What Do You Call A Tuba Player (Besides Tuba Player)?

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Sun May 30, 2004 5:00 pm

I'm with you, DCrom...my first thought for what you call a tuba player:
geek. But I shouldn't rush to judgment. I'm sure there are some fine tunaists/ tubaists/ tubists out there. For all I know, Brad Pitt may have played the tuba.

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Sun May 30, 2004 5:30 pm

The last one I actually knew was called Jack.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sun May 30, 2004 5:58 pm

Depending on the type of tuba:

sousaphonist
heliconner
bass euphonist

Actually, Merriam-Webster's dictionary specifically says it's tubaist.

Anyway, soon as is expedient, you should try and persuade him to leave the tuba for the ophicleide.

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:05 pm

It's either bass player or euphonium player.

Jane · Post by **Jane** » Sun May 30, 2004 10:15 pm

My daughter has been a tubist for about 15 years now. The one thing I can say about tubists is that they do fall into the category of "Bass players". They are a very interesting bunch.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Mon May 31, 2004 3:16 am

Surely he's a tuber.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:29 am

Euphemist?

Drone blower?

Big mouth brassy bass???

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:41 am

Accourding to the Southern Heritage Foundation dictionary, a person who can "do" the tuba, is a tuba "doer".
I have actually seen and heard this concept of language in practice, one day in Wal-mart, back when they kept PB computers setting out for sale where people could mess with / destroy them. Two hillbilly types and their ugly kid were there, and Jr. was messing with/destroying the computer he found there.
"Looka there. He can do the computer! I din't know he could do the computer! Looksee! He's got him a game!" (Jr. has found solitair, and now accidently hits the shortcut to a dos window). " Whatsee doing with it now? Oooooo.....he's programing it! He shore can do the computer! I didn't know he could do the computer!"

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:59 am

This musician alone in Bath city
Whose skills on soprano were shXXXXX
a pity
To seduce a young clarinet
Got a sousaphone on the 'net
For tuba bubbles in bath are so pretty

ok, ok, you're the Anglophoniacs, you'll take care of the metrics

PS: PhilO? you don't call a tuba player. Just whistle, or sousaphone him.

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Mon May 31, 2004 3:26 pm

PS: PhilO? you don't call a tuba player. Just whistle, or sousaphone him.

Your real name is Zubivkabacall?

PhilO

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Mon May 31, 2004 3:31 pm

Chuck_Clark wrote:The last one I actually knew was called Jack.

Beat me to that obvious quip (although I was going to use "Craig") and ruined my day.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:26 am

PhilO wrote:
PS: PhilO? you don't call a tuba player. Just whistle, or sousaphone him.
Your real name is Zubivkabacall?

PhilO

Nah--for such cross-fippling, we already have a Loren on the board, haven't we?

Here's looking at you: Humphrey Zobart (please pardon my lisp). Just call me Zoobie.

tubafor · Post by **tubafor** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:00 am

susnfx wrote:I'm with you, DCrom...my first thought for what you call a tuba player:
geek. But I shouldn't rush to judgment. I'm sure there are some fine tunaists/ tubaists/ tubists out there. For all I know, Brad Pitt may have played the tuba.

Thanks for that...

Yes, some of us High School Tubist (I've seen it spelled Tubaist also...) Geek-types actually grow up to be College Tubist Geek-types, and some of us even learn to play the whistle...

And, that indeed is where my nickname. Tubafor, comes from. As for the Tubadours, they are a GREAT tuba quartet that played Disneyland for many years, cut a couple of albums, and play some stuff you'd never dream was possible on tubas...

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:03 am

One of the most beautiful recordings of Amazing Grace i know is a tuba solo, in the "Mancini Generation" album (early 70s Henry Mancini's orchestra, probably terminally extinct; i don't remember anything else from the album).

[img]http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9337923 ... 6678ot1lsi[/img]
Amazing Grace (Tommy Johnson, Tuba; Henry Mancini, ARP Synthesizer; Graham Young, Trumpet)

http://www.mp3.com/albums/54416/summary.html

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:22 am

Here's four tubas for tubafor!

The Taraf de Haïdouks gypsy band in its "Band of Gypsies" album has but one whistle... but invited four tubas (three barytones, one bass) from Macedonia.

PhilO might be interested to learn the title of the last album from this "tubist" (?) band... Check it out, there are some good samples : http://www.crammed.be/kocani-orkestar/index.htm