Is Tuba the Most Dangerous Instrument? (You Flinch You Lose)

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[@sparrows3232]

tuba players: offended violists: well that’s TUBAd

[@oopsididitagainimgoingtofail]

Viola players: that’s nothing compared to what happens to us

[@kirby7186]

I-

[@wren7574]

we've been made fun of for years. tubas will now carry our burden

[@chrizzwithrizz]

LOOOOOOL

[@MaxRamos8]

Euph/Tuba player hear, we have way better parts in wind bands and jazz ensembles. I've played a Trombone part on Tuba for jazz band, was kinda tough but doable. We are a unit and have fun, so hald I've never had the chance to be stuck in an orchestra

[@calcifer1234]

Eddy: That was painful. Also Eddy: Let's watch that again.

[@ylimexyz]

Emberling we know who have masochistic tendency now

[@SabSaberhagen]

@@ylimexyz or sadistic... depends on the point of view 🤔

[@pearl92391]

@emily chan ??????

[@soulstealingginger3612]

I have likely watched the Seven Tuba Pileup over 30 times. Misery brings forth a lot of joy. This is what I'm referring to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYWlaIOpdq2koJY

[@henrymerrilees9066]

I did exactly that in 5th grade. Painful.

[@jackielemire7159]

A bit of advice: NEVER get in the way of the marching band, especially the big instruments like the sousaphone and percussion. We are taught to run y'all over if you get too close, so... be careful.

[@danimal41014]

Yea I’ve ran many people over with my sousaphone before

[@indicolite8439]

Did you encounter karens get hit?

[@MNaga-ty6wp]

You run over people while carrying your piano?

[@jackielemire7159]

@@MNaga-ty6wp I also play percussion lol

[@MNaga-ty6wp]

@@jackielemire7159 im just joking. I know you're talking by experience. Btw, congrats on being multi talented.

[@coh27]

When will people learn: do NOT get in the way of the marching band. Especially not the brass section. We WILL run you down. In competitions, if a judge gets in your way and you go around them, you will lose points. So we have to run them over. Trust me, I've done it before. What makes you think we care more about random bystanders than judges in a competition!?

[@vhaineemodesty1547]

Lol so true We had a march last year and some idiot phone-photographer just stood in the middle of the street so the whole goddamn band marched straight over him😂lol i nearly tripped cause i had to do this really big step to not stand on his head but also i didnt want to loose the beat

[@melodyhsu]

Yeah I once marched in a parade in the Netherlands. The roads are packed with people drunk and smoking pots. Beer cans and flatted balloons were all over the streets. We couldn’t careless and stepped into all the nasty stuffs lol

[@oliverwilson11]

There's no law that says assault is not assault if you're doing a marching band performance. Some people should sue marching bands for personal injury and then I bet you would stop talking about how you "have to run them over"

[@krysztof6917]

@@oliverwilson11 it's their fault for being somewhere where they're not supposed to be, they caused it, it's their fault

[@call.me.whatever2391]

@@oliverwilson11 When you're standing in the middle of the highway and a car runs you over, would you sue? Like literally it'll be your fault for standing where you're not supposed to. It's the same with a marching band. They probably won't even notice you, so it'll be just your fault for getting in their way in the first place. It's not assault. People are just stupid to think that they have any chance in the battle against a whole marching band. Like would you willingly battle agaist a fucking truck?! Or a bull for that matter? If not then I think that anwsers wheter it's marchings bands fault or not.

[@kaylee-td4qd]

just want you guys to know that my orchestra teacher asked us, 50+ people if we watched two set violin and everybody screamed

[@quentinistired7644]

My orchestra teacher showed us one video and now I'm hooked

[@stonedsavage7814]

Hell yeah!

[@quartersmart3011]

YES!!

[@Idk-ib9zc]

I wish mined said that TmT

[@joemamalmaoooo]

Ours too

[@dovon5127]

In case u guys didn’t know, people in the marching band are taught to run over the judges on the field if they’re in the way. If u try to dodge them u lose points. That’s why the one sousaphone was so nonchalant about killing the cameraman

[@Rita-kx3yr]

I really hope you're joking, but marching band is intense enough and formation is prized high enough that I believe you lol

[@VictorGonzalez-jg4sd]

@@Rita-kx3yr not joking at all LOL

[@Sunshine0235]

Run them all over. They will learn eventually to watch themselves better

[@TheronDoesIt]

Also the Ohio State Marching Band does that every performance, the best sousaphone player “dots the i” and bows like that. Totally the cameraman’s fault on that one

[@rafidsiddique2010]

Dovon I very much agree with this statement. There were only some incidents where some of us almost ran over our own directors bc we had no choice. That’s always fun.

[@embe_3]

I know a girl who once had a Tuba lesson and she got her Tuba walked one way then came back and asked if anyone had seen her Tuba. HOW DO YOU LOSE A TUBA?????

[@notablequasar6446]

On a bus. Been there done that.

[@aurianappleheartz9818]

@@notablequasar6446 oh my gosh.... did u get it back?

[@naomigwolfe8112]

@@notablequasar6446 now I'm concerned....

[@notablequasar6446]

@@aurianappleheartz9818 It was my brothers. Left it on a bus before a performance. So they had to call the bus back (Private bus) and get it off.

[@notablequasar6446]

@@naomigwolfe8112 My brother left his on a private bus hired for a performance. So we had to call the bus to come back and take it off, which wasted a lot of final rehearsal time.

[@thiccitysplit9542]

As a marching band kid, I can confirm we don't care if someone is in our way. If you cross our path we ain't stopping

[@mndlessdrwer]

You get to pretend you're the royal guard and just march right on overtop of the offending speedbumps.

[@kishascape]

The one moment where everyone in the band is the percussionist. Stomp stomp!

[@rakastettu2237]

We always hoped we'd have the privilege of running down a judge at competitions. Sadly, I never got the chance.

