The Philharmonia's Tuba site - Articles, videos, sounds, and more. Use the menu on the left to explore

SoundJunction.org - Tons of neat stuff here covering all aspects of music. Go! Explore! Enjoy!

Tuba Christmas! - All the information you need is right here!

International Tuba Day! - The first Friday in May

Fingering Chart - Because wrong notes turn your director's hair gray!

Tuba Warm-ups - Accept the "terms" and download - A great routine for developing players

Scale Sheet - Use the "Junior" or "Clinic" versions

How to play the Tuba - A full video series, with lots to offer players of all ages

Playing tips - From TSMP

Basic Tuba care (video) - Keep your instrument ship-shape

Mouthpieces explained - Note: ALWAYS consult with your private teacher/director before switching anything!

General

Use a metronome while you practice / Like this one better? - Online Metronome

Practice sight reading rhythms to become a better rhythm reader - PracticeSightReading.com

Staying Motivated - Good advice for everyone (not just trombonists) (.pdf file)

You play a wind instrument, not a breeze instrument! - Build your breathing abilities (.pdf file)

Notes and key signatures

Name your notes - Musictheory.net's Note Name Trainer

Finger your fingerings - Musictheory.net's Brass Trainer (set Instrument/Range/etc. on the right hand side)

Speed up your note naming and fingering abilities - Music Racer

Practice naming key signatures - Musictheory.net's Key Signature Trainer

Learn key signatures using the Circle of Fifths - Circle of Fifths lessons

Intervals

What are intervals? - Learn about intervals

Practice identifing the intervals - Musictheory.net's Interval Trainer

Scales

Learn how to build a major scale - Musictheory.net's Major Scale Tutorial

Terms

What does that word mean? - Virgina Tech's Multimedia Dictionary

Compose (write) your own music

Using the computer - Free Finale Notepad Software

Using staff paper - Print your own staff paper

History

The History of the Tuba - From Thinkquest

Tuba History and Family - Everything from the Serpent to the Sousaphone

A short history of all the instruments - Thinkquest (usually takes awhile to load)

Science

The Science of Music - Check out their questions, movies, and exhibits! Exploratorium.edu

Watch an experimental instrument builder - Exploratorium video

Other

All about the orchestra, instruments, composers, and more! - New York Philharmonic Kids Site

Perfect Pitch - Baseball meets band and orchestra!

The Celebrity Band - Find out which famous celebrities play your instrument!

Brass players in the movies - Find out which brass players can be heard in your favorite movies

Artist and Composer Biographies - From 8notes.com

Music Professions - Read about some of the jobs you might enjoy

Multimedia Audio and Video

Tuba Videos - An excellent, well organized collection hosted by David Werden

What's happening inside my mouthpiece? (video) - One word: Freakycool

Jokes

Instrument Jokes - A collection of jokes for all the instruments

Dr. Duck's Music Jokes - Another collection of music jokes (Notice: This is LARGE and takes time to load)

Miscellaneous

The Vegetable Orchestra - Yes, I said the Vegetable Orchestra...