Tenor Tuba on Euphonium Studio

What is a euphonium?

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A conical-bore B♭ brass instrument in the tenor–baritone range — and the tangle of names (baritone, tenor tuba, saxhorn) that surround it.

Does the euphonium play in orchestras

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Rarely, and almost always under the name ’tenor tuba’ for a handful of specific scores — Holst, Strauss, Wagner, Ravel. There’s no permanent orchestral euphonium chair; it’s called in as needed.

What is a tenor tuba

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

‘Tenor tuba’ is what orchestral scores call the euphonium. When Holst, Strauss, or Wagner wrote for tenor tuba, a euphonium is what plays it — read in concert-pitch bass or tenor clef.

Don Quixote — tenor tuba part

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In Don Quixote, Strauss assigns the tenor tuba (played on euphonium) the earthy, comic character of Sancho Panza, with writing so specific and exposed that it functions almost as a solo. Alongside the tenor-tuba parts in Ein Heldenleben, it is a standard and feared orchestral excerpt — a test of character, control, and nerve in equal measure.

The Planets — tenor tuba part

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Holst scored The Planets with a tenor tuba part that is, in practice, a euphonium part — and it is the instrument’s single most recognisable orchestral appearance. The exposed writing in “Mars” and the soaring big tune in “Jupiter” are standard audition excerpts for orchestral euphonium work, read at concert pitch in bass and tenor clef. This is the entry showing how the tenor-tuba name works in a real score.