[@Sirius_Hatter20]

Yeah regardless cause you will get in trouble if you stop

[@tubaboydany5020]

you forget to watch your surroundings

[@adrianrodriguez4874]

Regarding the sousaphone that hit the camera man: in marching band we are told that if anyone is in our way, RUN THEM OVER. We do not change our path as it will ruin the formation. As a trumpet I had the honor of running of 2 judges and 1 camera man

[@AnnekeOosterink]

I'm a dancer, and during performances, more or less the same. Lose your wig/costume/hair elastic/whatever? JUST GO ON. Someone is going the wrong direction and you clash? Just go on as you should. The show must go on, you can apologize or find your costume later, once the curtain has gone down. I once had to chuck a part of my costume backstage and dance on.

[@adrianrodriguez4874]

@@AnnekeOosterink i threw up right as I was playing my solo at a competition. Couldn't play my trumpet anymore, but I kept on marching the rest of the show

[@AnnekeOosterink]

@@adrianrodriguez4874 shit, most of the mishaps with our group are things like dancing footies flying into the audience or costumes falling half off (that last one was me, half a costume it's a tripping hazard so I had to ditch it) not anything like being sick on stage. That kinda sounds like my nightmare, throwing up is not my worst fear, but I hate it so so much.

[@adrianrodriguez4874]

@@AnnekeOosterink randomly got sick. We ate as a group a couple hours beforehand. Guess it didn't sit right. No warning either. Just randomly as I'm playing my solo. I never broke formation tho lol

[@1calv]

Adrian Rodriguez How would you not have felt sick beforehand? Or had any warning? But you're lucky it happened when you were playing a solo at the front where any mess wouldn't matter, and not on the field. If that happened to me I probably would sit down at the front and try to not think for the remaining time of the show.

[@joshsmithartist]

Dotting the "I" in Ohio is a huge deal. The sousa always does the same thing. The camera guy was in the wrong place, but the sousa just did his thing which is what he is supposed to do. This is actually entirely the camera person's fault and the sousa player was most likely more worried about the horn than the camera.

[@rosyskies5458]

Yes

[@mathewkinnear3581]

As an Ohio State student, I was hoping someone would have already explained it in the comments. I love Brett and Eddy, but understand the traditions of OSU smh....

[@rosyskies5458]

Man I want to be like that Sousa someday... Able to move the sousaphone so dramatically and able to swing down even tho there's a guy in the way... Goals

[@mathewkinnear3581]

Mr. Darcy I know sarcasm doesn’t translate well online but that joke went over your head

[@mathewkinnear3581]

Mr. Darcy They’re literally my favorite youtubers, and my inspiration in my violin playing to practice, so please calm down

[@awesomacher7312]

Dotting the "i" in ohio is a really big deal in the ohio state marching band. It's a huge 70+ year tradition, and the man was not gonna let a camera man ruin his moment. He tried to yell "watch out" before.

[@mangotreebs7749]

now that ive read your comment, i can hear him saying it

[@riotruby]

Literally every tuba player felt the pain of that kid when his tuba slipped. I’ve lost count of how many times it happens to me, let alone in concerts.

[@lucyicanel]

Is it bad that my first reaction was "Oh my gosh! Is that tuba ok?"

[@melodyhsu]

Finally finding the comment! 🤣🤣🤣 As a tuba player, I can assure that what the kid had gone through is painful. But it won’t be his last chance to feel it again ;) loll

[@silverwolf682]

I cant tell you how many times ive done this in class thankfully ive only dropped it on me in concert once but with the sousaphone it is worse when your putting it together and it falls on you later cause you didnt tighten it enough

[@kishascape]

I wanted to cry.

[@LayneDaRockJohnson]

TODAY my band had a Veterans Day assembly on my schools crap plastic bleachers with no room for a tuba. I can’t tell you how many times I almost dropped it.

[@thomastyrrell49]

“You need spacial awareness and you need to remember the massive sousaphone on your back” Band director: RUN THEM INTO THE GROUND

[@nuryth8081]

Same!

[@mikanchan322]

violinists: we need to have extra spatial awareness. tubas: everyone around us needs to have extra spatial awareness

[@smorrow]

Is it actually that different from just wearing a schoolbag?

[@mikanchan322]

@@smorrow for a cello it definitely is. Its more like having another person strapped to your back

[@mikanchan322]

@Sarah Wang 👀 Luffy!

[@zachxiong2657]

The Sousa player at 3:18 actually yells “watch out” to the camera guy if you listen really closely

[@tomasschuman6576]

Nice catch

[@AshdenMurphy]

He did wow nice

[@thivaharanantharajah7864]

So underrated

[@roselite4661]

Now I can't un-hear it

[@Kubolito_]

thankfully im not the only one who heard this xdd

[@isaacneuenschwander2184]

“He dropped his mic down the tuba!”........ literally everyone that’s in band: NO ITS A SOUSAPHONE!

[@michpfeffer1197]

I think what's sad is that I'm in band and even I didn't know it was a sousaphone...

[@myaris.m]

I know it as Tuba :''

[@counterfit5]

Sousaphones are a kind of tuba, though

[@isaacneuenschwander2184]

@@counterfit5 theyre both big brass instruments, other than that no, sousaphones are not a kind of tuba. and you dont call it a tuba because its a kind of tuba. i dont call alto saxes bari saxes because theyre both saxophones

[@jan31416]

@@isaacneuenschwander2184 I learned, that a Sousaphone is a marching tuba - as well as a helicon.

[@powermongerxxx6874]

Guy shouting in studio at 5:04 : Let me explain what happened to him, as a massive headset user I think I can explain: The bang on the door was on a low tune pretty close to what the man was playing and hearing in his headset, thus both audio waves went together in a synergical physical effet of superposition and blasted his ears. Most headsets are not equipped with sound isolation, those are much more costy and dangerous in urban situations were you need to be aware of surroundings they are not of widespread usage. This is not primarily a question of focus versus surprise, but since violin players may not be massive headset users you guys may not have the experience of this sound effect, you ears are very lucky imo this could damage them - proof in the video

[@yourpalbryan1442]

Basically.... the door bass boosted the tuba note and turned it into earrape?

