home to practice it for my spring concert and my Christmas concert cause the tubas to big

[@geoycs]

Did he ever play it?

[@dennisrhodes6046]

anyone trying to sell one

[@justdunlap6889]

What grade to you play sousaphone?

[@jacobblack8488]

JustDunlap you most likely won’t be using one until marching band in high school

[@thatdude6800]

TheJacobBlack I'm in middle school and I already play the sousaphone

[@cruz.c]

JustDunlap im n 7th and i play it

[@DS8587]

played mine through highschool cause my dick of a music instructor use the money that we raised for instruments to buy herself a new truck and trailor and say its for transporting the band material... damn bs... i needed a new baritone but because we didnt have the $ for the new bells... she shoved a full brass sousaphone at me and said "deal" ........ i played baritone from elementary to highschool, in highschool... most instructors are dickheads... mine was a female... or male... couldnt tell.... but def. made everyones life a hell. people had to switch instruments because she wasnt useing the $ from the fundraisers for our instruments. so i ended up bouncing out of band entirely but my grandfather bought me a trumpet... and ill play that from time to time and ill keep it because he got it for me just before he passed. so its priceless to me even if pieces of it have broken, it still works and sounds great, never needed valve oil... ever.... sat for years and NEVER once did the valves lock yet.

[@BelloBruh]

JacobHBlack in middle school we use Sousas for marching

[@glennbutler1195]

How much would you sell a sousaphone for BTW my name is maxz

[@z3ddd]

1K

[@lovst2737]

how tall is the sousaphone?

[@lovst2737]

i'm going to be playing it soon, and i'm 5'2, i'm kinda worried

[@ripley-pk8cx]

@@lovst2737 I'm about your height and I've played sousa, it's not so bad

[@dominickcap8454]

I'm sure you know by now, but its around 5 feet tall when it is standing up

[@juliawhiteley5206]

Can you put a lyre on an actual tuba? Not a sousaphone

[@aaronmead861]

Julia Whiteley some concert tubas have a slot and screw for one

[@yonatanbarrera5882]

Cando vale amigo

[@Tek87654]

Steve Rhodes played a mean sousaphone.

[@somerandomusername2590]

i remember putting on my brass sous... was fun for the first hour then the next four hurt and it was without the pads.... also i am skinny but strong so i have no fat between me and my instrument so not the best experence but fun non the less

[@jelleypeanuts7866]

same thing but for me it hurt for the first hour and then it was fun afterwards.

[@JovYeaa]

I want you to play it without the bell :)

[@yorick22]

I play trombone, why am I even here??

[@andrewmoore1084]

I play baritone what are we doing here

[@tylermustardloooser386]

I play saxophone, I'm just here because the tuba is funny

[@metal_musician4458]

being 12 and playing the sousaphone makes me buff but unproportinally

[@digbick2773]

Same I’m 12 and I march with sousaphone

[@kierand4583]

Try the contra it takes more work

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

Kids Next Door brought me here

[@nein9082]

My band doesn’t use sousaphones

[@thinkerly1]

Louder, please.

[@pandavidz3366]

I don’t even know what these are.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Sousaphone

[@marcelomarquez2089]

PERO TOCATE ALGOOOO !!!

[@mesirpez]

you touching the inside of the bell while building it up made me chringe

[@mesirpez]

it leaves fingerprints and makes brass horns look bad. most people do it but I have no respect for anyone who can't respect their horn back

[@pancakepredator8474]

For one, its fiberglass. Two, if it bugs you, wipe it off with a damn cloth. Three, sousaphones get really beat up, and nobody cares bout a few fingerprints on the bell.

[@mesirpez]

if you can't respect the bell don't play. I know its fiberglass but that doesn't give you a excuse to not keep it at its best

[@beysaydaarellano443]

Same!!

[@Mithosphere]

Ever heard of gloves?

[@likeabossftwboyee]

The fiber glass ones are REALLY bad Just saying

[@TheGozalus]

Apparently no one here agrees with you. Just saying.

[@ChipperEm]

But they're affordable by most high schools.

[@DS8587]

apparently... these were for the girls...

[@CorvetteCoonass]

Play a good Conn 36K and get back to me. I play a 36K with two other guys using big brass Yamaha sousaphones and my horn sounds darker and fuller than those do. Yeah, in case you didn't know fiberglass sounds darker than brass.

[@DoctorNovaPhD]

They aren't loud enough

[@yamantaka9365]

not enough playing

[@arielsalcido926]

Sell me a trumpet

[@thepikapalate9697]

I came here from sooza

[@kentvinas1468]

lol me too

[@ogedeh]

IT'S NOT A TUBA!!

[@BigDogCountry]

Sorry. Fiberglass. King Silver, or it's not a Sousaphone.

[@BelloBruh]

Big DogCountry conn*

[@CorvetteCoonass]

Play a vintage Conn 36K and then tell me fiberglass can't be a Sousaphone.

[@yoooitsjackk2076]

*contras are better*