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TUBBY THE

Music Composed by composed by George Kleinsinger Paul Tripp

Tubby the Tuba was composed as a in 1945. In 1975 Tubby’s story was set to and played by an .

Tubby is the most famous tuba in the world. Tubby is so famous he has his own website.

Click to discover the world of Tubby the Tuba The Characters – Tubby the Tuba

VALVES A valve is pressed by the fingers BELL to open up extra tubing so the air The bell takes the has to travel further. This will that has been change the sound. amplified and spreads it around the space.

The tuba is the largest instrument

MOUTHPIECE in the family and is The sound is made by buzzing your lips (like sounding instrument of the blowing a rasberry) orchestra. BODY The long length of the The tuba is made of a metal called tubing gives the low of the tuba. brass. The bigger the instrument the lower the sound. Listen to Andrew Cresci from the London talk about the tuba. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN: Tuba FIND WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE SOUND OF THE TUBA. WHAT COLOUR DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU HEAR THE TUBA? LOW BLACK HIGH YELLOW DARK PURPLE LIGHT BLUE MYSTERIOUS ORANGE SCARY Add your RED BIRD FUN own words WHITE ELEPHANT CHOCOLATE and PINK LION MELLOW colours to GREEN FISH BRIGHT describe GOLD SHARK FORREST the tuba MAROON MOUSE BEACH The Characters - Peepo the

HEAD JOINT

The piccolo is a member of the KEYS The fingers press the keys to woodwind family and is the change the sound.

smallest and the highest When a closes the air has to travel further along the body so the sound sounding instrument in the becomes lower. Air is blown across the orchestra. hole to make the sound.

BODY The piccolo is half the size of a The body is very small so the sound is very and is played the same high. way except that the sound is one higher than a flute. Listen to Keith Bragg from the London Philharmonia Orchestra talk about the piccolo. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN: PICCOLO FIND WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE SOUND OF THE TUBA. WHAT COLOUR DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU HEAR THE TUBA? LOW BLACK HIGH YELLOW DARK PURPLE LIGHT BLUE MYSTERIOUS ORANGE SCARY RED BIRD FUN WHITE ELEPHANT CHOCOLATE PINK TIGER MELLOW GREEN Compare the words and colours you GOLD FISH BRIGHT GOLD gathered for the tuba and the piccolo. SHARK FORREST MAROON Are they the same of different? MOUSE BEACH The Characters –

CLARINET The is a member of the woodwind family. It is a larger and lower BASS CLARINET sounding version of a clarinet. MOUTHPIECE The body of the bass clarinet is made of wood while the bell is made of metal. The clarinet and bass clarinet uses a single in the mouthpiece. This vibrates to make the sound.

Listen to Mark van de Wiel from the London Philharmonia Orchestra talk about the clarinet. Listen to Laurent Ben Slimane from the London Philharmonia Orchestra talk about the bass clarinet. The Characters – Bull Frog the BELL

The bassoon is a member of the woodwind CROOK The double family. Like the tuba, the bassoon is the reed is attached to the end of largest and lowest sounding instrument in the crook

its family. KEYS The fingers press the keys to The bassoon is made of wood. change the sound. The sound is made with a mouthpiece made of two pieces of cane, called a double reed, which are tied together. They vibrate when air passes between the reeds. BODY The body is long so the sound is low.

Listen to Amy Harman from the London Philharmonia Orchestra talk about the bassoon. Tubby’s

Low sounding instruments such as the bassoon, the , the , the and the tuba read music using the bass .

Name the first three notes that Tubby plays: – short and detached – Tubby plays the melody all by himself. Bass clef

Mezzo forte mf moderately loud Tubby’s

Clap and say the rhythms (with and without repeat).

Count the beats in each bar. ta ti - ti ta - a In two groups perform the rhythms at the same time and as question and answer.

ta ti - ti ta ti - ti Find the rhythms in Tubby’s melody. Tubby’s RHYTHMS

Clap the rhythms (with and without repeat).

Count the beats in each bar. ti - ti ti – tic-a ta ti - ti In two groups perform the rhythms at the same time and as question and answer.

Trip-e-let tic-a-tic-a ta - a Find the rhythms in Tubby’s melody. Tubby’s

Clap Tubby’s rhythm while keeping the beat. Choose a that would suit Tubby and perform the rhythm. Tubby’s RHYTHM

Follow the shape of the melody as you clap Tubby’s rhythm. The Tubby the Tuba song

Tubby the Tuba was originally a song and was recorded in 1945. Then a friendly frog came by Click the title to hear Danny Kaye song the song. And said, now Tubby don't you cry Take my bullfrog serenade Sing along and listen to the tuba. And you'll be the star of the big parade.

Tubby sang the song so grand There once was a , best in the land Now he's leader of the band Everybody said, oh my, they're grand He's as famous as can be But oh, how they laughed when the tuba went by With Tubby the tuba's melody. With an oompah pah, - and a great - big – sigh. Then a friendly frog came by Tubby the tuba, puffing away And said, now Tubby don't you cry Never had a tune to play Take my bullfrog serenade Always dreamed he'd sing a song And you'll be the star of the big parade. Instead of puffing all day long Tubby sang the song so grand With his oompah - oom pah pah, oom pah, oompah pah pah Now he's leader of the band Tubby said, oh gosh, oh gee, wish I had a melody He's as famous as can be I'd be better off I know, if I didn't have to blow With Tubby the tuba's melody This oompah, oom pah pah, oompah, oom pah pah Tubby the tuba's melody.