[@ValiantVicuna]

My theory was that he was at the practice room late at night and got spooked, cuz it's my worst nightmare to get attacked/robbed/etc in an empty music dept and music instruments are so expensive. But this makes much more sense. Thanks for sharing

[@heihei2697]

I’ve had something similar happen to me while wearing wrestling headgear.

[@kishascape]

Nah it was just basically a staged comedy video like all vertical tiktok styles.

[@filispeed_0111]

@@kishascape it wasnt.

[@dacoconutnut9503]

TwoSetViolin: "is tuba the most dangerous instrument?" Titanic Tuba: *nervous sweating*

[@saltsyboi5697]

OMG yes 😂😂

[@johnchang6381]

Definitely, I play tuba and I was hurt by it once. That was REALLY PAINFUL

[@pearl92391]

Hell yes

[@sparrows3232]

😂😂

[@MaxRamos8]

Euph/Tuba player hear, we have way better parts in wind bands and jazz ensembles. I've played a Trombone part on Tuba for jazz band, was kinda tough but doable. We are a unit and have fun, so hald I've never had the chance to be stuck in an orchestra

[@sydneydumoit]

TwoSetViolin: “Is Tube the most dangerous instrument” Video: shows clips of sousaphones

[@MaxRamos8]

Same instrument different model

[@vharmi.]

Sousaphones and helicons are just marching tubas

[@Tomek.adagietto]

@@vharmi. in jazz big bands they are not marching though ;)

[@CouchEconomyTX]

Same thing-a fellow tuba player

[@reivos190]

@High Definition my man's said tube

[@drewsterling113]

5:53 Damaging brass instruments is actually extremely common, and not even near as looked down upon as it should be. Most high school band students have their fair share of either damaging, or seeing other people damage(I can speak from experience) their instruments, and therefore are (at least somewhat) desensitized to it. Of course they are still very careful with instruments of that value, but often have much less extreme reactions to damage than, for example, a violin player. EDIT: I also noticed that the slide itself was not damaged, but just the brace attaching the the slide to the rest of the instrument, which would probably be a very inexpensive repair, and more of an inconvenience than a major hit to your bank account.

[@ziv_tendoora]

Also have to add that this was for shure a poorly made Chinese copy. A quality build (I know which model it is based on) would have hold up. And he wouldn’t have handled it that careless in the first place.

[@authorjoannawhite]

Yeah this is so true. I know as a clarinet player in high school my thumb rest was ripped off and I couldnt afford a new one or to fix it so I just learned to play without it which hurt to hold the whole weight without the thumb rest

[@remybaruch4599]

They all can't be Dizzy Gillespie.

[@Danny-lm9xk]

Yeah trent got it fixed

[@mozzer1881]

as someone who plays both brass and strings, i am certainly guilty of being more careless with my trumpet

[@maarit613]

Wow the oboe swap is so impressive! I play oboe myself, and to suddenly play on another reed, let alone someone elses reed AND oboe, that is really difficult! Every reed is soo different! And every oboist has his/her own way of reedmaking and own preferences in sound and thickness etc, this clip really shows the professionalism and playing level (sorry couldn't think of a better word, english is not my native language) of this oboist. You almost hear no difference in the sound between the two oboes and to achieve that he has to have a really good and flexible embouchure.

[@rudlodh78]

as a native english speaker, i can't think of a better word

[@Momo-cu7xl]

The sousaphone player didnt forget about the sousaphone. Its just that in marching band you're allowed to trample, run over, or knock over anyone in your way, if they get in your way that's that persons fault, not the marchers. Also he did say "Watch out!" to the cameraman before doing the sousa - bow to form the "I"

[@aggdhdhdvdvd]

*sees your pfp* lmao NO

[@closet_gaming3983]

I mean yea I march with a sousaphone and if someone is in my way they get hit warning or not.

[@neo_jaal2783]

Oh

[@kriss_cross_buns4104]

Hanako- kun what why are you talking about his/her Pfp and not what he is saying

[@ellavictoriaaubreycastro5366]

We're the choir on 4:00 and for the people who were asking what happened next: We were too confused if we're going to continue but we did it anyway. The staffs at the resto fixed the stand and our conductor Dr. Beverly played the last two pages! We're lucky we're still in tune even if there's a modulation at the middle! 😂 Pity that we don't have the full video because everyone at the audience panicked at that point 😢 Check us out: Dawani Women's Choir! 💕 EDIT: 1K likes guys thank u so much! Never expected this! 😁

[@SabSaberhagen]

Will definitely check it out, that What Child is This was sounding very nice imo 💕

[@erikkrabbenbos4347]

That's great! Thanks for the info! Will certainly check ya guys... I mean ladies out. ☺️

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

👏👏👏 Very professional to continue!

[@jiruu-8885]

Ella Victoria Aubrey Castro PLEASE TELL ME WHAT SONG YOU GUYS WHERE DOING

[@ellavictoriaaubreycastro5366]

@@jiruu-8885 The song was What Child is This!

[@rebeccasteinmetz7516]

Being from Ohio and watching the OSU marching band for years, that was actually the camera man’s fault for being too close because that bow is scripted. A sousaphone player always dots the I and they all do that bow. And he was so excited because there is such a long list and many don’t get to dot the I and if you do you only ever get to do it once. It’s a once in a lifetime experience so his excitement is 100% accurate.

[@mndlessdrwer]

Having banged my head with the bell of my trumpet several times, brass instruments hurt a lot when they hit you, and tubas, sousaphones, etc, hurt the most because they just have so much mass to pick up momentum with. Also, what I learned is that TwoSetViolin needs to bring on a marching band instructor to explain how competition grading works so they can understand why the band so readily abuses interlopers.

[@IlannaRao-kh3kb]

We call interlopers “infidels” in the band I come from. They trash the band hall so they’re banned from entering.

[@jennalistens6235]

Okay for the Ohio state tuba you can see him mouth “watch out” so it’s the camera mans fault imo

[@rachg2510]

I went back and watched it again, you can also just hear him say it as well. Still though, camera man should've stood a bit further away in the first place

[@anodyne4670]

@@rachg2510 I used to be a camera man and I can confirm that a lot of time it's our fault. We get so tunnel-vision into trying to get a good shot at times.

