Tuba Lessons

Tuba and euphonium lessons are available in North Vancouver with experienced tuba instructor Jim Hopson. Taking tuba lessons will ensure that your posture, embouchure, technique and reading skills improve and will elevate your overall enjoyment of playing this impressive lower brass instrument. Our tuba teacher can provide in-studio lessons in addition to online learning, if remote lessons are your preference.

The tuba is physically the largest of the brass instruments and the lowest. Playing a bass instrument means that you are the musical foundation of the band or orchestra. The tuba has a round, sonorous, resonant dark sound. It is used in brass bands, jazz and concert bands, orchestras and oompah bands (check them out!)

Although the tuba is a very large instrument, don’t be put off by its size vs yours. Tubas can be propped on a chair or stool while being played. Cases come with rollers and a handle so can be wheeled around very easily. Gig bags are also available. These soft shell cases are lightweight and allow for easy portability although care must be taken not to bump them as dents can appear on your instrument.

The euphonium is the baby brother of the tuba and pitched more similarly to a trombone. This instrument is predominantly used in brass and concert bands and orchestral repertoire is extremely limited and quite rare. It is far lighter and smaller instrument than the tuba.

Here are a couple of tuba recordings which demonstrate its incredible sound and dexterity of its players.

Ralph Vaughan Williams ‒ Concerto for Bass Tuba

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto was written in 1953/4 in celebration of the London Symphony Orchestra’s 50th anniversary.

Flight of the Tuba Bumblebee - Canadian Brass

Dexterous playing and silliness!

Tuba and euphonium lessons are available at Accent Music Studios. We accept students from all over the lower mainland servicing mainly North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Richmond and Vancouver.