Editing Tuba (section)

==Role==
An [[orchestra]] usually has a single tuba, though an additional tuba may be requested. It serves as the bass of the orchestral [[Brass instrument|brass]] section<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuba |url=https://philharmonia.co.uk/resources/instruments/tuba/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Philharmonia |language=en-GB}}</ref> and it can reinforce the bass voices of the [[String instrument|strings]] and [[woodwind]]s. It provides the bass of brass quintets and choirs (though many small brass ensembles will use the [[euphonium]] or [[bass trombone]] as the lowest voice). It is the principal bass instrument in [[concert band]]s, [[Brass band (British style)|brass bands]] and [[military band]]s, and those ensembles generally have two to four tubas. It is also a solo instrument.

Tubas are used in [[marching band]]s, [[Drum and bugle corps (modern)|drum and bugle corps]] and in many [[jazz band]]s (see below). In [[Brass band (British style)|British style brass bands]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sisk |first=Robin A. |title=Three 21st Century Tuba Concertos for British-Style Brass Band: Performance Considerations for the Solo Tubist |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-369-81288-6 |pages=3-20}}</ref> two E{{music|flat}} and two B{{music|flat}} tubas are used and are referred to as ''basses''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=ODELLO |first=DENISE |title=“British Brass Band Periodicals and the Construction of a Movement.” |journal=Victorian Periodicals Review |volume=47 |issue=3}}</ref>

Well known and influential parts for the tuba include:
* [[Modest Mussorgsky]] (orch. [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]): ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' – ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition|Bydło]]'', ''[[Night on Bald Mountain]]''
* [[Richard Strauss]]: ''[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]'', ''[[Eine Alpensinfonie]]'', ''[[Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks|Till Eulenspiegel]]'', ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' 
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]]: All symphonies, except the [[Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)|Fourteenth]]
* [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]: ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'', ''[[Petrushka (ballet)|Petroushka]]''
* [[Edgard Varèse]]: ''[[Déserts]]''
* [[Richard Wagner]]: ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'', ''[[Lohengrin (opera)#Act 3|Lohengrin]]'', ''[[Ride of the Valkyries]]'', ''[[Faust Overture]]''
* [[Sergei Prokofiev]]: [[Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)|Fifth Symphony]], [[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|''Romeo and Juliet'']]
* [[George Gershwin]]: ''[[An American in Paris]]''
* [[Silvestre Revueltas]]: ''[[Sensemayá]], [[La noche de los mayas (suite)|La noche de los mayas]], [[Homenaje a Federico García Lorca]]
* [[Gustav Holst]]: ''[[The Planets]]''
* [[Gustav Mahler]]: Symphonies Nos. [[Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)#Movement 3|1]], [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|2]], [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|5]], [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|6]], and [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|8]]
* [[Ottorino Respighi]]:  ''[[Fountains of Rome (symphonic poem)|Fountains of Rome]]'', ''[[Pines of Rome]]''
* [[Hector Berlioz]]: ''[[Symphonie fantastique]]'', ''[[La damnation de Faust|Hungarian March]]''
* [[Paul Hindemith]]: ''[[Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber|Symphonic Metamorphosis]]''
*[[Johannes Brahms]]: [[Symphony No. 2 (Brahms)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Anton Bruckner]]: Symphonies Nos. [[Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)|4]], [[Symphony No. 7 (Bruckner)|7]], and [[Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner)|8]]

[[Concerto]]s have been written for the tuba by many notable composers, including [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] ([[Tuba Concerto (Vaughan Williams)|Tuba Concerto]]), [[Edward Gregson]], [[John Williams]], [[Alexander Arutiunian]], [[Eric Ewazen]], [[James Barnes (composer)|James Barnes]], [[Joseph Hallman]], [[Martin Ellerby]], [[Philip Sparke]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Kalevi Aho]], [[Josef Tal]], [[Bruce Broughton]] (Tuba Concerto), [[John Golland]], [[Roger Steptoe]], [[David Carlson]], [[Jennifer Higdon]] ([[Tuba Concerto (Higdon)|Tuba Concerto]]), and [[Marcus Paus]] ([[Tuba Mirum (Paus)|''Tuba Mirum'']]).