[@Cookie_Comment]

Oh i see!

[@AntTonyLOLKID]

The sousaphone band guy actually said "watch out" to the camera man before he smacked the camera

[@sixteenbynein1338]

Yep. I heard that.

[@flannelsmurf8579]

I want to like this comment, but social memeities dictate and say I can’t XD (There is currently 420 likes)

[@nimarunimu6291]

Flannel Smurf now there is not. Now like this.

[@E-Ruu]

Barring the German vs French oboe, I'm actually surprised the guy was able to play on an entirely different reed without immediately breaking it or losing his tuning/intonation if it was too thick/thin (oboe reeds at that level likely must have been modified finely to fit the player's style)

[@kishascape]

Oboe and bassoon players are very in touch musically and compensate very well I noticed. Very hard to control instruments.

[@oluseyisegun5706]

I won't lie that I was grossed out when he started playing her oboe. Indeed, the show must go on. But, I wouldn't want to share my mouthpiece (or reed in this instance) with someone else🤢

[@cecintally1245]

The I Dotter yelled, "watch out!" right before he won't into his bow. You can especially hear and see it when you play it back in .5 speed.

[@gumihou7802]

He really did!

[@frostfox851]

That Sousa was "dotting the I" - its a huge well known tradition where the performer bows with the instrument... the camera man was way too close for his own good. I perform in SOSA, were supposed to march THROUGH any obstacle

[@laxxboy20]

To be fair, you can hear him yell, "Watch out!" before he obliterates the camera.

[@steamedbryce]

Go Buckeyes

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

Well, on the other hand tv directors are also known to angrily shout "closer, closer, closer!" at cameramen through their earpieces. And the guy didn't "obliterate" the camera. It was just a little smack, only hit the lens hood. Otherwise the picture wouldn't have been perfect half a second after the hit. If you don't directly hit the lens glass with a heavy object, these broadcast cameras can take quite a beating. And quite frankly, the companies involved in such high-level broadcast productions don't care too much if a 30K lens breaks once in a while, as long as they get spectacular pictures.

[@jordansitu6279]

What happens if there is a terrorist? I don’t suppose the marching band keep going do they?

[@frostfox851]

@@jordansitu6279 we would simply march over the terrorist.

[@allisonb6921]

Life lesson: don't crowd the marching band. They're very chaotic

[@candyman9635]

Organised chaos though.

[@abrahamalexander6045]

It’s not chaos we’ve drilled it for months and in some shows they do have a chaotic part but know this they have to drill the same sequence of chaotic events so many times then they have to count then they have to play and if they mess up once is back to the beginning

[@allisonb6921]

@@abrahamalexander6045 I was also in a marching band, I was just being funny

[@abbyc4779]

Especially the trombones, you finna get smacked upside the head. (Mellophone player btw, it happened to me :,) )

[@Eric-yb1vl]

@@abbyc4779 i got run over by the drums once in my first year of marching band when i was like 11? not actually run over and hit with a few stray flags and rifles. not fun. in practice though where the routine spacing was too close or i was a dumb child who forgot what set was next. but cant blame them its move or get run over

[@juliaschucht5363]

as a tuba player, i felt that kid’s pain when he dropped his tuba. it happens to everyone at some point and it hurts just as much as you think it does

[@alanasnyder2495]

Living for that oboe swap tho... Splitting your reed in the middle of a performance is the worst. Also once they have a rest the oboists can trade instruments back (they'll have spare reeds on them but it would've taken too long to put a new reed in and discreetly check tuning). Also def had a beginner oboe and an english horn actually fall apart in concerts (a specific screw loosened over time due to gravity that made the entire octave assembly go KA-CLUNK on the floor) and I oofed. Thankfully it was middle and high school band though so no biggie.

[@saxking650]

Surprised she was ok with him yoinking her oboe, most people in my band are super finnicky about other people even touching their instruments, much less playing them.

[@E-Ruu]

I'm also amazed with the way he gets his embouchure right since reeds also vary in thickness, where even a little difference in thickness could mean being out of tune (at least from what I experienced, or I just suck as of now)

[@yuyu_walker]

Twosetviolin: Tuba's are the most underappreciated instrument. Me: *looks at my French horn Also me: it's ok my child,I still love you.

[@mikkat8613]

I appreciate yall, how tf do yall make ur lips fit in the small ass mouthpiece

[@matisongriffie1386]

Good thing I am not the only one thinking the same about my French horn

[@Aaron-ut8br]

Me: *looks at my bass clarinet*

[@ethancampbell9096]

@@Aaron-ut8br ikr

[@fsdhuy]

Oreoguini BC i hear angry clicking from my case, maybe i should practice

[@Assasengirl]

In the case where the sousaphone was dotting Script OHIO's "i", it was the camera man's fault. Its a huge honor to get to dot the "i" and I'm actually kinda mad for the sousaphone player since his moment was almost ruined by the cameraman. You should also totally check out more from Ohio State University's Marching band! It's literally the Best Damn Band In The Land.

[@Lakhshamana]

The way the shot was kept focused and there was no static/lens disruption made me think that the cameraman jumped backwards and made a safety fall on time.

[@pleasantnezumi4909]

Right! Plus, it was a performance. The show must go on. He didn't have the time to worry about what just happened. He actually did a really great job considering the circumstances. Plus, why was the camera man so close to the performers?

[@johnmhuizar]

Also the performer yelled "Watch out!" to the cameraperson before he bowed

[@BR-jt6ny]

Also the girl that gets hit in the last clip, that wasn't on purpose. A lot of marching bands have choreographed movements, it's dangerous to be squeezing your way between them willy-nilly.

[@PeterGriffin-kb2hf]

Yeah, all band kids know to stand clear of tubas, and even more so sousaphones. As a tuba player myself, the power comes with great responsibility

[@eliking3916]

8:44 The Sousaphone said : I like ya cut g

[@ChaosContrl]

I remember an idiot at school was looking for his sheet music. He couldn't find it. Until rehearsal day, where they flew off his tuba.

