Tuba Tales

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The writer begins with the origins of this essential bass instrument, going into what instruments and inventions led to the creation of the tuba. It then talks about its use in both the band and orchestra settings. Finally, it shows the importance of the tuba through its uses and demands.

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"Polka, "Oompa", whole notes, blatty, and always behind the beat: the unfortunate, but common images of tubas have often been thus. Even the players have been pictured as nothing that would improve upon the idea of the tuba. These people are usually pictured as geeky, adolescent, fat pimple-faced boys in a high school band, which is full of pig tales, snotty noses, and pocket protectors. Although I am a tuba player, and I have heard and seen such references to these images I would like to show the world, or at least those who read this paper, that the tuba and its family are very important and independent instruments in music and music literature."

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