Tubas and Euphoniums

A presentation for an undergraduate music methods course at Lubbock Christian University.

1. By Adam Schrader Tubas and Euphoniums

2. Overview In the Brass Family Made from brass- either unfinished, lacquered or electro-plated with nickel, gold or  silver. Unfinished brass will eventually tarnish  Sound Produced by Vibrating Lips into Mouthpiece Conical Found in various pitches, most commonly in F, E-Flat, C, or B-Flat  Tubas with bell pointing forward and not upward are often called  recording tubas Either Piston or Rotary Valves

3. Types of Tubas Sousaphone- High School Marching Bands Helicon Contrabass Tuba Euphonium   - sometimes referred to as tenor tuba and is pitched in B-Flat Tenor Tuba- often used more for the B-Flat  rotary- valved tubas pitched in the same octave as euphoniums Small French Tuba in C- tenor tuba pitched in C, with 6 valves to make low notes in orchestral music possible F and C tubas since WWII Wagner Tuba Roman Tuba

4. Ensemble Types Orchestra-  usually has a single tuba Military Bands- principal bass instrument in symphonic and military bands, which have more Marching Bands Brass Quintets Brass Choirs

5. Famous Tuba Players Harvey Phillips Arnold Jacobs Tommy Johnson

6. Famous Works Featuring Tubas Vaughan Williams-   Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel )-   Pictures at an Exhibition  -  Bydlo ,  uses the French Tuba Gustav Holst -   The Planets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo Igor Stravinsky- The Rite of Spring Edgard Varèse -   Déserts Richard Wagner-   Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ,  Ride of the Valkyries

7. History and Forerunners Patented by Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht  and Johann Gottfried Moritz on September 12, 1835 First tenor tuba by Carl Wilhelm Mortiz , son of Johann, 3 years later T he   Serpent- a bass brass instrument that was wavy in shape to make the tone holes accessible to the player The Ophicleide -had a cup-shaped brass instrument mouthpiece but had keys and holes similar to a modern saxophone

8. History (Cont.) Adolphe Sax- developed a series of brass instruments known as saxhorns. The instruments developed by Sax were generally pitched in E- Flatand B-Flat American Civil War- Most brass bands used Saxhorns, which had narrower bore taper than tubas  today Cerveny - Contrabass Tuba were pitched in F and C The Bombardon- had unusual valve and bore arrangements compared to modern tubas

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