[@aishutoon4553]

It could’ve been worse. At least they didn’t fly out during performance day...

[@sesfilmsllc]

3:18 You can hear the player go “Watch out!!” Before he hits the camera.

[@sourishw.5865]

Woah!

[@TheZombyHamster]

Exactly, props to that guy for sticking to his routine despite the...ill placed cameraman

[@DataKhann]

The one clip with the one kid who's tuba fell off the chair- that happens to every tuba player. As a tuba myself, you can't call yourself a tuba until that's happened. I actually got a concussion when it happened to me.

[@Emma-hs3gt]

One time this kid in my section was tossing his mouthpiece up and down in the air, and another kid swung at it, and it hit me in the head. I was out of school for a few days with a concussion.

[@DataKhann]

@@Emma-hs3gt big rip bro

[@crystalmetric4706]

8th grade, mildly concussed. 11th grade, mouthpiece punched me in the chest, huuuge purple bruise. I now always use drawer liner on my lap, and it hasn't hsppened since.

[@jasminejohnson6029]

Always happens. Especially when you go to venues and they give you these small chairs or chairs with cushioning. It sucks.

[@brumbybailey6599]

Yep. Now I play viola; it's physically safer, but not mentally. 🙄🤣

[@maarjakahrik3614]

Eddy: "You need to gain spacial awareness!" Me: "Ha, Can't relate!" This comment was made by the piano gang

[@rddsknk89]

Yeah, when you’re marching anything, you don’t care about who or what is in your way, you perform your show. I’ve heard stories about judges that got knocked over and then stood on because they landed on someone’s drill spot. Marching band/DCI is no joke.

[@yueluluu6704]

Title: is Tuba the most dangerous instrument? Video: shows people playing sousaphones and knocking out everyone Me:InTeReStInG (but genuine confusion)

[@KK-yk3ft]

Came here to say... um, those are sousaphones.

[@moonylanatm_]

Just saying those aren't tubas lmao

[@yueluluu6704]

clouw di I know that is the whole point of this comment

[@ashleylin8217]

Pupup Bun Same here

[@aserta]

All along, tubas were misrepresented as the deadly ones, when in reality, it was the sousaphones that smacked and wacked.

[@brodyhyre4568]

When the sousaphone smashed the camera, it’s during a thing called “Script Ohio.” The Ohio State University has a tradition of doing this at halftime of every home football game. The sousaphone player does what’s called “dotting the i” where he high kicks to the top of the i and bows to the crowd. The cameraman must have forgotten about the bow 😂

[@Johnisawsome1]

Not at halftime, before the game.

[@gaminglegend]

TwoSet: That looks so painful! Also TwoSet: Let's watch that again

[@jimquim1574]

Me a piano player who saw the stand fell My soul: *IM OUT*

[@mahboombox7860]

Eddy Chen: “If you purposely hit someone with a tuba, say sorry to your tuba, please.

[@conniel8118]

and I didn't find anything wrong until I read this comment D:

[@TypodPikachu]

~Eddy Chen 2019

[@Aiveq]

@@conniel8118 there nothing wrong

[@Mr.McQueen]

If they’re in the way, your sousa will understand and move them out of the way

[@azurefang1220]

Brett: That's disgusting by reaching and its touching the spi- *brass player glares at him* Brett: Condensation

[@oxoelfoxo]

Brett actually said "phlegm" lol

[@SerialSeven]

ITVIS NOT SPIT, IT IS CONDENSATION BECAUSE IT DRIPS NOT GLOPS

[@mythik4840]

Tubist here, finally my time to shine! As others have stated, in marching band you're explicitly told to run over non-performers on the field if they get in your way. It should also just be common sense to not be within striking distance of a sousa anyways. The kid dropping his tuba on his head after it slips off his chair is a thing that all young tuba players go through, I can't tell you how many times it happened to me in middle and early high school. I probably have some brain damage from it. Finally, a story of mine - in 2013 I was marching sousa for UW (University of Washington) against our rival WSU. We were lined up on the side of their field for half-time before the second quarter ended, and one of the football players got tackled into our section leader's sousaphone. His helmet went straight into the body of the sousa and left a huge cannonball-sized dent in it, rendering it unplayable. The silver lining in this story is that it was -5F on the field, so all the brass instruments were freezing and unplayable anyways! Our instrument tech was... less than pleased with what had happened. P.S. I'm surprised none of the sousa players had their goosenecks fly off while marching, especially chair-steeping like Ohio State does. That's probably the #1 thing you're terrified of (we don't really care about hitting other people; we're bigger than you).

[@kainfox9140]

Loved playing in my high school marching band as a sousaphone; it is so tough marching and even jogging or running performances while trying to maintain strong airflow... Literally months of practicing: where to be at what time on a football field, keeping track of the memorized piece in your head, where to look for a drum major... so many factors. You can bet your butt that if someone crosses the line IM supposed to sprint through in 3 counts... yea I'll apologize later but FUS RO DAH!!!!!!

[@suzyinstitches273]

Not to mention windy days😂. One rehearsal we took off the bells so as to be able to stand up in the wind. I couldn’t stop laughing as I tried to play like that. The sound comes out right behind your head and is way sharp. Hilarious 🤣

[@kristinjacobsen3109]

Nah, the last clip of the dude in the bleachers was following the choreo for that song and she was just there; I highly doubt it was on purpose. Pep band choreography is almost as sacred as marching spots: if someone is in the way, that’s their problem

[@Myhalamanz]

yeah it was obvious that's a choreo.

[@SqueeDee]

I got to see the UVA band this last season of college (I was doing merch at the stadium in Charlottesville. Those kids rock. So much energy. Almost as good as being there to see VTs streak being demolished :)

[@roj0riot]

i was in pep band in high school and yeah that’s a whole thing. we played at basketball games usually and fortunately we had a lot of room, so nobody ended up getting it. even so, i don’t think i would have the courage to hit someone. my poor trumpet...

