Tuba

The Tuba

----8va (octave lower)

The tuba is the lowest of all brass instruments. It goes so low that the music sounds an octave lower than it is written.

There are many different sized tubas. The tubing on the tuba can measure from nine feet all the way up to 36 feet! Since it takes so much air to pass through all of the tubing, legato passages are sometimes hard to play.

Some orchestra pieces which are famous for the tuba include:

Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Overture

Jared, a tuba player is often late for rehearsals. Sometimes it is because of the traffic and sometimes he misses the exit. To be honest, Jared is not so motivated to be on time because many musical compositions do not comprise tuba at all. Nevertheless, the orchestra conductor, David does not begin the rehearsal until everybody is present. Colleagues have enough waiting for Jared, so they warn him that he would get an alarm clock as a retirement gift.