[@geeky9609]

The sous that hit the camera is doing what he's supposed to do by not reacting to hitting the cameraman. In marching band you cannot break your composure and it's a well known rule to not get in the way of the band or the colorguard, they WILL keep going, and they will NOT stop to see if you're okay, as you, the one on the feild with them, should not be in their way. It wasn't that he was too hyped to care, he just wasn't going to break character all because someone got in his way xD Marching bands are very well known for running people over and there are plenty of clips of marching bands running over someone that was in their way. Not gonna ruin the picture just because someone doesn't get out of the way lol

[@coocoodog1232]

@Geeky This exactly. One of my friends had a judge get in his way at a marching competition and he just plowed right into him and kept going. I didn't see it until we watched the recording the next week. I believe we got extra points for him and the other people around him that didn't react.

[@pozkitt2326]

I concur you all

[@bobaelee5230]

To be fair, you can hear him shout "watch out" right before he does his visual.

[@birhb6372]

@@bobaelee5230 looking back, that's very true! He DID give them a warning, though very brief! Thanks

[@SansDoesGaming]

Know that all to well xD a kid ran out in front of the band at a competition and tripped one of out trumpets and I saw our trombone plow the kid over xD

[@floof_croissant]

The oboe swap was definitely impressive, with the quick thinking and everything. But as a non-musician the only thing I could think of was “ew that was in someone else’s mouth with all their spit and everything” like I know you need to be professional and the performance comes before that but I couldn’t help but think that the entire time

[@fallingstar4990]

Starts video: Immediately hears Veggietales Theme

[@authorjoannawhite]

Me too!

[@ok-ms3ke]

I’d like to point out that the Ohio sousaphonist bowing like that is part of the routine. The cameraman was in his way there.

[@kxena2913]

he even told the camera guy to watch out!! that’s on him

[@Cienntv]

“Tuba’s a weapon” Me: Orchestra really is a battle field :O

[@u.v.s.5583]

Tuba is a weapon of mass destruction.

[@Akamatsu_kei]

Tubas are the tanks of the orchestra, violins the assassins, oboes the swordsmen and you can go on...(?

[@Jamesi03]

@@Akamatsu_kei Better watch out for then pianists start throwing the pianos, unless its a steinway, then you're safe.

[@Akamatsu_kei]

@Jamesi93 I think pianos would be something like mythical creatures in this rpg thing since in an orchestra there’s usually just one in a concerto

[@atshinkansen7439]

I like to think of my tuba as a Death Star superlaser.

[@matthewlutz3912]

Finally, some oboe representation. The water bubbles are such a struggle.

[@saige_is_weird1362]

1:58 the picture you are showing is actually a euphonium

[@sminkle12]

1:25 he was about to say "spit" but then he realized he was corrected in a previous episode for calling it spit, so he called it condensation, which is what it is. Only true ling ling wannabes noticed that

[@westhetubaman2629]

@@lia5911 With the tuba, the spit doesn't form up in the bell, but in the valves, so whatever you feel in the bell is not spit, but the condensation from the warm air passing though it.

[@ABArsenal]

@@westhetubaman2629 played tuba for 4 years drain it in to a bottle, don't tell me its not spit. you can tell by the smell and viscosity that it is not water condensation it's spit.

[@edw4671]

Eh mouth moisture is mouth moisture

[@wey136]

It's condensed spit! Jijiji

[@lucaslucas191202]

Samanta Choi Spit is a thick fluid composed much like your blood with a few key differences. Condensation is pure water Condensation isn’t disgusting

[@abbydickinson9669]

“Tuba is the most dangerous instrument” *laughs in piano*

[@Modellflug4Life]

Thank you, you've just made me imagine someone hitting a cameraman with their piano. Congratulations, I'm now being suffocated by my Joker-ish laugh 😂🤭😅

[@soso3792]

Imagine if a piano falls on you o_O

[@hildcit]

Closing the lid-thingy over someone’s fingers

[@soso3792]

Hilde *hisses in imaginary pain*

[@lianne7701]

OHNO lmao I remember my finer nails being caught in the keyboard.. ouch

[@thegamingpineapple893]

As a brass musician myself, him dropping that bass trombone nearly killed me...

[@shaebamalknir6625]

Even just high school pep bands are fully into the music. They’re not stopping for you, I don’t even know how you managed to get that close

[@demago3265]

Okay but am I the only one who really wants to see Two Set react to the Ohio State Marching Band? They always roast bad playing, let's get some seriously impressive marching content on the channel. Btw they start every game with the Drum Major and sousa running like that

[@dylanmc25]

*cough* DCI

[@ellerychambers2591]

There's a reason they're called the best damn band in the land, I'd love to see them react to the Ohio State marching band

[@KevinLeroyGrant]

I'd like to see them react to different marching bands too, like HBCU bands

[@demago3265]

#TwoSetMarchingBand

[@RedHyuuga]

Might as well check out the Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band. They're really good too.

[@soutimukhopadhyay3940]

Eddy *tu-bad* Me: *well, challenge accepted* So here's a few tuba puns for y'all XD 1) What does the orchestra army call the tuba? The weapon of BRASS DESTRUCTION 2)Did you hear about the tuba player and the bassist who broke up? Their relationship really ended on a low-note. 3) One sheep=one ba Two sheep=tu-ba 4) All you need to fix that broken tuba is a little...tub-a glue. 5) If a music composer wrote Hamlet: "Tu-ba, or not tu-ba" Right, I guess I'll show myself out

[@M_SC]

You only get a like because of covid-19

[@johannbach3253]

I am a tuba player. all of those were mediocre at best bc I've heard them all. however: one ba, tuba got me giggling

[@sparrows3232]

Johann Bach bach? :0 *bows*

[@miwir1248]

Ahahahaha

[@johannbach3253]

@@sparrows3232 at your service "*bows deeply*"

[@lemo_nlime7475]

9:16 He didnt do it on purpose, in marching band you get deducted points or if you dont complete a move correctly, because is every other sousa is doing the move you stick out like a sore thumb, so in marching band no matter who what or where you are you must complete the move, so it was actually her fault for being in the way knowing that there might be a move where she would get hit, thats why in parades and such they dont allow people to stand inside the formation because it could end up with them hurt because they stood inside the formation. This is also why field judges have to be so aware because they could possibly get hit

[@noname-hz1sf]

Holding out for a "professional violinists try marching band" video. I would love to see them try to march a drum!

[@nguyenhoangnhattu7143]

*Something looks painful happens* Nobody: Eddy: *Gotta watch it again!*

[@sparrows3232]

Mr. Chen i will!

[@smilerface272]

OH he said "WATCH OUT" before he came down hard

[@noktdp1935]

8:00 That happened to me in real life. I was in band class too. I think it was my 3rd or 4th day. But lucky for me I only play a 3/4 Tuba, so it wasn't as bad, but it hit my chest, so my chest hurt for the rest of the day. So word of advice, make sure your back posture is the best you can do, or else the Tuba will hate you for not using good posture and attack you. 😅

[@porkspudz]

I remember once after some middle school orchestra concert when we were reloading all our instruments off-stage to go back to the school from the venue, the stair part that you walk down from the right or left to get to the audience seats was very very cramped. I was holding my tuba to the side, probably had sheet music or something on the other hand so I couldn't carry it properly. The bell part got caught on one of the higher steps behind me and it absolutely destroyed the side of my thigh, tears were swelling up and I had a massive bruise there for weeks lol good times, these things happen to everyone eventually

[@raenista]

4:00 Don't worry Doc Bev. You're still great and the best! Btw, the pianist there was my professor during my 1st year (2nd Semester) of being a conducting student at the University of the Philippines College of Music.

[@xerthus345]

TwoSetViolin: Tuba's are the most underappreciated instrument. *sad triangle noises*

[@julias6659]

*sad theremin noises*

[@spookmeister4528]

@@julias6659 theremin is really easy to learn

[@PhantomStella]

*sad alto clarinet noises*

[@dougleos8383]

Cries in Baritone.

[@Joshlama]

"sounds like a doorbell"

[@lisaphelps3476]

Band Camp story: Drumline was messing around. Ended up chucking a Blue tooth speaker down a sousaphone. Had to basically rip open the sousaphone to get it out.

[@ccricers]

In HS soccer practice a team mate brought his sax because he just got off brand practice. Another team mate thought it would be funny to throw a quarter in the bell opening while he played it. He was so ready to hit the guy but held restraint

[@counterfit5]

Dumbass drummer tossed a wad of paper down my euphonium bell on a band trip to Ireland. I couldn’t get it out until the last day. I was ~0.5 steps sharp until then

[@lilyprice706]

I once lost my mouth piece in my bell

[@dingusdingus2152]

Most horrifying sousaphone story: I gave lessons to high school kids back in the 70s and at one point the tuba player student complained that there was a really bad smell. We flushed it out with a high pressure hose and sob if there wasn't a dead rat in it. The rat had climbed in it and gotten stuck and its putrid decomposing body was the source of the offensive odor. We ended up washing out the horn with 1000s of gallons of water and detergent before it was playable once again.

[@ChaosContrl]

Also kudos for that oboist. Although I'd never slap my oboe like a bass. You gotta care for your instrument. And for your reeds. They are like butterflies, so fragile, so fleeting and light.

[@ospididious]

I really dig the fact that you guys throw love and appreciation at the videos you watch instead of throwing shade. I appreciate your positive outlook and I think there needs to be more of that. Keep up the great work.

[@yakisoba5849]

Eddy: "tubas the most underrated instrument" Me: **cries in bass clarinet**

[@hazelwilliams4866]

It's ok we all love Squidward

[@anab.2386]

As a bass clarinet I can confirm,,,,,

[@joycemelendez3443]

*cries in baritone saxophone

[@darbo26]

Oh shut your privileged faces, at least you don’t have to hear “a euphonium? What’s that?” On the DAILY

[@soupdrinker]

@@darbo26 the hell? Those are worshipped for sounding so nice and its just the way the instrument sounds. prolly nicest sounding brass instument of all I have used

[@guii8993]

the most dangerous instrument is the... 24k gold 5 string electrolyte violin

[@annesharoy7127]

Ben in the background: *YeEt* *charming smile*

[@tylerrhodes9954]

I'd love to be in debt but with a electrolyte violin

[@heihei2697]

I’ve never had trouble lugging a tuba around, I just feel like I’m going to pass out sometimes if I play a piece that has long drawn out sections without breathing space.

[@SerialSeven]

Try playing the flute

[@heihei2697]

Yeah… so I’ve heard.

[@xelj3294]

Watching the kid get clobbered by his tuba brought back all the times I've clubbed myself with the machine heads on my bass. Shit hurts, man.

[@LowReedExpert1]

3:25 When a marching tells you watch out, you watch out. Learned that as a freshman on bass clarinet when my neck got bent by our tenor drummer because I didn't watch out when he said watch out

[@tiffanytan557]

I was the shortest ass and got my head banged by a bass drum marching forward

[@connorkramer3422]

I’m a year away from high school marching band, sounds dangerous

[@LowReedExpert1]

@@connorkramer3422 just pay attention, do your part, and be aware of what's around you Also, remember, it's just marching band. It's fun, and you grow as a player, but it is not worth breaking yourself over since it's over so fast

[@soorajmusic]

Rock star: *smashes guitar into stage* Brass band leader: *smashes tuba into cameraman* I know which life I wanna lead now.

[@user-ei3ei4dy6o]

Smashes sousaphone into cameraman

[@aperson6237]

Smash a tuba into the stage.

[@poukit.2833]

7:36 Brett and me try to understand what happened out there but Eddy realized the guy used a wind instrument which being someone else's.

[@pumpkinpie409]

Eddy: "That actually looked really painful" Also Eddy: "Aww, I'm gonna watch it again"

[@zoenicole826]

Nobody: The saxophonist: *never plays loud again*

[@oval2716]

that's accurate i'm now going to play more quietly lmao

[@hania88888]

saxophones aren't that loud tho. Like have u ever seen an amateur trumpet player play pp? Yeah, me neither

[@sparrows3232]

pianissimos for now guys

[@zoenicole826]

@@hania88888 swear😂

[@zoenicole826]

@@sparrows3232 swear😂

[@shortstitch207]

Tuba Players: *sad face* Viola Players: *"first time huh"*

[@joannemathew4847]

lmao

[@kaylaccabrera]

I got into classical music because of you guys. I’m glad I found this channel. Now I am going to learn 2 instruments

[@rishipranavramakrishnan689]

That keyboard falling happened to me once, two times 9 notes together on fortissimo, and the stand would wish it had never been made.

[@franzurjisorabliszt]

Girl: plays the keyboard peacefully Keyboard stand: *Aight imma head out*

[@nobodyeverinhistory]

3:18 I mean, if you listened closely you'll hear the camera operator being warned. He was well aware, but he didn't want to break character/formation I guess so he ignored the camera operator.

[@kristinam4178]

Well-spotted! So that was definitely planned, but the cameraman was in the wrong place

[@nobodyeverinhistory]

@@kristinam4178Precisely!

[@elizabethdragonclaw2916]

Yeah the cameraman was definitely in the way, in at least high school marching band (the only one I have experience in) we were always told if there was a judge in your way, you dont move for them, you run them over. And if you did it honestly would become like a badge of honor that you would kinda brag about later

[@Cyannas]

He’s only got one opportunity to dot the i. Gotta do that choreography right the first time.

[@lenchi1695]

Yeah, he did say watch out.

[@jackcrossems]

Now I can suffer from a dropped instrument a as much as the next musician. But as a Trombone player that man who dropped the Bb Contrabass Trombone hotter me deep inside the depths of my soul. This is a trauma I'll need therapy for. I'm so unhappy.

[@justinpoteet9098]

The music in the background is amazing, some of my favorites

[@dianenolasco7762]

Being A tuba just makes you have that one great shoulder muscle on one side only

[@lilyprice706]

I have a really defined shoulder muscle in one side, and I recently got my vaccine in that arm and I was looking at it in the mirror because it was really sore and I was like “is it swollen or is that just muscle”

[@lethargicstove2024]

I think I have nerve damage from my Sousa because my shoulder doesn’t hurt at all anymore

[@SerialSeven]

There was this one girl who broke her arm and she plays Baritone in marching band, and so by the end of parade season, one of her arms was super buff and the other was not

[@ocal123]

yeah you can ram people with that side of shoulder to their demise

[@pickles3829]

That’s the story for every low brass instrument, especially tuba and trombone

[@eviloatmeal]

Maybe rather than "You Flinch, You Lose", just call this "You Flinch". Gosh, that clip of Trent Hamilton dropping the trombone shreds my insides every time...

[@brandoncai4840]

2:43 tbh it's not the sousaphone's fault that's ohio state marching band tradition and the cameraman should know it if he's filming it.

[@dragonboss7995]

I love that you guys did a video on tubas and sousaphones. And yes in marching band if someone is in your way you run them over you do not stop with the sousaphone. Brass sousaphones can way up to 50 pounds. Also on a side note I understand the pain of the slipping tuba. I've had the mouthpiece jab me in collarbone because it fell off of the chair. Thank you all and keep up the great work.

[@mariaprice508]

Americans: Tuba Australians: "Choo-ba"

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

LIttle kid: It might be a tuba. Ahnold: IT'S NOT A CHOOBA!

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

Americans: *Too-ba also: Brits: Tyou-ba

[@vanessaamevor8748]

Eddy: *sorsesphone*

[@reneecoppock4404]

"thats not how you treat a tuba" me, whos had a pencil, a piece of crumpled paper, water bottle, a clarinet, and a cat (and other things) inside my tuba/sousaphone:

[@chthonicriddle1086]

RC Dragons …Sorry I kinda have to ask：HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET A CAT INSIDE YOUR TUBA. I’m Shook.

[@reneecoppock4404]

@@chthonicriddle1086 She (my cat) fit quite nicely inside the bell and she likes small spaces :)

[@victoriawang998]

I just died I thought it said “has” those things in your tuba 😭

[@chthonicriddle1086]

RC Dragons I tried to imagine the picture and my heart melted with my imaginary cuteness....that picture is so adorable.

[@michaelc2551]

My band director threw a gum wrapper in my friend's sousa once before we went on

[@exuberant420]

8:10 I play tuba and I know that pain from experience it hurts so bad

[@Daqueri22]

So interesting reading these comments and learning about marching bands!

[@otumsart3989]

Brett: When you carry a violin on your back you have to be a bit more spatially aware Bassists: Am I a joke to you?

[@noradayton1807]

Tbh you guys should really react to some classical saxophone one of these days, I know we aren’t a part of the traditional orchestra but there’s some really good stuff out there like Caprice en Forme de Valse, Concertino da Camera, Improvisation et Caprice, and Brillance (the one by Ida Gotkovsky) and many other pieces as well that are really good so like please listen to them if you have time? 😂

[@karenliu529]

And all the drama and politics surrounding the sax is super interesting too eh?

[@saraiojeda4396]

Yeah! Us saxophones deserve some love too.

[@MaxRamos8]

@@saraiojeda4396 way too much lamo that's all anyone wants to play in HS Band

[@Poempedoempoex]

And Rachmaninoff symphonic dances!

[@patrickbugaj8912]

YES PLEASEEEEEEEEE!!!!

[@clarkecalderon3331]

As someone who used to be a regular attendee of the Rose Parade, since I was small (like we camped out on Colorado Blvd to save our spots), I knew never to get in the way of the marching band EVER. I remember the parade police constantly making sure that people never crossed the line drawn in the street, to try and get closer. I remember someone asking why, because we initially thought it was so that nobody does anything to the floats, or messes with the parade, but it was actually to avoid getting trampled by the marching bands. Some of the bands were so big, their lines came out all the way to the line on the street and they were *not* looking out for unexpected people in the way. As the audience, we were the ones who had to be spatially aware.

[@Amoslzf]

I just wanna take a moment and appreciate that they used a tuba concerto in the video as background music